Speaker series event set for January 17

Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. This program is The Towns that Became Today’s Warrenton by Susan Glen on Sunday, January 17 at 1 p.m.

Warrenton, Oregon was incorporated in February 1899, and is a city comprised of many earlier towns and villages. These include Skipanon, Flavel, Hammond, and Fort Stevens, as well as Lexington which was the first county seat for Clatsop County until 1879 when it moved to Astoria. This illustrated talk shares some history of each of these towns as they grew and became the present city of Warrenton.

Sue Glen has compiled photos and written text for five books in Arcardia Publishing’s Images of America series including Warrenton-Hammond. Her other titles are Governors Island, Seaside: 1920-1950, Fort Stevens, and USCG Air Station and Group Astoria. Each of these books features more than 200 vintage images, capturing often forgotten bygone times and bringing to life the people, places, and events that defined a community.

Susan L. Glen has had relatives in the area since the 1800s. In November 1847, one relative by marriage had the original donation land claim that became the town of Hammond. Glen came to Warrenton in 1976. She is a former school teacher and loves history and is very active with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and several historical and genealogical societies including the Warrenton-Hammond Historical Society. Her Warrenton-Hammond book will be available for purchase in the Lewis & Clark National Park Association bookstore in the visitor center during this event and she will have a book-signing after her talk.

This monthly Sunday forum is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. These programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and are free of charge.

For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471.