Ridgefield, Washington - Controversial Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
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- Ridgefield, WA [Show Map]
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- From the South: I-5 exit 9. Drive north on 10th Ave./Hwy 502 for three miles, then turn left on Carty Rd. Cross over the interstate, and the marker will be just west of it, at the corner of Carty and Maplecrest. From the North: I-5 exit 14. Left on Pioneer St., cross over the interstate, then veer south on 65th Ave. Quick left on 5th St. for one mile, then south on 10th Ave. for one mile. Turn right on Carty Rd, cross over the interstate, and the marker will be just west of it, at the corner of Carty and Maplecrest.
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Ridgefield, Washington - Jefferson Davis Park Small quarter-acre park built as a permanent location for the Jefferson Davis Highway marker that was originally placed nearby in 1939, and that the City of Vancouver removed in 2005. It's still a work-in-progress, but all construction will be complete by the date of the official opening and dedication on April 27, 2008. [Brent Jacobs, 02/09/2008]
Ridgefield, Washington - The South's Road Marker Shall Rise Again
Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States of America -- so why is a road marker dedicated to him all the way up in Vancouver, Washington? That was the question asked by the Vancouver city council in 1998. Finding no answer to its liking, the council voted to remove the marker, installed sixty years earlier by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).... [04/07/2007] Complete News Story
Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States of America -- so why is a road marker dedicated to him all the way up in Vancouver, Washington? That was the question asked by the Vancouver city council in 1998. Finding no answer to its liking, the council voted to remove the marker, installed sixty years earlier by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).... [04/07/2007] Complete News Story
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