Showalter Hall (Eastern Washington University); Pillars of Hercules (Eastern Washington University); Rock formations;
Pillars of Hercules and Showalter Hall. Showalter Hall was named in honor of the school's president Noah Showalter, 1911-26. The Pillars of Hercules were built in 1915 as a memorial to the administration building that was destroyed by fire in...
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...
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.