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...
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...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Military life; Valleys
Looking westward from Cantonment Stevens in the Bitter Root valley. Lieutenant Mullan and his party "established this camp ten miles above Fort Owen." The cantonment sat a little removed from the Indian camp and consisted of "four...
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; Assiniboine Indians; Gifts; Fort Union (Mont.)
"Fort Union is situated on the eastern bank of the Missouri River, about 2 ¾ miles above the mouth of the Yellowstone. It was built by the American Fur Company in 1830, and has from that time been the principal supply store or depot of that...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River; Channels; Indian encampments; Canoes; Dalles (Or.)
The Dalles is a narrow place in the Columbia River, where the channel has been worn out of the rocks, below which about ten miles, is the mouth of the Klikitat River. Drawing shows an Indian encampment on the bank and a canoe on the water. Plate...
Photograph of H. M. Showalter with a horse he bought from France standing in front of the Sprague Livery & Feed Stable. Sprague is located approximately 37 miles southwest of Spokane, Washington. The photograph shows the livery stable as well...
Eastern Washington College of Education -- Students
Lola Maye Maye, posing on the parapet of the Administration Building [Showalter Hall] during the annual Senior Breakfast at Eastern Washington College of Education (currently Eastern Washington University).
Geology -- Washington (State); Waterfalls; Volcanic rock; Canyons
Photo of Dry Falls, a dry cliff that stands 400 ft. high and 3.5 miles wide. Dry Falls is a feature of Grand Coulee Canyon, which is part of the channeled scablands of eastern Washington.