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• 81. [Image] View along the Columbia

  	A wooden building with a peaked roof and many windows along the side closest to the viewer is situated on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Columbia River. The river is on the right and can be seen flowing ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: View along the Columbia Year: 1880 A wooden building with a peaked roof and many windows along the side closest to the viewer is situated on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Columbia River. The river is on the right and can be seen flowing off into the distance, with both riverbanks visible. A dirt road extends from the left foreground of the image to the front of the building where a vintage automobile, possibly from the 1920s or 1930s, is parked. A pole with an American flag is situated in front of the building. There are tall, thin conifer trees growing on the hillside leading down to the river and some shrubs growing along the edge of the roadway. Title: View along the Columbia Year: 1880 A wooden building with a peaked roof and many windows along the side closest to the viewer is situated on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Columbia River. The river is on the right and can be seen flowing off into the distance, with both riverbanks visible. A dirt road extends from the left foreground of the image to the front of the building where a vintage automobile, possibly from the 1920s or 1930s, is parked. A pole with an American flag is situated in front of the building. There are tall, thin conifer trees growing on the hillside leading down to the river and some shrubs growing along the edge of the roadway. Close

• 82. [Image] View of Maryhill, Wa., and Columbia River, from Samuel Hill property. Two steamboats moored at town

  	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 ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: View of Maryhill, Wa., and Columbia River, from Samuel Hill property. Two steamboats moored at town Year: 1880 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. Title: View of Maryhill, Wa., and Columbia River, from Samuel Hill property. Two steamboats moored at town Year: 1880 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. Close

• 83. [Image] View of Maryhill, Wa., and Columbia River, from Samuel Hill property. Two steamboats moored at town

  	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 ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: View of Maryhill, Wa., and Columbia River, from Samuel Hill property. Two steamboats moored at town Year: 1880 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. Title: View of Maryhill, Wa., and Columbia River, from Samuel Hill property. Two steamboats moored at town Year: 1880 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. Close

• 84. [Image] CCC enrollee from Riley Creek (Wisconsin) constructing a side deflector

  	USFS photo #370680 The deflector that the men are installing is firmly anchored in the stream and is then covered with sod. The enrollees are digging under the farther bank to form a hole for trout shelter. ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: CCC enrollee from Riley Creek (Wisconsin) constructing a side deflector Year: 1938 USFS photo #370680 The deflector that the men are installing is firmly anchored in the stream and is then covered with sod. The enrollees are digging under the farther bank to form a hole for trout shelter. The deflector will narrow the stream, thus increasing the speed of the flow of the water. The area in back of the deflector will all fill in. Title: CCC enrollee from Riley Creek (Wisconsin) constructing a side deflector Year: 1938 USFS photo #370680 The deflector that the men are installing is firmly anchored in the stream and is then covered with sod. The enrollees are digging under the farther bank to form a hole for trout shelter. The deflector will narrow the stream, thus increasing the speed of the flow of the water. The area in back of the deflector will all fill in. Close

• 85. [Image] Fishing Platform, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon

  	This is a long rectangular black and white photograph featuring a small wooden fishing platform built in front of large rock forms. Two long fishing poles, one tied to a piece of rock near the right corner ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Fishing Platform, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon Author: Toedtemeier, Terry This is a long rectangular black and white photograph featuring a small wooden fishing platform built in front of large rock forms. Two long fishing poles, one tied to a piece of rock near the right corner of the photograph, extend over the flowing river below.; 1985 Title: Fishing Platform, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon Author: Toedtemeier, Terry This is a long rectangular black and white photograph featuring a small wooden fishing platform built in front of large rock forms. Two long fishing poles, one tied to a piece of rock near the right corner of the photograph, extend over the flowing river below.; 1985 Close

• 86. [Image] Euphrates ferry boat, Tellel-Abmar

  	In the time of the ancient glory of Mesopotania when Babylon and Nineveh crowned the plains, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flowed in separate channels to the Persian Gulf. Now, however, owing to the ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Euphrates ferry boat, Tellel-Abmar Year: 1900 In the time of the ancient glory of Mesopotania when Babylon and Nineveh crowned the plains, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flowed in separate channels to the Persian Gulf. Now, however, owing to the silting up of the old beds, their waters unite a few miles from the coast into one stream, the Shat-el-Arab. This shallow, muddy river is bordered for miles with groves of date palms. The plantations stretching off into the country on either side supply the greater part of the world with dates. Title: Euphrates ferry boat, Tellel-Abmar Year: 1900 In the time of the ancient glory of Mesopotania when Babylon and Nineveh crowned the plains, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flowed in separate channels to the Persian Gulf. Now, however, owing to the silting up of the old beds, their waters unite a few miles from the coast into one stream, the Shat-el-Arab. This shallow, muddy river is bordered for miles with groves of date palms. The plantations stretching off into the country on either side supply the greater part of the world with dates. Close

