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1. Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Fifty-Second Congress. Volume II. Part III.
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Selected pages from the Report of the Secretary of War, Volume 2, Part 3, in 1892. Serial Set 3080.
2. Great Training Jetty at the Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon
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2 p. A journal article giving some history and financial information, as well as a great deal of construction detail, for the jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River. The work of the pile-driver and use of railroad cars to carry construction supplies on the miles-long trestle are described. Messrs. M. J. Kinney and Robert Gibson are thanked for the accompanying illustrations and data used in the article. The five photographs show lowering of "mattresses" at the end of the jetty; a train load of rock starting its run out; loading rock onto the dump-cars at the jetty dock; the jet pile-driver used in constructing the trestle; and dumping rocks after the "mattresses" have been lowered.
3. Columbia River
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1 p. A poem of 11 unequal stanzas by Emma Shaw. We stand on Cape Disappointment at sunset and watch the Columbia River, envisioning its flow from its "far-off, wild birthplace" down to the Pacific Ocean. Mount Hood, St. Helens, Mount Jefferson, and Mount Adams are all seen "beneath the gorgeous sunset sky".
4. Serial Set 3078
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A collection of images, documents, and maps relating to the Columbia River Basin and other Western U.S. water resources.
5. Columbia River Salmon Fisheries
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2 p. Article detailing the salmon fishing industry on the Columbia River, including providing details on salmon spawning and the use of fish wheels. The use of Chinese, Scandinavian, and Russian immigrants in the fishing and canning is described. There is also discussion of the town of Astoria and its expected growth.
6. Scenes on the Columbia River, Oregon
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1 p. A brief column and two photographs by H. H. Shank describing the scenic beauties of the Columbia River and its shores, which according to him compare advantageously in picturesque attraction with those of the Rhine in Germany. He also touches on "Memeluse Island". The accompanying photographs are of Hercules Pillars, and of a Native American burial structure on Memaloose Island.
7. Columbia River Centennial
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2 p. Article by Florence E. Winslow detailing the discovery and early exploration of the Columbia River. There is also some focus on the placement and expected future greatness of Astoria.
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