Knappton Cove Heritage Center
The Historic Columbia River Quarantine Station
Archive of 2023 E-newsletters
4/21/2023: April | Season Schedule | AHS Field Trip | New Gutters
5/12/2023: May | I Smell a Rat! Open House
6/16/2023: June | Invisible Corps Documentary | 3 Weeks to Encampment! | Rat Guard Recap
6/30/2023: July | Season Open! | Annual Meeting & Encampment July 8 & 9
7/27/2023: End of July | Live Music this Saturday, 1-4 pm!
8/25/2023: August | Sturgeon Moon | Last Summer Saturday, 1-4
9/15/2023: September | Citizenship Day Open House
Archive of 2022 E-newsletters
5/22/2022: May Focus: Historical Preservation & Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage
6/27/2022: June | Summer Schedule 2022
7/31/2022: July | Summer Activity! | Encampment & Bus Tours
8/27/2022: August | Season's End! | Fisherwomen of Knappton Cove
9/16/2022: September | Constitution & Citizenship Day Open House
10/28/2022: October | 'Horriable Day' Open House Returns!
12/8/2022: December | Annual Newsletter: Special Photo Edition
Archive of 2021 E-newsletters
3/13/2021: Quarantine Station Mini Docuseries--Episode 1: Beginnings
4/13/2021: Quarantine Station Mini Docuseries--Episode 2: Westward Migration
5/13/2021: Quarantine Station Mini Docuseries--Episode 3: Protecting the Port!
6/16/2021: Quarantine Station Mini Docuseries--Episode 4: Digging Into the Past!
7/15/2021: Quarantine Station Mini Docuseries--Episode 5: Artifact Treasures
8/16/2021: Quarantine Station Mini Docuseries--Episode 6: Knappton Cove Camp & Beyond Finale!
9/17/2021: Wrapping Up the 2021 Season & Happy Citizenship Day!
10/13/2021: Quarantine Station Mini Docuseries--Bonus: Tom's Treasures
Archive of 2020 E-newsletters
12/23/2020: Holiday Greetings!
11/11/2020: Virtual "Horriable Day Open House
8/19/2020: Commemorating Women of Knappton Cove
Past Newsletters
Archive of 2019 E-newsletters
11/1/2019: Annual "Horriable Day" Open House
Knappton Cove Event Pictures
Annual "Horriable Day" Open House ~ November, 2019
We hosted a special visitor from the National Lewis & Clark Trail Foundation offices in July, 2018.
Read all about 'Rocky's' trip to Knappton Cove here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Vh6CbvXFT3nBk5aKzAfNZ71Efq_PRk1WwbyhE7Hj98/edit?usp=sharing
Archive of 2018 E-newsletters
Clatsop Community College Historic Preservation School
Plaster Workshop - 2016-17
Citizenship Ceremony - 2016
Lewis & Clark Reenactment - 2016
The Medic from the Lewis and Clark Living Historians:
Archaeology Day - 2013
"Horriable" Day-November - 2013
2013:
2012:
Contact Us Today!
Nancy Anderson &
Heather Henry, Directors
E-mail: knapptoncove@gmail.com
Free Admission During
Regular Open Hours--2023
Saturday Afternoons
July and August
1-4 pm
Guided Tour @ 2 pm
Please Email for Appointment Availability Outside of
Regular Hours
$5/person | $25 Minimum
Donation
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
New Book!
Board Member Friedrich E. Schuler has a new book out, Pestered by Plague: The U. S. Public Health Service Station in Astoria, OR and Knappton Cove, WA, from Cannery to Quarantine Station 1899-1901. It explores how the Plague scare in 1899 hastened the opening of the Columbia River Quarantine Station. Hear an excerpt from the book at our Open House on May 20.
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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