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Steamboats On The Columbia River
Many steamboats operated on the Columbia River and its tributaries, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, from about 1850 to 1981. Major tributaries of the Columbia that formed steamboat routes included the Willamette and Snake rivers. Navigation was impractical between the Snake River and the Canada–US border, due to several rapids, but steamboats also operated along the Wenatchee Reach of the Columbia, in northern Washington, and on the Arrow Lakes of southern British Columbia. Types of craft The paddle-wheel steamboat has been described as an economic "invasion craft" which allowed the rapid exploitation of the Oregon Country, a huge area of the North American continent eventually divided between the United States and Canada, and of Alaska and the Yukon.Affleck, Edward L., ''A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska'', Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, B.C. 2000 Three basic types of steamboat were used on inland waterway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailey Gatzert Near Cascade Locks, Circa 1910
(The) Bailey(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bailey, a type of robot in the television series ''Cleopatra 2525'' * Bailey, New Hampshire, a fictional town depicted in the comic book ''Mister Miracle'' * The Baileys, an Australian band comprising Charlie Collins (musician), Charlie Collins (née Bailey) and her siblings Constructions * Bailey (castle), or ward, a courtyard of a castle or fortification, enclosed by a curtain wall * Bailey bridge, a portable prefabricated truss bridge People and fictional characters * Bailey (surname) * Bailey (given name) Places United States * Bailey, Colorado, an unincorporated community * Bailey, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Bailey, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Bailey, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Bailey, North Carolina, a town * Bailey, Oklahoma, a ghost town * Bailey, Texas, a city * Bailey Brook (West Branch French Creek tributary), Pennsylvania * Bailey Park, Austin, Texas * Bailey Peninsula, Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. Portland's population was 652,503, making it the List of United States cities by population, 28th most populous city in the United States, the sixth most populous on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast, and the third most populous in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle and Vancouver. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, Portland metropolitan area, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th most populous in the United States. Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. Named after Portland, Maine, which is itself named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Oregon Harbor Early 1900s
Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also refer to: Places Australia * Cape Portland, Tasmania * Portland, New South Wales, named after the first Australian cement works *Portland, Victoria ** City of Portland (Victoria), a former local government area (LGA) Canada *Portland, Ontario * Portland, Newfoundland and Labrador *Port Lands or Portlands, Toronto, Ontario * Portland Estates, Nova Scotia * Portland Inlet, between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia **Portland Canal, an arm of Portland Inlet *Portland Island (British Columbia) United Kingdom *Isle of Portland, a tied island of Dorset, the origin of many uses of the name ** Portland (ward), an electoral district **Portland Harbour **HM Prison Portland *Portland, Somerset, a location United States *Portland City, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Mint
The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint. Opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California gold rush, in twenty years its operations exceeded the capacity of the first building. It moved into a new one in 1874, now known as the Old San Francisco Mint. In 1937 Mint operations moved into a third building, the current one, completed that year. History Original United States Mint and Subtreasury (1854) The San Francisco Mint began operations in 1854 at 608 Commercial Street, just west of Montgomery Street. The building sat between Commercial and Clay Streets and a California Historical Landmark (number 87) plaque can be found today on Commercial. Since June 14, 1970, the building has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark. The mint was established in response to the California gold rush. Within the first year of its operation, the San Francisco mint turned $4 million in gold bullion into coins. Because of the scale of its incre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fourth-largest state by area, but the List of U.S. states and territories by population, eighth-least populous state and the List of U.S. states and territories by population density, third-least densely populated state. Its List of capitals in the United States, capital is Helena, Montana, Helena, while the List of municipalities in Montana, most populous city is Billings, Montana, Billings. The western half of the state contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia. Idaho's State capital (United States), state capital and largest city is Boise, Idaho, Boise. With an area of , Idaho is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 14th-largest state by land area. The state has a population of approximately two million people; it ranks as the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 13th-least populous and the List of U.S. states by population density, seventh-least densely populated of the List of US states, 50 U.S. states. For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho had been inhabited by Native American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hood River, Oregon
