A history of Vancouver Barracks (later Fort Vancouver), the Indian wars, the San Juan Islands boundary dispute, and the death of Gen. Canby. The manuscript also contains copies of letters from Dr. William C. McKay, Ranald Macdonald, Gen. C. C. Augur's...
Description:
General Thomas Anderson, was colonel of the 14th Infantry and in command at Vancouver Barracks for many years.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Oregon, and San Juan Islands (Wash.)
Subject (Name):
Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898. and Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Wars, History, and Boundaries
Letters, documents, and receipts relating to Gardner's early surveying career in Oregon, his purchases of land in Black Rock, outside of Buffalo, N.Y., and in the town of Whatcom, Washington Territory. Also, letters and documents relating to the Orego...
Description:
G. Clinton Gardner worked on the US/Mexico boundary survey from 1849-1854, and then for his father, Charles K. Gardner, Surveyor General of Oregon. He served as Assistant Astronomer and Surveyor to the Commission appointed to establish the Northwest B...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Washington., Black Rock (Buffalo, N.Y.), Northwest boundary of the United States., Oregon, Sumas (Wash.), and Whatcom (Wash.)
Subject (Name):
Flanders, Alvan., Gardner, Charles K. 1787-1869. (Charles Kitchell),, Gardner, Charles T., and Gardner, G. Clinton 1834-1904. (George Clinton),
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Claims, Wars, and Surveying
11 manuscript letters, most signed, documenting the work of early missionaries in Oregon. Most of the letters from Harvey Clark are addressed to fellow unaffiliated missionary Alvin T. Smith. Clark describes his overland journey to Oregon Territory,...
Description:
Harvey Clark (1807-1858) was a missionary and pioneer in Oregon. Born in Vermont, Clark trained as a stone mason before studying theology at Oberlin College. Clark and his wife Emmeline Caldwell Clark went to Oregon as unaffiliated missionaries in 18...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon. and Oregon
Subject (Name):
Clark, Emmeline Caldwell., Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858., Littlejohn, P. B., Munger, Asahel., Smith, Alvin Thompson, 1802-1888., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., and Tualatin Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, Education, Missions Oregon, Missionaries, Missions, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Pioneers, and Discovery and exploration
Henry Cummins's diaries and journal give a daily record of his studies, work, social life, and local events. He joined and recorded Dr. Patterson's 1861 geographic survey of northeastern Oregon. The diaries note his interest in science and s...
Description:
Henry Cummins came to Oregon in 1853 with his father William M. Cummins and settled in Lane County, near Eugene. He attended school and worked on his father's farm, in the Eugene bookstore, and at the People's Press of Eugene. In 1861, he joined Dr. A...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and Eugene (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Cummins, Henry, 1840-, Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910., DeWolfe, Charles H., Gale, J. M., Patterson, Andrew W., Shaw, H., Pantheon of Science (Eugene, Oregon), People's Press (Eugene, Oregon), and State Republican (Eugene, Oregon)
Subject (Topic):
Newspaper presses, Phrenology, Spiritualism, Surveying, Exploring expeditions, Geography, and Social life and customs
Collection of approximately 76 drawings and sketches made by Brown in watercolor, oil, pastel, wash, pencil and ink. Thirty-one drawings depict army forts and western scenery, including Ringgold Barracks, Los Morus, Port Isabel, and San Jose, Texas; F...
Description:
Brown, an army surgeon and self-taught artist, served at several military posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s. During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac and in the Assistant Surgeon General's office in Louisville.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Texas., Washington (State), Texas, Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.), Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.), Fort Naches (Or.), Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Hood, Mount (Or.), Oregon, Port Isabel (Tex.), and Washington
Subject (Name):
Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891., Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870. (Robert Edward),, and United States. Army
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Wars, Missions, Spanish, Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865, Military life, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Description and travel
Collection of approximately 76 drawings and sketches made by Brown in watercolor, oil, pastel, wash, pencil and ink. Thirty-one drawings depict army forts and western scenery, including Ringgold Barracks, Los Morus, Port Isabel, and San Jose, Texas; F...
Description:
Brown, an army surgeon and self-taught artist, served at several military posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s. During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac and in the Assistant Surgeon General's office in Louisville.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Texas., Washington (State), Texas, Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.), Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.), Fort Naches (Or.), Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Hood, Mount (Or.), Oregon, Port Isabel (Tex.), and Washington
Subject (Name):
Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891., Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870. (Robert Edward),, and United States. Army
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Wars, Missions, Spanish, Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865, Military life, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Description and travel
S. Francis's diary from 1841-1845 describes country life in Vermont and for 1845-1852 records weather, crops, and politics in Illinois. The diary describes an 1852 trip from Illinois to Oregon by way of Des Moines, Kanesville, the Platte to Fort Laram...
Description:
S. Francis, who was a farmer in Barnard, Vermont, moved his family to Illinois in 1846 and emigrated to Oregon in 1852.
Subject (Geographic):
Illinois., Oregon., Illinois, Oregon Territory, Oregon, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Francis, Samuel Dexter, 1814-1891.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, History, and Description and travel
Letters to James Monroe, Secretary of State, James Madison, President, and William Jones, Secretary of the Navy, John Astor's efforts to secure government protection for his Pacific Fur Company post at Fort Astoria. One letter by Albert Gallatin intro...
Description:
Typed transcript available.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific and Oregon
Subject (Name):
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848., Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849., Jones, William, 1760-1831., Monroe, James, 1758-1831., United States. President (1809-1817 : Madison), United States. Department of State., United States. Navy Dept., and Pacific Fur Company.
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Monta...
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
