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Bonita (1900 Sternwheeler)
''Bonita'' was a steamboat which operated on the Willamette River, Willamette and Yamhill River, Yamhill rivers. This boat was renamed ''Metlako'' in 1902, and operated under that name until 1924 on the Columbia River and its tributaries, the Cowlitz River, Cowlitz, Lewis River (Washington), Lewis and Lake River, Lake rivers. In 1924, ''Metlako'' was renamed ''B. H. Smith Jr.'', operating under that name until 1931, when the steamer was abandoned. As ''Bonita'', in September 1900, this vessel was the first steamer to pass through the Yamhill River lock and dam, Yamhill locks. Design, construction and dimensions ''Bonita'' was built specifically to run from Portland, Oregon, Portland to McMinnville, Oregon. According to one source, ''Bonita'' was built for Captain Hosford by the Johnston boatyard on the east side of Portland, Oregon. According to another (non-contemporaneous) source, ''Bonita'' was built by Robert Green for Bucham & Burns Construction. Reportedly ''Bonita'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamhill River Lock And Dam
The Yamhill River lock and dam was completed in 1900. It was built near Lafayette, Oregon, to allow better river transport on the Yamhill River from Dayton, to McMinnville, Oregon. While the Corps of Engineers had recommended against construction of the lock, it was built anyway, largely as a result of political effort by the backers of the project. For almost forty years prior to the lock construction there had been efforts made to construct a lock and dam on the Yamhill River. The lock was a single-lift chamber long and wide, located on the west side of the river. The dam extended from the east bank of the river to the eastern lock wall, and when the lock gates were shut, acted to back up the Yamhill river and raise the water level sufficiently to allow ready steamboat navigation to McMinnville during the summer dry season. During the winter the lock and dam were more of an obstruction than a navigational aid, as they were frequently overtopped by freshets and floods, somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Dive And Steamer Excursion Ad Oregon 1900
High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift took or takes place * Substance intoxication, also known by the slang description "being high" * Sugar high, a misconception about the supposed psychological effects of sucrose Music Performers * High (musical group), a 1974–1990 Indian rock group * The High, an English rock band formed in 1989 Albums * ''High'' (The Blue Nile album) or the title song, 2004 * ''High'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album), 1997 * ''High'' (New Model Army album) or the title song, 2007 * ''High'' (Royal Headache album) or the title song, 2015 * ''High'' (EP), by Jarryd James, or the title song, 2016 Songs * "High" (Alison Wonderland song), 2018 * "High" (The Chainsmokers song), 2022 * "High" (The Cure song), 1992 * "High" (David Hallyday song), 1988 * "Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spokane, Portland And Seattle Railway
The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SP&S) was a railroad in the northwest United States. Incorporated in 1905, it was a joint venture by the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway to build a railroad along the north bank of the Columbia River. Remnants of the line are currently operated by BNSF Railway and the Portland and Western Railroad. History The railroad was chartered in 1905 by James J. Hill to connect the two transcontinental railroads owned by him, the Northern Pacific (NP) and Great Northern (GN), to Portland, Oregon from Spokane, Washington, to gain a portion of the lumber trade in Oregon, a business then dominated by E.H. Harriman's Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. Construction began in 1906"Greatest Year for Railroad Construction: Building in Territory Tributary to Portland During 1906 Breaks All Records—City Now Strategic Point in Struggle of Giants". (January 1, 1907). ''The Morning Oregonian'' (Portland), section 2, p. 20. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Americans In The United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are generally known by other terms). There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. As defined by the United States Census, "Native Americans" are Indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives. Indigenous peoples of the United States who are not listed as American Indian or Alaska Native include Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, and the Chamorro people. The US Census groups these peoples as " Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders". European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, resulted in a precipitous decline in Native American population because of new diseases, wars, ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahoma (sternwheeler)
