Begun by the Columbia River Maritime Museum's Education Department in the fall of 1999, this project paired eight ninth-grade students from Astoria High School with Museum volunteers to collect the personal histories of Astoria residents.
The project has since become know as the Senior to Senior Project, taking high school students and connecting them with an accomplished professional in the community for an interview.
Michael McCusker talks of his experience of being on a sinking ship on the Columbia River Bar
Listen: Lasting Impressions of the experience
Debroah Dempsey, Columbia River Bar Pilot, talks of her experiences with the Columbia River Bar
Listen: My experience of the Bar
Listen: How we board the ships
Coast Guard Officer Buddy Custard tells about his time at sea
Listen: The Astoria Coast Guard Cutters
Listen: From the North Pole to the Antarctic
Coast Guard Chief Goodrich speaks of his experiences on a Motor Lifeboat on the Columbia River Bar
Listen: The Motor Lifeboat School