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Someone seemed to have vandalised this page - I restored it to its former glory. There are some strange people out there! Andy

I too live here and it has always had the claim to being the largest fireworks display west of the Mississippi ... I'm the one who made the orginal notation. I've been to many other cities as well and I stand by the statement. It is what it claims to be. Amandalee-from Vancouver, Washington State P.S. Zoe ... it is in Vancouver, Washington State, U.S.A

Hi Amandalee, thanks for your reply here. I went ahead and added "said to be the largest west of the Mississippi". I can dig up at least three cases where Lake Tahoe claims their 4th of July fireworks is the "largest fireworks display west of the Mississippi", Idaho Falls claims their 4th of July fireworks is the "largest west of the Mississippi", and The Columbian calls Vancouver's claim "shaky". I know local folklore dies hard, and it's an oft-repeated statement, so it deserves to be in the article, but not authoritatively. --Nate 08:59 Jan 19, 2003 (UTC)

Although the claim is shaky, the basis for the claim was based on total cost of fireworks and timed length of show from first burst to last. - Rorybowman 05:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

In what city and country is this located? -- Zoe

Removed note about fireworks display being the largest west of the Mississippi. I live here and I know it's a huge fireworks display but like the "largest Oktoberfest in North America" which several different cities claim to have, lots of local events make exaggerated claims. --Nate 04:21 Jan 19, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Comment about Fort Astoria discussed here

But it was rumored that the border may be set at the Columbia River.

It was assumed by the British (HBC) that the logical boundary would be the Columbia. But in the US, it was "assumed" that the Columbia was entirely American and the boundary would be at 54-40 (based on inflated interpretations of the Russo-Spanish treaty the Americans had inherited rights from the Russians on). There were no "rumours" as there was no one in the territory to make/spread rumours.Skookum1 16:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

This prompted the establishment of Fort George (now Astoria, Oregon), an American fort on the south bank near the mouth of the Columbia.

Uh, no. Astoria's existence predates Fort Vancouver's, and now that I look at it the linktag for "Fort George" goes to Fort Astoria; there's a distinction but I don't know if the article for THAT Fort George exists yet so I'll leave it for now. Skookum1 16:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Fort George was what the British renamed Astoria after taking control after the War of 1812. When I have more time I can provide more info on this. Pfly 06:26, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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This article is currently a start class article. If it was properly sourced, it would qualify as B class. Aboutmovies —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 21:38, August 25, 2007 (UTC).