• 87. [Image] Jordan and the promised land, Palestine

  	In the study of rivers and their valleys the Jordan must be considered as a special case. Rivers cannot cut even at their mouths, but a little below the level of the body into which they flow. The Jordan ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Jordan and the promised land, Palestine Year: 1900 In the study of rivers and their valleys the Jordan must be considered as a special case. Rivers cannot cut even at their mouths, but a little below the level of the body into which they flow. The Jordan does not violate this law and yet a portion of its course is far below sea level. It rises west of Mt. Hermon and after spreading out into Lake Merom and the Sea of Galilee, discharges its waters into the Dead Sea, which has no outlet and is a body of salt water, and here the Jordan is below sea-level. The Valley of the Jordan, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee occupy a portion of a long narrow depression in the surface of the earth. At the east and west margins of the depression there are great fissures or breaks in the rocks and land between these fissures has fallen or been drawn in toward the center of the earth. The Jordan varies in width from 30 to 70 yards, but in January and Febraury it overflows its banks and is from half-mile to two miles wide. The soil in the valley is very rich except near the Dead Sea. In the midwinter the landscape is green with grass and bright with flowers, but in summer it has the general appearance of a desert. Title: Jordan and the promised land, Palestine Year: 1900 In the study of rivers and their valleys the Jordan must be considered as a special case. Rivers cannot cut even at their mouths, but a little below the level of the body into which they flow. The Jordan does not violate this law and yet a portion of its course is far below sea level. It rises west of Mt. Hermon and after spreading out into Lake Merom and the Sea of Galilee, discharges its waters into the Dead Sea, which has no outlet and is a body of salt water, and here the Jordan is below sea-level. The Valley of the Jordan, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee occupy a portion of a long narrow depression in the surface of the earth. At the east and west margins of the depression there are great fissures or breaks in the rocks and land between these fissures has fallen or been drawn in toward the center of the earth. The Jordan varies in width from 30 to 70 yards, but in January and Febraury it overflows its banks and is from half-mile to two miles wide. The soil in the valley is very rich except near the Dead Sea. In the midwinter the landscape is green with grass and bright with flowers, but in summer it has the general appearance of a desert. Close

• 88. [Image] Jordan and the Promised Land

  	Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Jordan rises west of Mt. Hermon and after spreading out into Lake Mermon and the sea of Galilee, discharges its waters into the Dead Sea, 1292 feet ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Jordan and the Promised Land Year: 1910 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Jordan rises west of Mt. Hermon and after spreading out into Lake Mermon and the sea of Galilee, discharges its waters into the Dead Sea, 1292 feet below the level of the Mediterranean. From Lake Mermon to the Dead Sea, which has no outlet and is a body of salt water, the course of the Jordon is below sea level. The Valley of the Jordon the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee occupy a portion of the long narrow depression in the surface of the earth. At the east and west margins of the depression there are great fissures of breaks in the rocks and the land between these fissures has fallen or been drawn in toward the center of the earth. The Jordon varies in width from 30 to 70 yards, but in January and February it over flows its banks and is from a half-mile to two miles wide. The soil in the valley is very rich except near the Dead Sea. In Mid-winter the landscape is green with grass and bright with flowers, but in summer it has the general appearance of a desert." Title: Jordan and the Promised Land Year: 1910 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Jordan rises west of Mt. Hermon and after spreading out into Lake Mermon and the sea of Galilee, discharges its waters into the Dead Sea, 1292 feet below the level of the Mediterranean. From Lake Mermon to the Dead Sea, which has no outlet and is a body of salt water, the course of the Jordon is below sea level. The Valley of the Jordon the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee occupy a portion of the long narrow depression in the surface of the earth. At the east and west margins of the depression there are great fissures of breaks in the rocks and the land between these fissures has fallen or been drawn in toward the center of the earth. The Jordon varies in width from 30 to 70 yards, but in January and February it over flows its banks and is from a half-mile to two miles wide. The soil in the valley is very rich except near the Dead Sea. In Mid-winter the landscape is green with grass and bright with flowers, but in summer it has the general appearance of a desert." Close

