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Bears Teeth Missouri River - Gate of the Mountain
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Missouri River; Gates of the Mountains (Mont.)
"A prominent landmark near where the Missouri River issues from what Lewis & Clark denominate 'Gate of the Mountains.'" Plate LI.
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Milk River and Panther Mountain
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Milk River (Mont.)
Drawing depicts a view of Milk River and Panther Mountain in the distance. Plate XX.
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Peluse (Palouse) Falls
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys;Waterfalls; Palouse River (Wash.); Palouse Falls (Wash.)
"The Peluse (Palouse) River flows over three steppes, each of which is estimated to have an ascent of a thousand feet. The falls descend from the middle of the lower of these steppes." "The fall of the water, which is about thirty...
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View of the Clark's Fork and the ridge of mountains, south of the Flathead Lake, looking eastward
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Clark Fork River (Mont.); Flathead Lake (Mont.)
The Clark Fork River, "being much cut up by coulees, have the appearance of that on the Upper Missouri. The soil is principally a light yellow clay; the stream here is two hundred yards wide, swift and deep, sparsely timbered with pine and...
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Victor's camp - Hell Gate Ronde
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Salish Indians; Hellgate River (Mont.)
Drawing depicts the camp of Victor, a Flathead Chief. The camp sits on the Hell-Gate River "three miles above its junction with the Bitter Root." Plate XXXI.
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Hell-Gate, entrance to Cadotte's Pass from the west
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Passes (Landforms); Hellgate River (Mont.)
Drawing depicts the Hell-Gate River at the entrance to Cadotte's Pass from the west. Plate LXIV.
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Source of the Peluse (Palouse)
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Palouse River (Wash.); Mountains
The Peluse (Palouse) River "has its source in the main ridge of the Bitter Root" Mountains, "and flows in nearly a straight course through a valley some twenty miles wide," bearing north "through a country densely timbered...
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Crossing the Bitter Root
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bitterroot River; Fords (Stream crossings)
The expedition crossing the ford to the left bank of the Bitter Root River from the northern bank on which they had been traveling. Plate XXXIV.
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Coeur D'Alene Mission St Ignatius River
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Coeur D'Alene Mission; Churches; Prairies; Rivers
"The mission is located upon a hill overlooking extensive prairies stretching to the east and west toward the Coeur D'Alene Mountains and the Columbia River. About a hundred acres of the eastern prairie adjoining the Mission are enclosed and...
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Fort Union, and distribution of goods to the Assinniboines (Assiniboines)
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Assiniboine Indians; Gifts; Fort Union (Mont.)
"Fort Union is situated on the eastern bank of the Missouri River, about 2 ¾ miles above the mouth of the Yellowstone. It was built by the American Fur Company in 1830, and has from that time been the principal supply store or depot of that...
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Herd of bison, near Lake Jessie
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bison; Cheyenne River; Lake Jessie
Ascending a high hill after crossing the Sheyenne (Cheyenne) River, the expedition looked out upon an estimated 200,000 buffalo inhabiting the plains separating them from Lake Jessie. Plate X.
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Approach to Cadotte's Pass
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys
Exploration party moving up the Sun River valley "in the direction of the pass between the Crown Butte and the Rattlers, prominent landmarks west of Sun River and visible at a great distance." Plate XXIX.
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Bears Paw
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bears Paw Mountains
"A broad and rugged mountain upheaval, intersected with valleys that stretch from Milk River to the Missouri." Plate XXIII.
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Teton Valley
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Teton River (Minn.); Valleys
The Teton Valley, "a vast plain, descending towards the east, the soil of inferior quality, and the dry vegetation indicated the change in the climate observed in going over the high, dry plains towards the Missouri." "The valley...
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Great Falls of the Missouri River
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Waterfalls; Cliffs; Great Falls (Mont.)
The cliffs at the falls are about "one hundred fifty to three hundred feet deep with a steep descent to within fifty feet of the bottom, and for the remaining distance perpendicular walls of red sandstone." "Above the falls the banks...
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Grand Coulee
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Canyons; Grand Coulee (Wash.)
"The Grand Coulee is about ten miles wide where it opens on the Columbia River at its northern end, which is a hundred feet above the water, and gradually widens toward the south; its walls, eight hundred feet high are formed of solid basaltic...
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Saint Paul
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Saint Paul (Minn.)
"St. Paul is beautifully located upon a high bluff on the east bank of the river, and is rapidly growing in size and importance. It is quite a business place, everything indicating vigor and activity. Among its prominent buildings are the...
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Chemakane Mission
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Tshimakain Mission (Wash.); Walker, Elkanah, 1805-1877; Eels, Cushing, 1810-1893
Chemakane Mission named for a nearby spring, was "occupied by Messrs. Walker and Eel; but, in 1849, in consequence of the Cayuse difficulties, it was abandoned." "The site of the mission is five miles from the Spokane River, in an...
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Old Fort Walla Walla
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Fort Walla Walla (Wash.)
Fort Walla Walla was first built along the Columbia River by the Northwest Company to act as a trading center. A second fort was built by the Hudson Bay Company prior to 1831 and served as a frontier post protecting their interests. This was...
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Kamas Prairie of the Pend D'Orielles Indians in the Rocky Mountains, looking southward
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Camas Prairie
"Kamas Prairie, twenty miles below the mouth of the Jocko River." Plate LIII
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