Bridges; Columbia River -- History; Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.)
Highway bridge across the Spokane River east of its confluence with the Columbia. This portion of the road was flooded by the reservoir, requiring relocation of the road.
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...
"There are two principle falls, one of twenty feet and the other of from ten to twelve feet; in the latter, there being a perpendicular fall of seven or eight feet; for a quarter of a mile the descent is rapid, over a rough bed of rocks, and...