Destinations of Interest Outside Portland

O.O. Howard House, Vancouver Barracks Vancouver, Wash.
Exit Interstate 5 at Fourth Plain Boulevard and follow signs east. Before Gen. Howard, a Civil War hero, was appointed commander here, he headed the Freedmen’s Bureau, which assisted freed slaves. As part of his work, he helped found Howard University in Washington, D.C., the nation’s first university for African Americans.

Post Cemetery, Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Wash.
Exit Interstate 5 at Mill Plain Blvd. Here are buried at least three “Buffalo Soldiers,” members of the black cavalry regiments that served in the Indian wars in the Southwest. Their Native American adversaries named them for their buffalo-like hair. Medal of Honor recipient Moses Williams, who died in 1899, is among them. For information about Buffalo Soldiers , call Trooper Larry Dunham, 503.310.0983.

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