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Camas history comes alive during First Friday

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Brad Richardson (right), the executive director of the Clark County Historical Museum, leads a walking history tour throughtout downtown Camas during the Downtown Camas Association's

Brad Richardson (right), the executive director of the Clark County Historical Museum, leads a walking history tour throughtout downtown Camas during the Downtown Camas Association's "Spring into History" First Friday festivities on Friday, April 7, 2023. Richardson explained that the city of Camas grew up around the paper mill and was therefore configured not in an east-west or north-south arrangement like many other Clark County cities and towns. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas historian Virginia Warren (center), 97, tells the story of how she was she was in middle school during a

Camas historian Virginia Warren (center), 97, tells the story of how she was she was in middle school during a "Tea with Virginia" event at Caffe Piccolo Friday, April 7, 2023.

Camas historian Virginia Warren has a cup of tea inside Caffe Piccolo in downtown Camas during the April 7 First Friday

Camas historian Virginia Warren has a cup of tea inside Caffe Piccolo in downtown Camas during the April 7 First Friday "Spring into History" event. Warren amused the crowd inside the cafe with stories from her childhood in Camas. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Downtown Camas Association Board member and past DCA Board president Caroline Mercury wears a paper dress to celebrate Camas' history as a paper mill town, during the DCA's

Downtown Camas Association Board member and past DCA Board president Caroline Mercury wears a paper dress to celebrate Camas' history as a paper mill town, during the DCA's "Spring into History" event, held throughout downtown Camas on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas library trustee Kerry Ticknor stands behind a vintage library desk from the 1940s inside the library's Second Story Gallery, during a history-themed First Friday event on April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas library trustee Kerry Ticknor stands behind a vintage library desk from the 1940s inside the library's Second Story Gallery, during a history-themed First Friday event on April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas library trustee Kerry Ticknor shows how librarians used to mark due dates on cards placed inside library books, during a First Friday event on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas library trustee Kerry Ticknor shows how librarians used to mark due dates on cards placed inside library books, during a First Friday event on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

The Northeast Fourth Avenue lobby of the Camas Public Library features

The Northeast Fourth Avenue lobby of the Camas Public Library features "A Century in the Books" artwork, celebrating the library's 100th anniversary, on the elevator doors and a "memory library" for Camas residents to share their own memories of the library and town, on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

A collection of T-shirts hangs inside the Camas Public Library's Second Story Gallery, celebrating the library's history of summer reading programs, on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

A collection of T-shirts hangs inside the Camas Public Library's Second Story Gallery, celebrating the library's history of summer reading programs, on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas history came alive during the Downtown Camas Association’s “Spring into History” First Friday event, held Friday, April 7, throughout downtown Camas.

Historian Virginia Warren was on hand at Caffe Piccolo for “Tea with Virginia,” an event that featured Warren’s stories from her childhood in Camas — including the time she was picked to lead her school’s band in a Camas parade, but had nothing to wear, so her industrious mother made her a costume from scratch, and her father cobbled some wood, paint and other parts to make her a “baton.”

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