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Correction
Get PDF"On the cover and title-page of the last issue of this Quarterly, July, 1924, the number should have been '3' instead of '2.'
Diary of Wilkes in the Northwest
Get PDF"The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, deserves much more attention than it has ever received in the Pacific Northwest. During the summer of 1841 it did much exploration work in this region and added extensively to the world's geographical knowledge of the Puget Sound and Columbia River areas. The squadron was in command of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, and for that reason the enterprise is most often referred to as the Wilkes Exploring Expedition... While the results were being prepared for publication, President Buchanan (February 8, 1859), complied with a resolution of Congress asking for a statement of all expeditions 'on account of the preparation and publication of the work known as Wilkes's Exploring Expedition.'
Chinook by the Sea
Get PDF"[The book] is a record of the [Chinook] village… The Portland Oregonian, on November 9, 1924, gave it a very favorable editorial beginning: 'Local communities- and there are many in the old Oregon country- which are rich in historical associations will be stimulated by being reminded that inspiring memories are not exclusively the property of the so-called older civilizations.
Auction Sales
No full text"No important sales of Western Americana have yet taken place during the present auction season.
Approaching the Century Mark
Get PDF"Holiday greetings from Major Junius Thomas Turner, of Washington, D.C., recalls the fact that he has passed his 98th natal day and has practiced law for 72 years. He was on Puget Sound and took part in the Indian war of 1855. He also participated in an Indian war in Oregon, in the Mexican war and the Civil war.
Information Concerning the Establishment of Fort Colville
Get PDF"The Hudson's Bay Company's Trading Post at Kettle Falls, Washington, was named Fort Colville presumably in honour of Mr. Andrew Colvile, who was a member of the Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company at the time the Post was established.
History of the American Frontier
Get PDF"[The book] gives a chronological account of the frontier from 1763 to 1893… The general spirit in which this history is written is at once appreciative of the importance of the frontier with its epic quality and yet remains critical, filled with analytical discussions of frontier attitudes. Because of this, Mr. Paxson's contribution fills a real need.
Jesuit Missions Among the American Tribes of the Rocky Mountain Indians
Get PDF"This is a popular account of Jesuit Missions among the Indians of the Rocky Mountains.
Indian Block Houses
Get PDF"Rev. William J. Rule, of Coupeville, Island County, writes an earnest letter asking if there is not some society or agency within the State able and willing to preserve from ruin the Indian block house forts remaining from the time of the Indian war of 1856. He was grieved to find one of them being used as a pig stye. For the sake of history... some agency should be found to save those evidences of a crisis.
History of Fort Townsend
Get PDF"Fort Townsend was established in 1856 and served as a United States Army Post until 1894 when it was destroyed by fire. It was located three miles from the city of Port Townsend at the eastern end of the Straits of Juan de Fuca.