This story is part of the Vanport Mosaic community-based oral history project, and was produced by Laura Lo Forti and Meredith Lawrence. To learn more about Vanport, and upcoming screenings of Lost City, Living Memories: Vanport Through The Voices of Its Residents, visit www.vanportmosaic.org. Vanport City was established in 1942 and lasted only six years, wiped out by a flood on Memorial Day, 1948.