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    • Shyenne River

    • 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
    • Lake Jessie

    • 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

    • 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 Hole Prairie, from the north

    • Big Hole Prairie, from the north

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Big Hole Prairie (Mont.); Mountains; Rivers

    • Approximately "fifty miles long and fifteen miles wide," Big Hole Prairie "is hemmed in by high mountains on every side except the southeast where Wisdom River passes out from it." Plate XLIX.
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Herd of bison, near Lake Jessie

    • 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.
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Distribution of goods to the Assiniboines

    • Distribution of goods to the Assiniboines

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Assiniboine Indians; Gifts; Rites & ceremonies

    • Assiniboines at the expedition encampment "arranged to receive their presents. They were seated around in the form of three sides of a square, the open side being opposite to the places occupied by the expedition party, the chief, and the...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Chemakane Mission

    • 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...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Eighth Grade Class, Training School, 1907

    • Eighth Grade Class, Training School, 1907

    • Gaines, Xerpha Mae -- Photograph collections; State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.); State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.) -- Students -- Photographs; College students -- Washington (State) -- Cheney -- Photographs

    • Cheney State Normal School (currently Eastern Washington University) Eighth Grade Class, Training School, 1907. Verso reads left to right. Top row: Dale smith; [unknown]; Tootsy Bab; Hazel; Elsie; Ethel; [unknown]; Hazel Skinner; Edith Lybecker;...
    • EWU Student Life and Activities
    • Nez Perces

    • Nez Perces

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Nez Perce Indians

    • Drawing depicts the meeting of the expedition party with "a band of about fifty Nez Perce Indians going to hunt. They have from 250 to 300 horses, most of them splendid animals, in fine condition, and with perfectly sound backs. Women and...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Fort Vancouver, W. T.

    • Fort Vancouver, W. T.

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Fort Vancouver (Wash.)

    • Drawing of Fort Vancouver which was the administrative headquarters and main supply depot for the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trading operations in the immense Columbia Department. Under the leadership of John McLoughlin, the fort became the center...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Essen Club 1902-1903, Cheney State Normal School

    • Essen Club 1902-1903, Cheney State Normal School

    • Gaines, Xerpha Mae -- Photograph collections; State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.); State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.) -- Students -- Photographs; College students -- Washington (State) -- Cheney -- Photographs; State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.)...

    • Essen Club, Cheney State Normal School, (currently Eastern Washington University) 1902 and 1903. Verso reads 1. Miss Courtright ; 2. Miss O'Malloy ; 3. Dexter Adams ; 4. Ray Pennix ; 5. Cagle ; 6. F.E. Millay ; 7. Roberts ; 8. [unknown] ; 9....
    • EWU Student Life and Activities
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