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- “Castus”
- Columbia River Region -- History.
- Photograph of a man holding four "castus."
- Hubert Blonk
- 7000 Foot Canyon
- Snake River; Canyons; Idaho - landforms. Snake River - Idaho
- The canyon of the Snake River is 7,000 feet deep at this location.
- Otis Willard Freeman Photograph Collection
- 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
- Bank of pothole lakes
- Geology -- Washington (State); Cliffs; Volcanic rock; Lakes & ponds
- Basalt cliffs banking the potholes near Quincy, WA, east of the Columbia River.
- Otis Willard Freeman Photograph Collection
- Basalt columns on the Snake River
- Geology -- Washington (State); Volcanic rock; Snake River
- Photo of basalt columns along the banks of the Snake River.
- Otis Willard Freeman Photograph Collection
- Bears Paw
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bears Paw Mountains
- "A broad and rugged mountain upheaval, intersected with valleys that stretch from Milk River to the Missouri." Plate XXIII.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Camp Red River hunters
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Carts & wagons; Hunting
- The train of the Red River hunters consisting "of 824 carts, about 1,200 animals, and 1,300 persons, men, women, and children." The encampment is formed by making "a circular or square yard of the carts, placed side by side with the...
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Cape Horn - Columbia River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River;
- Cape Horn on the Columbia River. Drawing shows expedition party and camp. Plate XLVI.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Cascades of the Columbia
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River; Cascade Falls
- The Cascade rapids, sometimes referred to as the Cascade Falls. This is an area of rapids in the Columbia River where travelers by boat along the river were forced to either portage boats and supplies or pull boats up with ropes. Plate XLV.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- 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
- Chief Joseph Dam
- Architectural drawings; Dam construction; Chief Joseph Dam (Wash.); Columbia River
- Corp of Engineers architectural drawing of the Chief Joseph Dam located on the Columbia River, WA.
- Otis Willard Freeman Photograph Collection
- 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
- Coffer Dam Construction
- Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
- Work on the coffer dam at the site of Grand Coulee Dam. One crane is on a barge in the river, another is on land.
- Hubert Blonk
- Columbia River
- Columbia River -- History; Columbia River Region -- History.
- Winter, 1937.
- Hubert Blonk