Fort Vancouver excavations - III, 1845 Harness Shop
Hoffman JJ and Ross LA. 1973. Fort Vancouver excavations - III, 1845 Harness Shop. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
This is the third in a series of interim reports detailing the findings, analyses, and conclusions of the Fort Vancouver Archeological Project. Purpose, scope, and methods of the current project have been outlined in previous reports. Subject of this report is the investigation of the 1845 Harness Shop area at Fort Vancouver which was excavated during early spring of 1971. At that time, the archeological project was restricted by an avigation easement through the Fort and was limited as to potential areas of operation. While reconstruction priority of the Harness Shop had not been determined at the time, the area was opened as a logical step in the excavation strategy initiated during late 1970. After exploring remains of the last Bakery and Wash House, as detailed in our first report, excavations were simply continued west into the Harness Shop area.