Gathering the Stories » Cape Horn https://www.gatheringthestories.org of place. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:47:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Cape Horn https://www.gatheringthestories.org/2014/12/10/cape-horn/ https://www.gatheringthestories.org/2014/12/10/cape-horn/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:52:31 +0000 Haven http://www.gatheringthestories.org/?p=1214 Did you know that Cape Horn was one of the first European settled areas of Washington?

Cigar Rock at Cape Horn, 1899.

Cigar Rock at Cape Horn, 1899.

The State’s first homestead was taken at Parker’s Landing (near Washougal) in 1845. The year before this,1844, James Walker crossed the continent by ox team from Pennsylvania to Vancouver. Then in 1846 he and his family moved to Cape Horn, thus becoming the first European settlers.

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