Hood River is a city in and the county seat of Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It is a port on the Columbia River, and is named for the nearby Hood River. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 8,313. It is the only city in Oregon where public consumption of alcohol on sidewalks or parks is completely unrestricted. History Hood River (originally called Dog River) post office was established (named by Mary Coe, who founded the city with her husband Nathaniel Coe) at the site of the present city on September 30, 1868, and the city itself was incorporated in 1895. Originally, the city was part of Wasco County, but it became the seat of Hood River County when the county was first established in 1908. Hood River Incident The Hood River incident involved the removal of 16 Nisei servicemen's names from the county "roll of honor" in Hood River, Oregon, by the local American Legion Post 22. The incident, on November 29, 1944, was part of a string of anti-Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cord (unit Of Volume)
The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada. A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching, and compact), occupies a volume of . This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile high, wide, and deep; or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume. The name ''cord'' probably comes from the use of a cord or string to measure it. The face cord is a unit of volume for stacked firewood, high, wide, and deep—equal to 1/3 of a cord. The symbol for the unit is fc - cd. Definitions In Canada, the cord is legally defined by Measurement Canada. The cord is one of three legal standards for the sale of firewood in Canada: stacked cubic meter (or stere), cubic foot, and cord. In the United States, the cord is defined by statute in most states. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mascot Sternwheeler
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products. In sports, mascots are also used for merchandising. Team mascots are often related to their respective team nicknames. This is especially true when the team's nickname is something that is a living animal and/or can be made to have humanlike characteristics. For more abstract nicknames, the team may opt to have an unrelated character serve as the mascot. For example, the athletic teams of the University of Alabama are nicknamed the Crimson Tide, while their mascot is an elephant named Big Al. Team mascots may take the form of a logo, person, live animal, inanimate object, or a costumed character, and often appear at team matches and other related events. Since the mid-20th century, costumed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel Wright (sternwheeler)
The ''Colonel Wright'' was the first steamboat to operate on the Columbia River above The Dalles in the parts of the Oregon Country that later became the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. She was the first steamboat to run on the Snake River.Mills, Randall V., ''Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country'', at 80-81, 84-86, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (1977 reprint of 1947 ed.) She was named after Colonel (later General) George Wright, an army commander in the Indian Wars in the Oregon Country in the 1850s. She was generally called the ''Wright'' during her operating career. Construction and operations The ''Colonel Wright'' was launched October 24, 1858 at the mouth of the Deschutes River and began to run in early in 1859. The ''Colonel Wright'' was long, beam, and had depth of hold. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassalo (sternwheeler 1880)
The steamboat ''Hassalo'' operated from 1880 to 1898 on the Columbia River and Puget Sound. ''Hassalo'' became famous for running the Cascades of the Columbia on May 26, 1888 at a speed approaching an hour. This vessel should not be confused with other steamboats with the same or a similar name, including ''Hassalo'' (1899) and ''Hassaloe '' (1857).Timmen, Fritz, ''Blow for the Landing'', at 15, 67, 102, and 137, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID 1973 Construction ''Hassalo'' was built at The Dalles, Oregon in 1880. She was the first steamboat built for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. which had recently bought out the powerful monopoly Oregon Steam Navigation Co. ''Hassalo was'' long, , depth of hold, and rated at 462 tons. ''Hassalo'' was built entirely of wood, driven by a sternwheel which in turn drew its power from twin single-cylinder steam engines, each of 17" bore and 60" stroke. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonnage
Tonnage is a measure of the capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping. The term derives from the taxation paid on '' tuns'' or casks of wine. In modern maritime usage, "tonnage" specifically refers to a calculation of the volume or cargo volume of a ship. Although tonnage (volume) should not be confused with displacement (the actual mass of the vessel), the long ton (or imperial ton) of 2,240 lb is derived from the fact that a " tun" of wine typically weighed that much. Current maritime units Tonnage measurements are governed by an IMO Convention (International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (London-Rules)), which initially applied to all ships built after July 1982, and to older ships from July 1994.''Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
