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Butte de Morale
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Buttes
"The altitude of this butte, as determined by barometric measurement, is 281.8 feet above the level of the Shyenne (Cheyenne) River." Named for "an engagement between some half-breeds and Sioux, in which one of the former, by the...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Bois de Sioux River
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bois de Sioux River (Minn.)
The Bois de Sioux River. The drawing shows two wagons with horses on the bank. Plate VII.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Blackfeet Indians - Three Buttes
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Buttes; Blackfeet Indians; Hunting; Buffaloes
"A view of the Three Buttes and the Blackfeet Indians engaged in the hunt." Plate XXVII.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Bitter Root River, near Fort Owen
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bitterroot River (Mont.)
The Bitter Root River near Fort Owen. The drawing shows an Indian fishing from the bank. Plate LXVI.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Lightning Lake
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Lightning Lake (Mont.)
"Lightning Lake is a very beautiful sheet of water, so called from the fact that during Captain Pope's expedition, while encamped here, one of those storms so fearfully violent in this country occurred, during which one of his party was...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

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

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

Bears Teeth Missouri River - Gate of the Mountain
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Missouri River; Gates of the Mountains (Mont.)
"A prominent landmark near where the Missouri River issues from what Lewis & Clark denominate 'Gate of the Mountains.'" Plate LI.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

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
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

Mouth of Peluse (Palouse) River
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Palouse River (Wash.)
The Peluse (Palouse) River "runs through a deep canyon, surrounded by isolated volcanic buttes, to its junction with the Snake River." Plate XL.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Approach to Cadotte's Pass
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys
Exploration party moving up the Sun River valley "in the direction of the pass between the Crown Butte and the Rattlers, prominent landmarks west of Sun River and visible at a great distance." Plate XXIX.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Milk River - Bears Paw Mountain in distance
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Milk River (Mont.); Bears Paw Mountains
Drawing depicts Milk River with Bears Paw Mountain in the distance. Bears Paw, "a broad and rugged mountain upheaval, stretches from Milk River to the Missouri." Plate XXII.
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

Milk River and Panther Mountain
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Milk River (Mont.)
Drawing depicts a view of Milk River and Panther Mountain in the distance. Plate XX.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Lieutenant Grover's dispatch - Return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton
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...
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

W. W. P. Meadow Lake Station
Washington Water Power Company; Four Lakes (Wash.) -- History; Railroad stations -- Washington (State); Transportation -- Washington (State) -- History
Photograph of travelers watching the interurban train arriving at the Washington Water Power Meadow Lake Station in Four Lakes, Washington.
Communities of the Inland Northwest

Martin, Clarence D., on the first Official Train to Grand Coulee
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction;Railroads -- Design and construction.
The official opening of the contractor’s railroad was on July 29, 1935. Much of the work had been completed several months earlier. Governor Clarence D. Martin was the official engineer for the first official trip.
Hubert Blonk

Marcus Depot
Marcus (Wash.) Photographs.
Great Northern depot at Marcus, Washington. This was the junction for the Republic branch, leading to the left of the photo. The main line to Nelson, BC curves to the right. The railroad was relocated and the town razed to make way for Lake...
Hubert Blonk

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