The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce

Contrasts--The Two Islands--Uplift--Volcanic Action--Flood--Age of Ice--Story of Wishpoosh and Creation of the Tribes--Outline of the Mountain Systems--Peculiar Interlocking of...

Nekahni Mountain and Tallapus--Quootshoi and Toulux--Original Beauty of Clatsop Plains--The Story Told by Celiast and Cultee--Casting of the "Thing" upon the Beach--The Pop-corn...

Search for Gold--Economic Effects--Early Extension of Exploration Westward--Cortez--Magellan--Aguilar--Fables of the Sea--Shakspere and Swift--Maps--Great Wars of the Seventeent...

Jefferson and Ledyard--Verendrye--Montcachabe, the Indian--The Indians--The Canadians--Results of the Louisiana Purchase--Fitting out the Lewis and Clark Expedition--The Winter...

Importance of the Fur-trade as Connected with all Other Parts of the History--Fur-hunters Compared with Gold-hunters--Sea-otter--Ledyard's Exploration--The European Inaugurators...

Journey of the Nez Perce Chiefs to Find the White Man's Book of Life--Interest Excited among Christian People by this Event--Methodist Church Leads in Preparing for a Missionary...

Events and Men who led the Way to the Pioneer Age--Kelley, Wyeth, and Bonneville--Ewing Young--Farnham, Shortess, and the "Oregon Dragoons"--The Wilkes Expedition--The _Star of...

The Six Nations at First Engaged in the Conflict--The Three Left in it--Claims by Sea of Spain, England, and the United States--Claims by Land--Rivalries of the Great Fur Compan...

Extent of Indian Troubles in the Region of the Columbia--Destruction of the _Tonquin_--Conflicting Policies of the British and the Americans in Regard to the Fur-trade--Advances...

Variety of Craft that have Navigated the Columbia--The _Beaver_, _Carolina_, _Columbia_, and _Lot Whitcomb_--Beginning of Steamboating above the Cascades--Steamboats above The D...

Early Gold-hunters--Gold in California--Effects of that Discovery on the Columbia River Country--Growth of Towns on the Columbia--Discovery of Gold in the Colville Country--Gold...

Population and Productions of the Region on the River and its Tributaries--Extent of its Navigability--Improvements Needed--Kinds of Traffic--Local Traffic--Transcontinental Tra...

Extent of Navigation on the River--Attractions of a Canoe Journey--The Canadian Pacific Railroad--Banff and Lake Louise--Summit of the Rockies--The Continental Divide and its We...

The Lake Plateau--The Glacial Origin of the Lakes--Down the Arrow Lakes from Revelstoke--The Fine Steamers--Characteristics of the Scenery--By Rail from Robson to Nelson--Agricu...

Increasing Population and Cultivation as we go South--Chelan and Wenatchee Orchards--The Wheat-plains East of Wenatchee to Spokane--Spokane, the Metropolis of the Inland Empire-...

The Most Unique Point yet on the River--River, Mountains, and Tide--The Only Place where the Cascade Range is Cleft--Distant View of Mt. Hood and Gradual Appearance of Lesser He...

Attractions of our Mountain Peaks--Relations to the Rivers--Locations of the Greatest and their Positions with Regard to the Cities and the Routes of Travel--The Mountain Clubs-...

Remarkable Change in Climate and Topography--Farms and Villages--First View of Mt. Hood on West Side--Vancouver and its Historic Interest--The North Bank Railroad--View at the M...