Camas Table of Contents Part I – The Cascade Indians & Early Town History The Native Americans The Cascade Indians Through Euro-American Eyes Portage and Conflict: Control Over the Cascades Rapids Disease and Displacement of the Native Americans Cascade Indian Survival The Settlement of LaCamas A Town is Born: White Settlers Move to LaCamas The Fight for a “Dry” Town “This is the Natural Home of the Italian Prune …” Washougal’s Woolen Mill Industry Part II – Company Town Continuity and Change at the Camas Paper Mill Mill Town Ethnicity and Cultural Tensions Immigrant Workers Attracted by Steady Work Mill Diversification: Change Spurred by Executive Order Ongoing Racial Tensions: Struggling for Equality Division of the Sexes: Women’s Work at the Camas Mill Wartime in Camas: Women Working “Men’s” Jobs Union History: 1917 Strike Organizing Pulp and Paper Workers A Rebel Union Mending the Hard Feelings Changes in Union-Management Relations Part III – Growth and Change Environmental Uses of the Land: Bonneville Dam Cascade Fisheries: Native American fishing rights The Smell of Money: Mill Air and Water Emissions Beyond a Mill Town: Economic Diversification and Growth The High-Tech Computer Industry Transforms Camas Lacamas Lake, Open Space, and Community Activism