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X--Survey of Sand Island, Mouth of the Columbia River

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Title X--Survey of Sand Island, Mouth of the Columbia River
Relation gov serial set 1676
Date 2005-08-16 to 2005-08-23
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 X.—SURVEY OF SAND ISLAND, MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. The annual survey of this island was made on the 4th and 5th of December, 1874, to ascertain the changes in its outlines, caused by the terrific gales from the southwest which swept along the North Pacific coast on the 23d and 24th of the previous month. The tides, which at the time were unusually high, united with the tempest in creating tremendously heavy seas, the waves being lashed into a violent fury-. The entire island was...
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