"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...
Cheney Junior High School building, which was briefly used for some Cheney State Normal School classes following the destruction of the school by fire.
Photograph showing a view of Main Street in Cheney, Washington. View is looking west on Main Street form the corner of "D" and Main Streets. The town has electric lights but the streets are still dirt. The turret on the First National...
Eastern Washington State College; Fieldhouse (Eastern Washington University); Eastern Washington University -- Buildings -- History
Photograph of the southern view of some of the Fine Arts complex of buildings located on the campus of Eastern Washington State College (currently Eastern Washington University). The Fieldhouse is in the background.
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...
Horses at pasture along the Snake River in Idaho. At this time some ranches along the Snake River could only be reached by boat, or pack string, since trails, not roads were the only means of land transportation.
Eastern Washington College of Education - students; College students -- Washington (State) -- Cheney -- Photographs; Students; Fraternities & sororities
Some of the members of Lambda Epsilon on the Herculean Pillars at the entrance to the campus of Eastern Washington College of Education (currently Eastern Washington University).
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...
"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...
Photograph of the Cheney Drug Co. in Cheney, Washington. It is a false front building common to the time and has a wooden sidewalk in front. Built by F. A. Pomeroy, a Cheney physician, this brick building has housed a number of businesses since its...
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...
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Washington (State); Construction
Photograph of the early stage of construction of St. John's Cathedral in Spokane Washington. Photograph is showing the first courses of stone and some of the lifting equipment, including a hand-powered winch.
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Washington (State); Construction
Photograph of the beginning of construction showing stone carving site with a pile of stone chips and some completed and partially completed building stone for St. John's Cathedral, Spokane Washington.