Fair copy of Cushing's journal kept during his voyage aboard the brig Chenamus and subsequent travels in Oregon. Cushing describes Honolulu, and in detail his sixteen months in Oregon: trading at Fort George (Astoria), Fort Clatsop, the settlement of Portland, visiting Dr. John McLoughlin of the Hudson's Bay Company, traveling up and down the Columbia River. At the end of his journal, Cushing summarizes his impressions of Oregon. The journal is accompanied by a photocopy of a later typed transcript. Also present are two watercolors of the Chenamus drawn by Cushing, a circa 1870 albumen photograph of the Cushing mansion in Newburyport with William and his family standing around it, a painted wooden box bearing Cushing's initials, and a seamen's certificate for a voyage to the Columbia River on the Brig Smith Tuttle; that ship was captained by Avery Sylvester, a friend of Cushing, and captain of the Chenamus on the return trip to Hawaii and New England from the Columbia River.
Description:
Blank journal pages not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Astoria (Or.), Columbia River Valley, Fort Clatsop (Or.), Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Newburyport (Mass.)--Pictorial works, Northwest, Pacific--Commerce, Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel, Oregon Territory--History, and Portland (Or.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Chenamus (Brig)--Pictorial works, Couch, John H, Cushing, William,--1823-1875, McLoughlin, John,--1784-1857, Smith Tuttle (Brig), and Sylvester, Avery
A low angle aerial view of Astoria, Oregon, showing the Fort and the mouth of the Columbia River., Relief shown pictorially., Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., and Appears in: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition (Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1845); v. 5, facing page 113.
Publisher:
Lea and Blanchard? and Engd. by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch
Two versions of a viewbook, each with a different binding, that consist of photographs along the Columbia River, as well as images of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, created by Isaac Grundy Davidson and compiled by printer George H. Himes, both from Portland, Oregon, ca. 1879. One volume bound in wood and ebony, and the other volume bound in leather. Several images relate to the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, General overviews of the Columbia River include views of the Lower Cascades and Upper Cascades, as well as a copy photograph from a painting. Views along the Columbia River in Washington include Beacon Rock (referred to as Castle Rock), Gibraltar Rock, Cape Horn, and Cape Disappointment at the mouth of river, as well as a view of Bradford Island in Oregon, Images of Idaho along the Clark Fork River include views of Cabinet Gorge and of the communities of Clark Fork and Cabinet, as well as images of railway construction by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company that consist of a trestle bridge under construction at Clark Fork and railway grading at Big Bluff. Other images of Idaho include the military compound at Fort Coeur d'Alene (which became Fort Sherman), Coeur d'Alene Lake, and locations along the Snake River, Images of Oregon include views of rock formations consisting of Rooster Rock and Twin Rocks; views of waterfalls that include Bridal Veil Falls, Latourell Falls, and Multnomah Falls; views of a train of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company along the Umatilla River and Crested Butte; views of Meacham Creek and Meacham Creek Canyon; and views of the Oregon cities of Astoria and Portland, Photographs of Washington include several views of the Spokane Falls on the Spokane River; several views of Mount Rainier (identified as Mount Tacoma); overviews of Seattle that show Puget Sound; a view of North Fork Canyon of the Puyallup River; and a view of a railroad trestle near Riparia on the Snake River, and The volume with leather binding includes two additional images that consist of a view of the breakers at Cape Disappointment and a copy photograph of the painting by maritime artist Cleveland Rockwell that depicts of the mouth of the Columbia River
Description:
The complete title of the volume is “Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Glimpses of pretty spots along the valley of the Columbia River from Northern Montana to the Pacific Ocean. Scenery along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, showing the new trans-continental route in process of construction.”, The ebony and wood bound volume includes statement on the title page, “Bound in Oregon woods and Alaska cedar, prepared by the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company.”, Photographic prints mounted on boards with letterpress captions below each print., Captions in several negatives., and The leather bound volume includes a receipt laid in from the Cadmus Book Shop, New York, to Edward Eberstadt, 1923.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Astoria (Or.), Beacon Rock (Wash.), Bradford Island (Or.), Bridal Veil Falls (Or.), Cabinet (Idaho), Cape Disappointment State Park (Wash.), Clark Fork (Idaho : Town), Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho), Coeur d'Alene Lake (Idaho), Columbia River, Fort Sherman (Idaho), Idaho, Latourell Falls (Or.), Meacham Creek (Or.), Meacham Creek Canyon (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), Oregon, Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Puyallup River (Wash.), Rainier, Mount (Wash.), Riparia (Wash.), Seattle (Wash.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Spokane Falls (Wash. : Waterfall), Umatilla River (Or.), and Washington (State)
Subject (Name):
Davidson, I. G. 1845-1922. (Isaac Grundy),, Himes, George H., 1844-1940., Rockwell, Cleveland, 1837-1907., Northern Pacific Railway Company, Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company., and Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
