U.S. military post, lower Cascades, Columbia River, May 1860 – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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U.S. military post, lower Cascades, Columbia River, May 1860
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Few pictures from the Northwest boundary survey show a fort on the Columbia River, so this view of the U.S. military post at the lower Cascades stands apart from the commission's other scenes. The rapids there forced travelers and freight to portage around the falls, which made the site strategically important. The post was part of the army's effort to hold the river route in the Pacific Northwest during the years after the 1846 Oregon Treaty settled the boundary with Britain. The photograph comes from an album assembled around the British Northwest Boundary Commission, whose surveyors were mapping the line between the two countries at the same time.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1860. |
| Notes | Title from item. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 14]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01 |
| Subjects | British North American Boundary Commission--1860. United States.--Army--Buildings--Washington (State)--1860. Military facilities--Washington (State)--1860. Cascade Range--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,032 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224617 |
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