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pages 82-83

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025ap http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,315
Title pages 82-83
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-07
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Description Image Caption: SAWMILL AT GOLDEN, KICKING HORSE CANON IN THE DISTANCE --page break-- of only 1,500. It is mainly a lumber town and tourist resort, but is the agricultural center of 800,000 acres of land; with the possibilities of becoming a manufacturing center, as there are nearby streams capable of developing many thousand horse-power of hydro-electric energy. It received its name "Golden City" because it was supposed to be in the midst of a rich gold district. In 1864 placer gold...

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