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| On the Columbia opposite Umatilla OR <br>Indian camps on Columbia river, opposite Umatilla. <br> | A wickiup made of boards, poles, mats and cloth is located on the flat, rocky shore of the Columbia River. Nearby are two horses. An unidentified object is on the ground by the wickiup. |
1897-1920 <br> 2003-07-16 |
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| page 18 | THE KING OF NORTHWESTERN WATERS The Mighty Columbia From a Stern Wheel Packet - A Journey Through Swift Currents and Foaming Rapids - The Home of the Canned Salmon by James B. POND, F.R.G.S. Photographs by the Author and Others WITH the passing of Mark Twain the old river life of the... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 19 | nigger boy, for a modern pop safety valve has done away with him. The engine is very much up-to-date; the only suggestion of its forefather is found in the wire spark catcher on the smokestack-a sort of tribute to bygone days. Otherwise the boat is the same as those of yesterday, and you go back... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 20 | goes from one side to another. Unexpectedly the steamer will head straight for the mountains of the opposite bank, and you wonder if you are going to land when, with a sudden turn of the wheel, the pilot disappoints you once again. The channel is a series of threatened landings that are never... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 46 | (Continued from page 20) and their combined weights proving too great, the bridge collapsed, the ruin obstructing the river and causing the Cascade Rapids. The mountains retired to their usual abiding places, where they still remain in sullenness. There is every geological proof that the bridge... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 109 | Columbia River.
The sunset gun has boomed "Good night!" No longer floats the ensign bright; Swift, swiftly now the twilight gray Is falling o'er the land-locked bay.
From Disappointment's rock-bound height We watch the paling sunset light, And on the bluff Pacific shore We... |
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| page 114 | THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
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WHEN June's bright blossoms scent the air, A silver loop she glides; Calm, peaceful rest is everywhere, No turmoil in her tides. The fisher boat rocked on her heart At anchor gently moves, The sea gulls hover o'er her face As still as brooding doves.
And... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 115 | The angel Peace has spread her wings And made her dwelling here. II. BUT when December sweeps her breath, And in these winter days, When Nature stands all bare and shows Dead foliage through the haze, 'Tis then the noble river wakes, The god of storms to greet, And rushing downward, boils... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 116 | And noble ships strain mast and sail As outward-bound they fly, The mighty torrent under keel, Great cloud-banks in the sky. And restless ever, free as air, She races in her play; God help the fisherman who goes Upon her breast today. For home, and child, and waiting wife, Small recks the mighty... |
2004-03-02 |
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| Columbia River | 3 p. Poem by John R. Rathom about the Columbia River. Part I of the poem is preceded by an image of a dock on the Columbia River as seen from the shore. Part II includes an image of breaking waves. 3 |
1894-02 |
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| page 303 | THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE By AUTO By RANDALL R. HOWARD Author of: The Port of the Colombia HISTORY was in the making on that September day two years ago when a small party of business men and county officials motored out twenty-two miles from Portland and stood at Chanticleer Point,... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 304 | between Mt. Hood on the one side and Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens on the other. This informal meeting at Chanticleer is worthy of recording because it is one of the historic incidents toward the completion of the two-hundred-mile Columbia River Highway, which has been the dream of a century and... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 305 | Image Captions: <br />Near Oneonta Gorge, where great cliffs almost smother a vigorous stream, there is a short tunnel through the solid rock. The highway sweeps now at a low level near the river's edge, now high on a hanging cliff, a road of infinite variety |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 306 | part of the state were rough and steep, and during six to eight months of the year were not passable at all. Good-roads advocates talked the Columbia River Highway in season and out of season. Conspicuous among these advocates was Sam Hill, who had had a large part in bringing the good-roads era... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 386 | Columbia were more of a dream than a reality. Miles and miles before Julius Mier reached Gearhart his experience had afforded facts for good-roads arguments with every prominent person whom he could button hole. He, and others, talked good-roads so insistently and so convincingly that rousing... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 388 | paved, this summer. The Sandy river is crossed, the Portland Auto Club House is passed, and an easy ascent is made to Chanticleer at an elevation of over nine hundred feet. The term "easy ascent" is used advisedly, for this part of the Columbia River Highway is really a boulevard.... |
2004-03-02 |
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| Through the Columbia River Gorge by Auto | Article by Randall R. Howard. The author describes the construction of the Columbia River Highway, and takes us on an automobile journey along the Highway from Portland, Oregon to The Dalles and Celilo Falls. Accompanying photographs are of a stretch of highway on the Washington side of the... 6 |
1915-08 |
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| page 392 | THE GREAT RIVER OF THE NORTHWEST. A STREAM WITH A FUTURE. BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH. IN THESE bustling days it is difficult to approach the mighty Columbia, especially where it flows into the Pacific, without indulging in historical comparisons. The tales of romance with which a hundred or... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 393 | of Indians, who paddled in canoes to the ocean; today It Is a vast commercial thoroughfare, along whose banks railroad trains rush, and thriving towns now take the place of Indian villages. "Where rolls the Oregon." How came this name? A hundred reasons are given. Capt. Jonathan... |
2004-03-02 |
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| page 394 | craft from China, Japan, Honolulu, Alaska, and Pacific ports. British, French, German, Russian, Italian, and Danish boats seek refuge here, and the Colombia River steamboat swings quickly past, through the widening river, in front of the government lighthouse, and round a sharp bend. Suddenly,... |
2004-03-02 |
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| Great River of the Northwest : A Stream with a Future | 3 p. An article by Katherine Louise Smith giving a historical and descriptive tour of the Columbia River, including photographs of the Columbia near the Dalles, Memaloose Island, Oneonta Gorge, Multnomah Falls, and of the harbor at Portland, Oregon. 3 |
1910-12-17 |
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| View looking west from Angel's Rest. | View looking west from Angel's Rest. Bridal Veil on Columbia River in foreground. In the foreground is a tree-covered sloping hillside leading down to the river. The river bends to the right and there is a dock visible on the left-hand bank of the river. |
2004-03-01 |
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| Close-up view of Celilo Falls on Columbia River | Close-up view of Celilo Falls on the Columbia River. On the morning of March 10, 1957, the massive steel and concrete gates of The Dalles Dam closed and choked back the downstream surge of the Columbia River. Six hours later and eight miles upstream, Wy-am (Celilo Falls), the age-old Indian... |
2004-03-02 |
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| Old dock along Columbia River at Astoria, with mouth of river in distance. | Old dock along Columbia River at Astoria, with mouth of river in distance. There are several buildings visible on the dock, with what appears to be smoke rising from a pipe on the roof of one of the buildings. The opposite shore can be faintly seen on the right hand side of the photograph.... |
2004-03-02 |
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| View upstream at Cascades of Columbia River. | View upstream at Cascades of Columbia River. River is seen rushing between two large rocks. In the background is a mountain. Conifers line the shore. It is a bright, sunny day. |
2004-03-02 |
