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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...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

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...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Shyenne River
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Cheyenne River
"The Shyenne (Cheyenne) River is 60 feet wide and 14 feet deep, being the largest branch of Red River crossed by the expedition train." Plate IX.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Milk River near junction of Missouri
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Milk River (Mont.)
"The valley of the Milk River is wide and open, with a very heavy growth of cottonwood as far as the eye can reach, which is also to be found along the adjacent shores of the Missouri River." Plate XVIII.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Lake Jessie
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Lake Jessie
"The water of Lake Jessie is considerably saline in its character," "and the theory for the saline qualities is found in the fact that it is never washed out, and retains the salt deposits and incrustations." Plate XI.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Falls of the Spokane
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Waterfalls; Spokane River; Spokane Falls
"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...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Big Blackfoot Valley
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Valleys; Rivers
"This valley for the most part is wide and open." There are "spurs separating it from the Hell-Gate Valley on the south," and "separate on the north the various tributaries flowing into the Blackfoot River." Plate LXII.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Hot Spring mound, in the "Deer Lodge" prairie, of the Rocky Mountains
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Springs; Mounds (Landforms); Prairies
A conical mound near the center of a beautiful prairie called the "Deer Lodge". The mound stands "about thirty feet high, around the base of which are innumerable springs of hot water. On top of the mound a spring three feet in...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Conveyer Tower
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
A conveyer belt was carried on a suspension bridge over the Columbia River at a height approximately 35 feet higher than the finished dam.
Hubert Blonk

Field Trip
School field trips; Schools -- Washington (State) -- Kahlotus;
A field trip to the sand hills near Kahlotus, Washington. Kahlotus is located at the junction of State Routes 260 and 263 in south central Washington.
Communities of the Inland Northwest

Checking the progress of Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
A group of men are posed in front of the incomplete dam.
Hubert Blonk

Gillette and the Invasion of Sicily
Italy; World War II; Clippings;
A newspaper clipping about Staff Sgt. Robert Gillette landing with the army paratroopers in Sicily.
Robert W. Gillette

Gillette and the Invasion of Sicily
Clippings; Italy; World War II;
A newspaper clipping about the airborne involvement in the invasion of Sicily. Sgt. Gillette is named in the clipping.
Robert W. Gillette

McKeown, Corporal David and Private Charles Davis newspaper clipping
Jumping (Horsemanship); Soldiers; World War II;
A newspaper clipping about two soldiers, Corporal David McKeown and Private Charles Davis, that won a horse jumping contest.
Robert W. Gillette

A paved road at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center located on the route of the National Parks Highway Association tour
National Parks Highway Association -- Photograph collections; Inland Automobile Association -- Photograph collections; Guilbert, Frank W., -- d. 1940 -- Photograph collections
A paved road lined with three buildings and a bowling sign at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois. This is located on the route of the National Parks Highway Association tour.
Inland Automobile Association

Washington State Crime Lab
Eastern Washington University -- Buildings; Criminal investigations;
A photograph of the Washington State Crime Lab which is 32,000 square feet and is located on the Eastern Washington University campus. The crime lab was built in 2006 and houses a full staff of 30 forensic scientists.
EWU Buildings and Grounds

After the Fire at Grand Coulee
Fire; Grand Coulee (Wash. : Coulee)
A policeman and group of men appear to be investigating something in the charred rubble along “B” Street in Grand Coulee after the building was destroyed by fire.
Hubert Blonk

Listening to President Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.)
A portion of the crowd at Coulee Dam, Washington listening to President Harry S. Truman speaking at the dedication of Grand Coulee Dam and Lake Roosevelt.
Hubert Blonk

Mechanical Screed
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Concrete construction.
A special mechanical screed was built for finishing the concrete in the bucket section of Grand Coulee Dam.
Hubert Blonk

Temporary Gate for Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
A temporary floodgate used to close off a slot in the dam is being barged into position.
Hubert Blonk

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