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Vivid Journey Across the Northwest Coast to California
A traveler records a long inland voyage from New Tacoma to Kalama and Portland by rail and steamer, then a sea voyage down the Columbia to Astoria and San Francisco. She describes foggy seas, whale sightings, vivid city scenes, and stops in Tucson Deming El Paso and Kansas City with notes on people, places, and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Tacoma
Kalama
R. BR. Thompson
Columbia River
Portland
Oregon
Northwest
St. Charles
Dr. Williams
Puyallup Valley
East
San Francisco
Ash Street Dock
Esmond
Seattle
Myda Park
Boston
Astoria
Columbia Bar
California
Palace Hotel
Waslington Irving
Los Angeles
Indio
Califonia
Yuma
Arizona
Colorado
Josiah
Tucson
Owas
Turin
Porters
Parior
Tarper
Nuoa
Deming
Nol
Ain O
Express
Atchison,Popeka and
Santa Fe
el Paso
Texas
Nellie Ueadricha
Ata
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
S T. Louis
Buffalo
Toledo
Bilia
Gianer
James Gerrans
Erie
Dunkirk
N. Y
Rochester
New York City
Farmington
Imine
N. P
Poarl S. PL
Lake Superior
Puget Sound
Neue M. Hexoricks