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the mudflats, but thought it might be worth trying in preference to pushing on in the dark to Hood River.
Those imps of darkness were right about the difficulty of reaching Moosier after nightfall. A small river coming in at that point seemed to...
2004-08-24
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are the Brahmaputra, which clove a way through the Himalaya in reaching the Bay of Bengal from Tibet, and the Columbia, which tore the Cascades asunder in making its way to the Pacific. But the slow process of the ages by which the great Asian...
2004-08-24
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within eye-scope, a sudden shifting of the clouds uncovered in quick succession three wonderful old volcanic cones—Hood, to the south, Adams, to the north, and a peak which I think must have been St. Helens to the west. Instantly the lines of...
2004-08-24
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air. I was taking no chances of a last-minute bolt from the still restive Imshallah, however, and skirted the sandy bank so closely that twice I found myself mixed up in the remains of the past season's salmon-traps. Passing a big sawmill, I...
2004-08-24
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chamber. The Oregon side of the river was thick with rocks right away round the bend, with not enough clear water to permit the passage of even a skiff. My course, therefore, would have to be the same as that of the steamer—just as sharply...
2004-08-24
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deck. The two of three of her planks that were started in the melee constituted about the worst injury the little lady received on the whole voyage.
And so Imshallah and I came aboard the J. N. Teal to make the last leg of our voyage as...
2004-08-24
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had been carrying had ceased to be in point now her voyage was over. It had been a very appropriate name for a boat on the Columbia, though, I assured him, and I was going to keep it to use if I ever made the voyage again.
Portland, although it...
2004-08-24
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Image caption: MULTNOMAH FALLS, COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, NEAR PORTLAND --page break-- quite ready to confess that I should probably fail to watch the clouds again under similar circumstances.
There were a few stray mavericks of sunshine shafts...
2004-08-24
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Image caption: BRIDGE ON COLUMBIA HIGHWAY NEAR PORTLAND, OREGON --page break-- It's funny how apple-packing seems to bring out all the innate snobbery in a lady engaging in that lucrative calling; they didn't seem to think tramping was quite...
2004-08-24
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383 p. Account of the author's boat trip down the Columbia River from its source to the sea, with black-and-white photographs.
2024-11-24
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56th CONGRESS, 1st Session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DOCUMENT
No. 2.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
WAR DEPARTMENT FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1899.
REPORT OF THE
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
PART 4.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING...
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APPENDIX S S.
IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN OREGON, OF UPPER COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS, OREGON AND WASHINGTON, AND OF CLEARWATER RIVER, IDAHO.
REPORT OF CAPT. WILLIAM W. HARTS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, OFFICER IN CHARGE, FOR THE -FISCAL FEAR...
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63D CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DOCUMENT
2d Session J No. 740
INDEX
TO THE
Reports of The Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army
(Including the Reports of the Isthmian
Canal Commissions, 1899-1914)
1866-1912
VOLUME I-RIVERS AND...
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CONTENTS.
VOLUME I.
Page. Map, United States River and Harbor Districts (in colors) Frontispiece
Letter of transmittal by Secretary of War 5
Letter of submittal by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army 7
Preface and guide to use...
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OHIO RIVER SYSTEM.
District. Page.
AA. Chattanooga and Nashville, Tenn 843
BB. Louisville, Ky 889
CC. Cincinnati, Ohio (Ohio River) 905
DD. Cincinnati, Ohio, No.2 957
EE. Wheeling, W. Va 981
FF. Pittsburgh, Pa 1001
MISSOURI RIVER...
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, February 14, 1914.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated February 12, instant, together with an index to reports...
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LETTER OF SUBMITTAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Washington, February 12, 1914.
From: The Chief of Engineers, United States Army.
To : The Secretary of War.
Subject: Index to Reports of the Chief of Engineers from...
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PREFACE.
The necessity for a systematically arranged key or index to the printed annual reports of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, was felt as early as 1878, when only 17 volumes of such reports existed. Under date of January 10,...
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The plan adopted for the "Raymond" index was essentially as follows : The subjects covered in the reports of the Chief of Engineers were classified as, (1) river and harbor works, (2) fortifications, (3) bridges, (4) laws, (5) miscellaneous. Each...
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The magnitude of the work of preparing the new index as compared to that covering the previous indexes is shown in the following table:
Index. Period. Years. Volumes. Pages.
Robert 1866-1879 14 23 19,143
Do 1880-1887 8 27 21,959
Raymond...
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the district is reached. Where the waterway is a river, the list proceeds up the left bank of the stream to the first tributary, thence up that tributary, and even up the tributaries of the latter, in the same manner, the return to the mouth of...
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The alphabetical arrangement of titles is believed to be the best for an index of the special subjects, such as bridges, wrecks, etc., and similar matter contained in the reports, and has therefore been retained.
A new feature of this index is a...
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GUIDE TO USE OF INDEX.
Order of subjects.—The subjects considered are classified and appear in the following order:
Rivers and harbors.
Fortifications. Miscellaneous. Bridges.
Dams, dolphins, and weirs.
Harbor lines. Wrecks....
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