This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Wanderings on the Oregon frontier and memories of home
The narrative sketches travel along the Columbia River by rail and steamer, describing towns like Celilo and Olympia, the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, and encounters with Indigenous peoples. It reflects on pioneers, education, and the enduring power of home memories amid frontier expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Caenum
Plasay
Pacific
Cape Lorn
Mle Wtill
Willamette River
Warn Euthingmea
Formut
Dulles
Cregat
Llese
Seccmd
Anther
Wells, Fa & Co
Imam Batin Terriory
Noni Deme Kraninpier Odd
Lessa Lala
Trouzhs
Irving
Lewin
Clark
Uri Wd
el Trongha
Pitison
New England
Cehlo
United States
Iria
Dan
Bryant
Veton
New York
Wietelet
Allen
Oregon Steam Navigation Company
Atsck
Lima
Portland
Celilo
Wright’s Harbor
Emueth
Elbining Sound
Olympia
the Pacific
Rebecca Howard
St. Nicholas
Colfax and
Bross
Deal
Bath
Howe
Woodbine
Goodheed
Lt Ha
Foreste Solades
Calamns
Colonades
Fremont
Wendell Phillips
Actus
Coe Lane Sr
Tony
Wilmismen
Evan Seks
Joan
Maha
Cove Skeen Nsw
Great and
Democratic Party
Olwe
St. Paul