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.
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...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Springs; Bitterroot Range
Near the summit of the Bitter Root Mountains, "a hot spring with a temperature of 132 degrees, around which was a fine prairie camping ground." Plate LVII.
Automobiles; automobile travel -- Washington (State) -- Photographs; National Parks Highway Association -- Photograph collections; Inland Automobile Association -- Photograph collections; Guilbert, Frank W., -- d. 1940 -- Photograph collections
Photograph of L. H. Brown, W. G. Eden from Chicago, and unidentified man standing near one of the official Mitchell Six automobiles used during the Chicago to Tacoma National Parks Highway Association tour. The tour began on June 4, 1916 and was to...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862.; Fort Benton (Mont.)
Governor Stevens receives a dispatch "from Lieutenant Grover to the effect that Lieutenant Grover met Lieutenant Saxton near the dividing ridge, and that they were returning together to Fort Benton," as the route could not be traversed by...
Right of way -- Law and legislation -- United States; Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Wash.); Marcus (Wash.) Photographs.
Catherine Michel age approximately 80, lived near Marcus, Washington. The Michels had to relocate along with the other residents of Marcus when Lake Roosevelt inundated the original town site.
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.
"Minnehaha, or the Laughing Water, called also Brown's Falls. It is situated west of the Mississippi, and distant about three miles from Fort Snelling. Ten miles above the falls the stream flows from Lake Calhoun, and it passes through a level...
Motor launch “Miss Coulee” at dock, with a group of sight-seers. This may have been a cruise for the Lions Club, as a Lions pennant is displayed near the bow of the vessel.
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Mount Rainier (Wash.)
"Mount Rainier is one of the highest and most prominent peaks of the Cascade range." "The mountain was first discovered by Vancouver in the beginning of May of 1792, from Port Townsend. He named it in honor of his friend, Rear...