The Rainier Centennial Book Committee’s Rainier, Oregon: History and Heritage on the Columbia documents the settlement and industrial growth of the river port community situated opposite the mouth of the Cowlitz River. Founded in 1851 as "Eminence" by pioneer Charles E. Fox, the work traces how early water-powered sawmills and fishing stations were established directly along ancestral Chinookan river fisheries. The text details the rapid expansion of industrial sawmilling, the operation of the historic Longview-Rainier ferry fleets, and the 1930 completion of the Longview Bridge (Lewis and Clark Bridge) that connected Columbia County directly to Washington State. Detailed family genealogies and cadastral surveys record the rural farming and logging communities scattered across the surrounding hills and tributary valleys, including Apiary, Goble, Alston, Hudson, and Delena.

Alston (Or.), Apiary (Or.), Bridges Columbia River History, City of Rainier, Columbia County (Or.) History, Delena (Or.), Ferries Columbia River History, Frontier and pioneer life Oregon Rainier, Goble (Or.), History, Hudson (Or.), Local history, Lumber trade Oregon Rainier History, Rainier (Or.) History

Includes family biographies, church rolls, and cemetery listings.

Includes family biographies, church rolls, and cemetery listings.