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    • White Bear Lake

    • White Bear Lake

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; White Bear Lake (Minn.)

    • White Bear Lake, "a beautiful sheet of water, bordered with timber, about fourteen miles long and two wide, with high swelling banks running back a mile or so, and rising to the height of about one hundred and fifty feet." Plate V.
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Toppling a Tower

    • Toppling a Tower

    • Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.

    • Removal of one of the towers used to support the conveyor belt which delivered aggregate to the west side mix plant. The foundation level of Grand Coulee Dam is complete, and the river flows through diversion slots in the dam.
    • Hubert Blonk
    • Teton Valley

    • 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...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Source of the Peluse (Palouse)

    • 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...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • 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
    • Sauk River

    • Sauk River

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Sauk River (Minn.)

    • Sauk River at the point of the expeditions "ford is about 120 feet wide, though, owing to the obliquity of the banks and rapidity of current, the ford is near 300 feet wide and the water five feet deep." Plate III.
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Saint Paul

    • 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...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Pike Lake

    • Pike Lake

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Lakes & ponds

    • Lieutenant Grover's camp on the shores of Pike Lake. Governor Stevens considered this to be "the real starting point of the expedition and named the camp, "Camp Marcy", in honor of the Secretary of State." Plate VI.
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • Peluse (Palouse) Falls

    • 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
    • Old Fort Walla Walla

    • 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...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
    • 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
    • Near Mouse River

    • Near Mouse River

    • Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Mouse River (N. Dakota)

    • "Near Mouse River there are salt marshes" "and in some places deposits of salt a quarter of an inch thick." Mouse River valley "resembles that of the Sheyenne (Cheyenne). High ridges divide the plateau bordering the stream...
    • Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
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