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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...
2004-03-02
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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...
2004-03-02
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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...
2004-03-02
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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...
1915-08-01
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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...
2004-03-02
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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...
2004-03-02
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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...
2004-03-02
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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.
1910-12-17
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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...
2004-03-01
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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...
2004-03-02
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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...
2004-03-02
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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
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Tree roots are exposed on a sandy shore of the Columbia River. The trees closest to the river are dead or dying, possibly as the result of erosion. There is a light mist over the river. The other shoreline is very faintly visible through the mist.
2004-03-01
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Leafless trees are partially submerged in the water of the Columbia River which has overrun its banks. In the background a shoreline with a hillside is faintly visible.
2004-03-01
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Seen from above, a steam locomotive passes between the Pillars of Hercules rock formation along the Columbia River. Trees line the riverbank and rocks and trees are partially submerged in the river close to the shore. There is water lying inland...
2004-03-01
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A landscape photograph of a paved roadway probably crossing the Columbia River. The view is looking down the river, with mountains and tree-covered hillsides visible on both sides of the river. On the left side of the road is an arched cement...
2004-03-02
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A wooden building with a peaked roof and many windows along the side closest to the viewer is situated on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Columbia River. The river is on the right and can be seen flowing off into the distance, with both...
2004-03-02
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An elevated view of what is probably Multnomah Falls. A train, with an open-air passenger car and another covered passenger car, is in the foreground of the image. Automobiles from the 1920s or 1930s are in the middle of a road in front of a...
2004-03-02
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4 p. Article by James B. Pond with photographs by the author and others. The article describes a trip by stern-wheeler on the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon to The Dalles, Oregon. The author also touches on history, myth, and the local...
1920-07-01
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The Improvement of the Columbia River by Day Allen Willey. The Columbia River, which is the most important waterway In the western part of the United States, extends a distance of 1,400 miles from Its mouth to British Columbia, where it has its...
2004-03-02
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SCENES ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON. We have been favored by Mr. H. H. Shank, of Hagerstown, Md., with the accompanying photographs and some notes of characteristic scenes on the Columbia River, Oregon, which were gathered during a recent tour...
2004-03-02
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An engraved printer's block with a map of the Columbia River on its surface.
2004-03-24
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Black and white image of a fish wheel along the banks of the Columbia River. In the background are mountains and trees lining the riverbank. Several houses can be seen on the opposite shore. The fish wheel juts out from the riverbank in the...
2004-03-24
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Black and white image of four men, one of whom is shoveling smelt from the bottom of a boat into wooden boxes. The boxes have the words "From the Columbia River Smelt Co. Kelso, Wash." stamped on them. The man doing the shoveling is an older man...
2004-03-24
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Black and white image of fishing boats docked at a whark on the Columbia River. Fishing nets are hanging to dry on wharf. Several men are standing or walking along the wooden walkways of the wharf.There are ladders leading down from the wharf to...
2004-03-24
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