Welcome!
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service welcomed 11 new U.S. Citizens on Sept. 16, 2016 at Knappton Cove. They were from Korea, Thailand, South Africa, Canada, El Salvador, and Mexico. Click here for video.
Knappton Cove Heritage Center
The Historic Columbia River Quarantine Station
Photos from Past Events
Photos from the Archives
Above: Agnes Oswald ship moored at Knappton Cove for quarantine procedures, 1903.
Above: U.S. Columbia River Quarantine Station, 1899-1938.
Above: Columbia River Quarantine Station Personnel, 1906.
Above: U.S. Marine Hospital Service office in Astoria, OR.
Contact Us Today!
Nancy Anderson, Director
E-mail: knapptoncove@gmail.com
Land Line: 1-503-738-5206
Open by Appointment
Please Email for Availability
Typically Open:
July-September Weekends
Saturday & Sunday, 1-4 pm
Address:
521 WA State Rte 401
(See 'How to Find Us' page for detailed information)
Exhibits
- Diggin' into the Past at Knappton Cove (Archaeological Finds)
- Immigrant Room (Donation Land Claim)
- Cannery Days*
- Quarantined! (U.S. Columbia River Quarantine Station)
- Fishin' in the 50's* (Knappton Cove Camp)
*Click links for
short video exhibit
Check out Nancy's interview on Coast Radio's ARTS - Live & Local with Carol Newman. She
talks about Women's History in the Public Health Service at Knappton Cove. The interview starts about 5 minutes in to the podcast.
Read more details about the history of Knappton Cove in Nancy's Book, The Columbia River's "Ellis"
Island. Available for purchase on Amazon--$5 of every book goes toward the preservation of this historic site.
Listen to a longer discussion of the book and history of the Public Health Service at Knappton Cove with Sean
from PHS Proud.
New Book!
By Board Member Friedrich E. Schuler, Professor of History at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Read his interview in the PSU News!
Book Cover
A Shield for the Columbia offers the stories behind the founding of the quarantine station of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) at Knappton Cove, Washington and Astoria, Oregon at the mouth of the Columbia River. It is a compelling account of unlikely political and economic alliances featuring the United States Marine Hospital Service (USMHS), transpacific shipping lines, Astoria's business community, and members of the U.S. Congress.
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