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REPORT OF AN EXAMINATION OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER AND THE TERRITORY IN ITS VICINITY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1881, TO DETERMINE ITS NAVIGABILITY, AND ADAPTABILITY TO STEAMBOAT TRANSPORTATION (with Foldout Map); Made by Direction of The Commanding General of the Department of The Columbia
by Symons, Thomas W
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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Original brown cloth, ruled in blind. General shelfwear, with corners and spine caps bumped and worn. 47th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. #186. Previous owner's name (M. Schuyler Elliot) stamped to title page and several additional places throughout. MAP OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER, FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE TO SNAKE RIVER, on a scale of one inch to two miles, over 25 separate sheets and an index sheet, compiled from Surveys and Examinations Made in 1881. and diagrams, including a lovely depiction of the Grand Coule by Lieutenant Symons Topographical Assistant, Alfred Downing. One lovely drawing by Downing shows an engineer taking notes, holding the reins of his saddled horse, who waits behind.
Contains foldout MAP OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER, FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE TO SNAKE RIVER, on a scale of one inch to two miles. 25 Sheets and an Index Sheet. From Surveys and Examinations made in 1881 by Lieut. Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, and Alfred Downing, Topographical Assistant, U.S. Army Final map folds out and includes Chief Moses and Colville Indian Reservations. Lieut. Symons (Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army) was the Chief Engineer of the Department of The Columbia.
Contains foldout MAP OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER, FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE TO SNAKE RIVER, on a scale of one inch to two miles. 25 Sheets and an Index Sheet. From Surveys and Examinations made in 1881 by Lieut. Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, and Alfred Downing, Topographical Assistant, U.S. Army Final map folds out and includes Chief Moses and Colville Indian Reservations. Lieut. Symons (Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army) was the Chief Engineer of the Department of The Columbia.
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- Title
- REPORT OF AN EXAMINATION OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER AND THE TERRITORY IN ITS VICINITY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1881, TO DETERMINE ITS NAVIGABILITY, AND ADAPTABILITY TO STEAMBOAT TRANSPORTATION (with Foldout Map); Made by Direction of The Commanding General of the Department of The Columbia
- Author
- Symons, Thomas W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Pacific Northwest, Steamboat Transportation, Washington State History; Oregon Territory History; Washington Territory History; Little Dalles; Spokane Rapids; Grand Coule; Great Plain of The Columbia; Inland Empire of the Pacific Northwest; Upper Colu
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- Western Americana;
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