Black and white image of four men, one of whom is shoveling smelt from the bottom of a boat into wooden boxes. The boxes have the words "From the Columbia River Smelt Co. Kelso, Wash." stamped on them. The man doing the shoveling is an older man with his back to the camera. He is wearing a hat with a brim, a long-sleeved shirt, a vest with a large hole in the back, workpants and shoes. To his left, a younger man kneels, holding on to one of th boxes with his right hand. He is wearing a brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, and pants. In another boat facing the camera is an elderly man dressed in a suit, with jacket, white shirt and bowtie, and a brimmed hat. Next to him in the boat is a younger man, without a hat, wearing work pants, and a long-sleeved shirt with the collar pulled up around his neck. Behind them is the river and the opposite shore can be seen in the distance.
Brief article detailing the use of fishing wheels for catching salmon on the Columbia River. Most of the page is taken up by a drawing of a fishing boat equipped with a fishing wheel. The drawing shows four men on the boat who are pulling the fish from the wheel and stacking them on the deck of the boat. Three people stand watching on the banks of the river. Cliffs and mountains are visible in the background.
Brief article detailing the use of fishing wheels for catching salmon on the Columbia River. Most of the page is taken up by a drawing of a fishing boat equipped with a fishing wheel. The drawing shows four men on the boat who are pulling the fish from the wheel and stacking them on the deck of the boat. Three people stand watching on the banks of the river. Cliffs and mountains are visible in the background.
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1875. Includes reports on the improvement of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
20 p. Selected pages of the Executive Documents of the House of Representatives during the third session of the fortieth Congress in 1868-1869. Includes selected pages from the Report of the Secretary of War, part II.
78 p. Includes sections of Appendix SS: Report of Capt. William W. Harts, Corps of Engineers; and Appendix TT: Report of Maj. W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers. Additional information on these topics can be found by consulting the Indexes to the Chief of Engineers Reports 1866-1912: http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/wwdl&CISOPTR=1082 and 1913-1917: http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/wwdl&CISOPTR=1112
A black and white view of the toll bridge built across the Columbia River to link Hood River, Oregon, with the vicinity of Bingen, Washington. Built in the 1920s. This view is looking south towards Hood River and shows Mt. Hood, Hood River, and the Hood River Valley in the distance. Deciduous trees line both shores, and the hills in the background are fairly well forested, with conifers primarily in evidence. Buildings are visible in the middle ground on the low hills, especially to the right. A slight haze hangs over the valley in the distance but in the foreground the shadows of a sunny day are strong.
1 p. article describing the building of the Columbia River Highway, including construction details. The article also contains four photographs: one depicting the bridge at Shepperd's Dell, one depicting the entrance to the observatory tunnel, one depicting Mitchell's Tunnel through Storm Cliff; one showing the overlook at Crown Point on the Columbia River.
Article from Scientific American describing the building of the Columbia River Highway, including construction details. The article also contains four photographs: one depicting the bridge at Shepperd's Dell, one depicting the entrance to the observatory tunnel, one depicting Mitchell's Tunnel through Storm Cliff; one showing the overlook at Crown Point on the Columbia River.
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of the Columbia, Snake, and Willamette rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
13 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1873. Also included are annual reports on the works of river improvement for the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Oregon.
65 p. Includes sections of Appendix PP: 1883 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, and other works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
58 p. Includes sections of Appendix OO: 1881 annual report of Maj. G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, Bvt. Lieut. Col., detailing construction, navigation, surveys and other works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
9 p. Selected pages from the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army for 1883. Included are annual reports upon works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1877. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
74 p. Includes sections of Appendix MM: 1880 annual report of Maj. G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, Bvt. Lieut. Col., detailing construction, surveys and other works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
42 p. Includes sections of Appendix JJ: 1878 annual report of Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing surveys and works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
32 p. Includes sections of Appendix FF: Annual reports of Maj. N. Michler, Corps of Engineers, detailing works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph with the caption "View on the Columbia River, Middle Block House, Cascades". Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1264 in the set of "Watkins' Pacific Coast" views of the western states. The view is along the Columbia River. Evergreens and tree-covered mountains line the shores above low rocky beaches or cliffs. Tree-covered islands are in the distance. In the lower right foreground of the picture is a line of railroad tracks, with some sort of wooden frame structures running alongside. Middle Block House was a wooden fort.
59 p. Includes sections of Appendix OO: 1882 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, surveys and other works of improvement for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
49 p. Includes sections of Appendix SS: 1885 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, and Appendix TT: reports of Maj. W. A. Jones, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction and other works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette, Columbia and Snake rivers.
53 p. Includes sections of Appendix QQ: 1884 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, surveys and other works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
19 p. Selected pages of the Executive Documents of the House of Representatives during the second session of the forty-first Congress in 1869-1870. Includes selected pages of the Report of the Secretary of War, Volume II.
71 p. A report submitted to the National Resources Committee and the state planning boards of Washington and Oregon by the Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Columbia Gorge Committee, detailing the findings of their study of ways to conserve the scenic beauty of the Columbia River Gorge.
A black and white image identified as a view of Maryhill, Washington, from Samuel Hill's property, showing two steamboats moored at the town. In the foreground are rock outcrops; the hill down which we gaze is covered with grasses and other plants. The meadow extends down the hill; on the flatter areas of the riverbank near the town is cropland to the right and an area forested with conifers to the left. A road winds its way through the picture, and some town buildings are visible. Beyond flows the Columbia River, and behind it the bluffs that rise up to the Columbia Plateau on the Oregon side of the river.
A train of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company steams through the midground of this black and white image, taken from the south side of the Columbia River. There is one locomotive and about 10 cars on the train. In the foreground is a pond, mostly encircled by trees except to the left, where ruts of a dirt road can be seen. The train travels on an embankment. Behind it can be seen the river, with low, sparsely-treed hills rising beyond. There are puffy clouds in the sky.
Black and white image of cascades of the Columbia River. A man is standing on one of two large rocks in the foreground on the right hand side. Trees and mountains are visible in the background. A large rock in the middle of the river is prominent in the forground of the image.
9 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army for 1886. Included are annual reports upon works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette, Columbia and Snake rivers.
6 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1879. Included are annual reports upon works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
A black-and-white stereoscopic view of a man fishing. The man appears to be either Asian or black. He wears a light shirt and dark jacket, both with wide sleeves, medium-light pants, and dark shoes. Half his head is either shaved or balding; the dark straight hair on the back half may be held back by some sort of headband. The man squats on a driftwood log at the edge of the placid river water. He holds a wood or bamboo pole out at a 90-degree angle to his body. On the log in front of him are twigs strung with small fish and weighed down with another piece of driftwood. At the very left edge of the left-side photograph can be seen part of a wooden bucket. Along the upper bank of the river to his left runs a line of telephone or telegraph poles. Beyond him stretches the river and forested hills.