Columbia River Historical Expedition Honors Trailblazers
A 1926 Great Northern Railway Columbia River Historical Expedition retraces Lewis and Clark routes from Chicago to Seaside Oregon. Historians, painters and public figures visit Fort Union Bear Pass Upper Missouri and Marias Pass monuments, ending at Astoria. Captain Gray and Captain Cook are noted for American exploration and Columbia River discovery.
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Columbia River Historical Expedition
Gray
Chicago
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway Company
the Bear Pass
Upper
Marias River
Marias Pass
Lewis Monument
Meriwether
Montana
John F. Stevens
Missouri
Rocky Mountain Divide
Columbia River
Trail’s End
Seaside
Oregon
Lewis and Clark
Cape Horn
James Cook
Vancouver
Robert Gray
Boston
Cook
Pacific Coast
United States
Oregon Country
Captain Cook
England
Northwest Passage
New Albion
Strait
Juan de Fuca
Nootwa Sound
Mount Elias
Asia
America
Tie
Navaiian
Nootka
Great Northern Columbia River Expedition Heads Through Montana
A luxurious Great Northern Railway train named the Columbia River Special will pass through Northern Montana this week en route to monuments along historic trails. Stops include Fort Benton Great Falls and Glacier National Park. Prominent backers include President Ralph Budd and governors of Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon.
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Great Northern
Columbia River
Columbia River Historical Association
Montana
Fort Benton
Great Falls
Glacier National Park
Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railway
Theodore Christianson
Minnesota
A. G. Sorlie
North Dakota
John E. Erickson
Charles C. Moore
Idaho
R. H. Hartley
Washington
Walter M. Pierce
Oregon
Historical Societies
States
Coumbia River
George Pierce Butler
United States Supreme Court
Hugh L. Scott
U. S. Army
United States Board of Indian Commissioners
Lawrence F. Abbott
New York
Outlook Magazine
American Good Will Association
Agnes C. Laut
Grace Flandrau
T. C. Elliott
The
Oregon Historical Society
John F. Stevens
Northwest
Lawrence J. Burpee
Selem J. Buck
Minnesota Historical Sciety
Lewis F. Crawford
O. G. Libby
North Dakota Historical Society
David Higser
Histrical Society of
Montania
Deane C. Robinson
South Dakota Department of
Columbia River Expedition 1926 Itinerary Across the West
The 1926 Columbia River Expedition trains from Chicago July 15 and travels through Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho and Washington following historic routes. Stops include Fort Snelling Minnehaha Falls Fort Union Fort Benton Great Falls Bonners Ferry Mount Spokane Wishram Portland Clatsop Seaside Astoria Column Longview and Spokane with visits to Fort Vancouver Fort Clatsop and Glacier National Park. The voyage ends in St Paul after a Mississippi return.
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Missouri
Gerat Falls
Pacific
Marias Pass
Great Columbia
Lewis and Clark
David Thompson
Oregon
Great Northern Railway
Coumbia River
Union Station
Chicago
Iolinois
St. Paul
Grand Forks
Twin Cities
Fort Snelling
Northwest
Minnehaha Falls
Longfellow
Columbia River
Minneapolis
Mississippi
St. Cloud
Lake Park
Minnesota
Red River
North Dakota
Fargo
University of North Dakota
Fort Union
Montana
Fort Benton
Old Fort
McKenzie
Piegan
Marlas River
John Mullan
Jeane S. Stevens
United States
Montana Society of Pioneers
Great Falls
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Mount Spokane
Father DeSmet
Columbia
Robert Gray
John Jacob Astor
Company Jin
North Bank
Wishram
Celilo Falls
Astoria
Washington Irving
Far Northwest
Fall¢E
Portland
Old Fort Vancouver
John McLoughlin
Studson’s Bay Company
Columbia River Highway
Pacific Beaches
Fort Clatsop
Seaside
Longview
Washington
Wheer
Cowlite River
Indian Congress
Spokane
Rocky Mountains
Glacier National Park
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Dan R. Conway
Old Fort Snelling
Mitchell
Brule Bottom
Old Fort Benton
Great Northwest
the Kootenai
Valley of the Kootenai
David
Whitman
Fort Vancouver
Hudson’s Bay Company
Willamette
McLoughlin
Coxcomb Hill
Astor Park
Bea BR. Conway
Captain Gray
Jacob Astor
Astonta‘ Seaside
Clatsop and
Salt Makers
Route of Columbia River Historical Expedition