Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia, Painted in 1905.
Lewis and Clark were on the Lower Columbia, near Chinook and Cowlitz Settlements, in 1805.
Native American Indian Tribes of Southwestern Washington and along the Columbia River
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Lewis and Clark History
We went to Powell's Bookstore on Monday of this week. I purchased books on travel in the Columbia River Gorge, northwest coast, and Lewis and Clark.
When Federal employees are back to work, very soon I hope, we plan to visit Fort Clatsop, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805-1806, near the current city of Astoria, Oregon.
Shame on Democrats, Republicans and the President in 2019 for "shutting down" our federal government services. Compromise, give in, move on, stop arguing.
I am now reading two books about United States history during the period from 1800-1810. Jefferson was President. The Louisana Purchase was finalized in 1803. Captain Lewis Meriwether and Captain William Clark led the Corps of Discovery expedition from Washington to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River, and back, from 1803 to 1806. They where the first American expedition to explore uncharted territory up the Missouri River from St. Louis and all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
A few decades after 1805, people were moving into the area of the Willamette Valley and to take advantage of the Columbia River commerce opportunities. The town of Astoria, Oregon, was founded in 1811; Portland, Oregon, emerged as a city from 1843 to 1851; and Vancouver, Washington, a suburb north of Portland, where I live now, grew from a fur trading post in 1825 to an incorporated city in 1857.
In 1870, the population of Vancouver was 1,722; Portland, 8,293; and Astoria, 639. In 1890, Vancouver had a population of 3,545, Portland, 45,385; and Astoria, 6,184. In 2019, the population of Portland is about 647,000; Vancouver is 175,000; and Astoria, 9,862.
The Portland (Vancouver and Hillsboro) Metropolitan StatisticalArea (MSA), the 23rd largest in the United States, has a population of 2,226,009 (2010 Census). Of them, 1,789,580 live in Oregon (46.7% of the state's population) while the remaining 436,429 live in Washington (6.7% of state's population).
California became a U.S. State in 1850; Oregon in 1859; Washington in 1889; and Idaho in 1890.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. By Stephen E. Ambrose. Simon and Schuster, Touchstone, 1996. 521 pages. Paperbound book.
The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery. The Abridgment of the Definitive Nebraska Edition. Edited with an introduction by Gary E. Moulton. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2003. EBook.
I need to investigate using the Clark County Library System ebook options.
Travel in the Northwest
Bibliography, Notes, Links, Information, History, Nature
Washington, Oregon, Northern California, British Columbia
Prepared by Michael P. Garofalo
When Federal employees are back to work, very soon I hope, we plan to visit Fort Clatsop, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805-1806, near the current city of Astoria, Oregon.
Shame on Democrats, Republicans and the President in 2019 for "shutting down" our federal government services. Compromise, give in, move on, stop arguing.
I am now reading two books about United States history during the period from 1800-1810. Jefferson was President. The Louisana Purchase was finalized in 1803. Captain Lewis Meriwether and Captain William Clark led the Corps of Discovery expedition from Washington to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River, and back, from 1803 to 1806. They where the first American expedition to explore uncharted territory up the Missouri River from St. Louis and all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
A few decades after 1805, people were moving into the area of the Willamette Valley and to take advantage of the Columbia River commerce opportunities. The town of Astoria, Oregon, was founded in 1811; Portland, Oregon, emerged as a city from 1843 to 1851; and Vancouver, Washington, a suburb north of Portland, where I live now, grew from a fur trading post in 1825 to an incorporated city in 1857.
In 1870, the population of Vancouver was 1,722; Portland, 8,293; and Astoria, 639. In 1890, Vancouver had a population of 3,545, Portland, 45,385; and Astoria, 6,184. In 2019, the population of Portland is about 647,000; Vancouver is 175,000; and Astoria, 9,862.
The Portland (Vancouver and Hillsboro) Metropolitan StatisticalArea (MSA), the 23rd largest in the United States, has a population of 2,226,009 (2010 Census). Of them, 1,789,580 live in Oregon (46.7% of the state's population) while the remaining 436,429 live in Washington (6.7% of state's population).
California became a U.S. State in 1850; Oregon in 1859; Washington in 1889; and Idaho in 1890.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. By Stephen E. Ambrose. Simon and Schuster, Touchstone, 1996. 521 pages. Paperbound book.
The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery. The Abridgment of the Definitive Nebraska Edition. Edited with an introduction by Gary E. Moulton. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2003. EBook.
I need to investigate using the Clark County Library System ebook options.
Travel in the Northwest
Bibliography, Notes, Links, Information, History, Nature
Washington, Oregon, Northern California, British Columbia
Prepared by Michael P. Garofalo
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