In the Oregon Country: Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the MakingPutnam, George Palmer
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In the Oregon Country: Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making
Putnam, George Palmer
Olympus, Mount (Wash.); Oregon -- Description and travel; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
A CENTRAL OREGON FREIGHTER. "YOU WILL
FIND THEM EVERYWHERE IN THE RAILLESS
LAND, THE FREIGHTERS AND THEIR TEAMS" 38
IN THE DRY-FARM LANDS OF CENTRAL OREGON.
"SERRIED BY VALLEYS, WHERE THE GOLD OF
SUN AND GRAIN, AND VAGRANT CLOUD
SHADOWS, MADE GORGEOUS PICTURINGS" 42
CROOKED RIVER CANYON, NOW SPANNED BY A
RAILROAD BRIDGE 56
IN THE DESCHUTES CANYON. "THE RIVER
WINDS SINUOUSLY, SEEKING FIRST ONE, AND
THEN ANOTHER, POINT OF THE COMPASS" 56
Copyright 1911 by Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Ore.
ALONG THE CANYON OF THE DESCHUTES 62
Copyright 1911 by Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Ore.
IRRIGATION--"FIRST, PARCHED LANDS OF SAGE;
THEN THE FLOW" 68
Series Copyright 1909 by Asahel Curtis
IRRIGATION--"NEXT, WATER IN A MASTER
DITCH AND COUNTLESS MAN-MADE RIVULETS
BETWEEN THE FURROWS" 68
"IT WAS A VERY TYPICAL STAGECOACH" 70
IN THE HOMESTEAD COUNTRY 70
A VALLEY OF WASHINGTON. "THE BIG WESTLAND
SMILES AND RECEIVES THEM ALL" 74
From a photograph by Frank Palmer, Spokane, Wash.
A TRAILSIDE DIP IN A MOUNTAIN LAKE 78
"SLIDING DOWN SNOW-FIELDS IS FUN, THOUGH
CHILLY" 78
ON THE TRAIL IN THE HIGHLANDS OF THE
CASCADES 80
"A SKY BLUE LAKE SET LIKE A SAPPHIRE IN
AN EMERALD MOUNT" 80
THE TRAILS ARE NOT ALL DRY-SHOD 84
"OUR TRAIL WOUND BENEATH A FAIRY FOREST" 84
AN OREGON TRAIL 86
From a Photograph by Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Ore.
"PACKING UP" AT A DESERTED RANGER
STATION 96
USING THE FOREST FIRE TELEPHONE AT A
RANGER STATION 96
AN OREGON TROUT STREAM 100
From a Photograph by Raymond, Moro, Ore.
CANOEING AND DUCK SHOOTING MAY BE
COMBINED ON THE DESCHUTES 108
ON A BACKWATER OF THE DESCHUTES 108
ALONG THE DESCHUTES, THE "RIVER OF FALLS."
"IT ROARS AND RUSHES, IN WHITE-WATERED
CASCADES" 112
Copyright 1911 By Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Ore.
"CANOEING IS THE MOST SATISFACTORY METHOD
OF TRAVEL EXTANT" 118
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