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F.M. Martin Grain & Milling Co.
Cheney (Wash.) -- History;Mills; Grain industry; Granaries; Railroad cars; Carts & wagons
Photograph of the F.M. Martin Grain & Milling Co., an early mill located on the north side of the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks in Cheney, Washington. Photograph shows Northern Pacific Railroad cars, horses and wagon, bags of grain, and...
Historic Images of Cheney, WA

W. W. P. Electric Terminal, Cheney, Washington
Cheney (Wash.) -- History; Washington (State) -- Cheney -- History; Railroads; Railroad cars; Railroad stations; Washington Water Power Company -- History
Photograph of the Washington Water Power interurban electric terminal in Cheney, Washington. Photograph also shows railroad car and passengers.
Historic Images of Cheney, WA

Building the Contractor’s Railroad
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Scrapers (Earthmoving machinery) ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- History
Construction of the temporary railroad from Coulee City to the dam site utilized methods common a half century earlier when the Northern Pacific built its branch to Coulee City. Horse drawn fresno scrapers are being used to grade the roadbed.
Hubert Blonk

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

Awaiting the return of Mr. Tinkham
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862.
Governor Stevens and party roasting a joint of beef placed upon a spit while awaiting the arrival of Mr. Tinkham. Plate XXXII.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Mount Rainier viewed from near Steilacoom
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...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Peluse (Palouse) Falls
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys;Waterfalls; Palouse River (Wash.); Palouse Falls (Wash.)
"The Peluse (Palouse) River flows over three steppes, each of which is estimated to have an ascent of a thousand feet. The falls descend from the middle of the lower of these steppes." "The fall of the water, which is about thirty...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Teton Valley
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Teton River (Minn.); Valleys
The Teton Valley, "a vast plain, descending towards the east, the soil of inferior quality, and the dry vegetation indicated the change in the climate observed in going over the high, dry plains towards the Missouri." "The valley...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

White Bear Lake
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; White Bear Lake (Minn.)
White Bear Lake, "a beautiful sheet of water, bordered with timber, about fourteen miles long and two wide, with high swelling banks running back a mile or so, and rising to the height of about one hundred and fifty feet." Plate V.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Fort Vancouver, W. T.
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Fort Vancouver (Wash.)
Drawing of Fort Vancouver which was the administrative headquarters and main supply depot for the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trading operations in the immense Columbia Department. Under the leadership of John McLoughlin, the fort became the center...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

View of the Clark's Fork and the ridge of mountains, south of the Flathead Lake, looking eastward
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Clark Fork River (Mont.); Flathead Lake (Mont.)
The Clark Fork River, "being much cut up by coulees, have the appearance of that on the Upper Missouri. The soil is principally a light yellow clay; the stream here is two hundred yards wide, swift and deep, sparsely timbered with pine and...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Victor's camp - Hell Gate Ronde
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Salish Indians; Hellgate River (Mont.)
Drawing depicts the camp of Victor, a Flathead Chief. The camp sits on the Hell-Gate River "three miles above its junction with the Bitter Root." Plate XXXI.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Hell-Gate, entrance to Cadotte's Pass from the west
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Passes (Landforms); Hellgate River (Mont.)
Drawing depicts the Hell-Gate River at the entrance to Cadotte's Pass from the west. Plate LXIV.
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Great Falls of the Missouri River
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Waterfalls; Cliffs; Great Falls (Mont.)
The cliffs at the falls are about "one hundred fifty to three hundred feet deep with a steep descent to within fifty feet of the bottom, and for the remaining distance perpendicular walls of red sandstone." "Above the falls the banks...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

Grand Coulee
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Canyons; Grand Coulee (Wash.)
"The Grand Coulee is about ten miles wide where it opens on the Columbia River at its northern end, which is a hundred feet above the water, and gradually widens toward the south; its walls, eight hundred feet high are formed of solid basaltic...
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

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