• 89. [Image] On the upper Amazon

  	The Amazon River is the largest in the world; it is not the longest for the Missouri-Mississippi River is longer, but it contains more water than any other river in the world. The amount of fresh water ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: On the upper Amazon Year: 1900 The Amazon River is the largest in the world; it is not the longest for the Missouri-Mississippi River is longer, but it contains more water than any other river in the world. The amount of fresh water brought to the mouth of the river is so great that for more than 100 miles out to the sea the water is fresh. The Amazon is about 4,000 miles long, which is 600 miles more than the distance from New York to Liverpool. For 250 miles upstream from the mouth this river is 50 miles wide, so that it looks like a broad bay rather than a river. The main stream and the twenty-nine larger tributaries have 27,000 miles of navigable waters, which is more than any other river system in the world. If the Hudson River, which empties into the Atlantic at New York were a great stream flowing through our continent from the west so that we could enter it and sail clear across the land to Salt Lake City on a steamer, we should have about the same condition of transportation as prevails on the Amazon. Para, in the Amazon Valley, is the chief rubber port of the world. The rubber is made from the sap of the Siphonia elastica, a forest tree which grows wild in this region. Para is also noted for the quantity of cacao exported. About half a million dollars' worth of it is shipped every year, and the product all told amounts to thousands of tons. From the Amazon lowlands which are overgrown with tropical forests, mahogany, rosewood, ebony, drugs, and Brazil nuts are found. Title: On the upper Amazon Year: 1900 The Amazon River is the largest in the world; it is not the longest for the Missouri-Mississippi River is longer, but it contains more water than any other river in the world. The amount of fresh water brought to the mouth of the river is so great that for more than 100 miles out to the sea the water is fresh. The Amazon is about 4,000 miles long, which is 600 miles more than the distance from New York to Liverpool. For 250 miles upstream from the mouth this river is 50 miles wide, so that it looks like a broad bay rather than a river. The main stream and the twenty-nine larger tributaries have 27,000 miles of navigable waters, which is more than any other river system in the world. If the Hudson River, which empties into the Atlantic at New York were a great stream flowing through our continent from the west so that we could enter it and sail clear across the land to Salt Lake City on a steamer, we should have about the same condition of transportation as prevails on the Amazon. Para, in the Amazon Valley, is the chief rubber port of the world. The rubber is made from the sap of the Siphonia elastica, a forest tree which grows wild in this region. Para is also noted for the quantity of cacao exported. About half a million dollars' worth of it is shipped every year, and the product all told amounts to thousands of tons. From the Amazon lowlands which are overgrown with tropical forests, mahogany, rosewood, ebony, drugs, and Brazil nuts are found. Close

• 90. [Image] Distant view of Cape Horn on Columbia River.

  	Black and white image of a sightseeing group standing on the railroad tracks running along the Columbia River. The group consists of men and women dressed in clothing from the 1920s. The women wear broad-brimmed ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Distant view of Cape Horn on Columbia River. Year: 1880 Black and white image of a sightseeing group standing on the railroad tracks running along the Columbia River. The group consists of men and women dressed in clothing from the 1920s. The women wear broad-brimmed hats, long-sleeved coats or javkets that come down to knee level, and long skirts that reach almost to the ground. The men wear a variety of hats, suit jackets, white shirts, and ties. Behind them the railroad tracks enter a tunnel. The tracks are at the base of a cliff on which brush and pine trees grow. On the left hand side of the image the river flows by. Cape Horn is visible in the distance. Title: Distant view of Cape Horn on Columbia River. Year: 1880 Black and white image of a sightseeing group standing on the railroad tracks running along the Columbia River. The group consists of men and women dressed in clothing from the 1920s. The women wear broad-brimmed hats, long-sleeved coats or javkets that come down to knee level, and long skirts that reach almost to the ground. The men wear a variety of hats, suit jackets, white shirts, and ties. Behind them the railroad tracks enter a tunnel. The tracks are at the base of a cliff on which brush and pine trees grow. On the left hand side of the image the river flows by. Cape Horn is visible in the distance. Close