Tahoma is a name for the volcano otherwise known as Mount Rainier. The nearby city of Tacoma, Washington was named for the volcano. Tahoma can also refer to: Places * Tahoma, an alternative spelling of Tacoma, the original name of Mount Rainier ** Little Tahoma Peak, a satellite peak of Mount Rainier ** Tahoma Glacier, a glacier on Mount Rainier ** South Tahoma Glacier, a glacier on Mount Rainier * Mount Tahoma High School, a high school in the district of Tacoma, Washington * Tahoma, California, a town on the west shore of Lake Tahoe * Tahoma National Cemetery, a cemetery in Kent, Washington * Tahoma School District, a school district in Maple Valley, Washington ** Tahoma Senior High School, a senior high school in this district * Lake Tahoma, a lake in western North Carolina Computers * Tahoma (typeface), a typeface bundled with Microsoft Windows Transport * Air Tahoma, an American-based cargo transport airline * USS ''Tahoma'' (1861), a steamer acquired by the Union Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dalles, Oregon
The Dalles is the largest city of Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,010 at the 2020 census, and it is the largest city on the Oregon side of the Columbia River between the Portland Metropolitan Area, and Hermiston. History The site of what is now the city of The Dalles was a major Native American trading center. The general area is one of the continent's most significant archaeological regions. Lewis and Clark camped near Mill Creek on October 25–27, 1805, and recorded the Indian name for the creek as ''Quenett''. Etymology The name of the city comes from the French word ''dalle'', meaning either "sluice", akin to English "dale" and German ''T'' 'h'''al'', "valley", or "flagstone", referring to the columnar basalt rocks carved by the river (in ''voyageur'' French used to refer to rapids), which was used by the French-Canadian employees of the North West Company to refer to the rapids of the Columbia River between the present-day city and Celilo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altona (sternwheeler)
The steamship ''Altona'' operated from 1890 to 1907 on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1907, she was transferred to Alaska.Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', at 48, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966 Construction ''Altona'' was built in 1890, at Portland, Oregon. She was a sternwheeler driven by twin-single single cylinder horizontally mounted steam engines. She was built for the Graham steamboat line, formally called the Oregon City Transportation Company, but also known as the "Yellow Stack Line". All the steamers of the line had names that ended in -''ona'': ''Latona'', ''Ramona'', ''Altona'', ''Leona'', ''Pomona'', ''Oregona'', and ''Grahamona''. Operations on Willamette River ''Altona'' ran the Willamette River as far as Corvallis, Oregon. In 1899 the vessel was rebuilt at Portland by David Stephenson and enlarged from 201 to 329 tons and from to On December 23, 1902, ''Altona'' was involved in a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capstan (nautical)
A capstan is a vertical- axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of seamen when hauling ropes, cables, and hawsers. The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle. History The word, connected with the Old French ''capestan'' or ''cabestan(t)'', from Old Provençal ''cabestan'', from ''capestre'' "pulley cord," from Latin ''capistrum'', -a halter, from ''capere'', to take hold of, seems to have come into English (14th century) from Portuguese or Spanish shipmen at the time of the Crusades. Both device and word are considered Spanish inventions. Early form In its earliest form, the capstan consisted of a timber mounted vertically through a vessel's structure which was free to rotate. Levers, known as bars, were inserted through holes at the top of the timber and used to turn the capstan. A rope wrapped several turns around the drum was thus hauled upon. A rudimentary ratchet was provided to hold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willamette Falls Locks
The Willamette Falls Locks are a lock system on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1873 and closed since 2011, they allowed boat traffic on the Willamette to navigate beyond Willamette Falls and the T.W. Sullivan Dam. Since their closure in 2011 the locks are classified to be in a "non-operational status" and are expected to remain permanently closed. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the four inter-connected locks are 25 miles upriver from the Columbia River at West Linn, just across the Willamette River from Oregon City. The locks were operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and served primarily pleasure boats. Passage through the locks was free for both commercial and recreational vessels. The locks were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and designated as an Oregon Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1991. The locks comprise seven gates in four chambers wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomona (sternwheeler)
''Pomona'' was a steamboat which operated on the Willamette, Columbia and Cowlitz rivers from 1898 to 1940. ''Pomona'' was specially designed to operate in low water conditions such as typically prevailed in the summer months in Oregon. ''Pomona'' was one of the few steamers that could regularly navigate to Corvallis, Oregon, which was the practical head of navigation on the Willamette. In 1926, ''Pomona'' was substantially rebuilt, and served afterwards as a towboat. In 1940, ''Pomona'' was converted into an unpowered floating storehouse. Design, construction and dimensions ''Pomona'' was built for the Oregon City Transportation Company ("O.C.T.C."), which had been organized by the Graham family in 1889. O.C.T.C. owned two other boats at the time, the ''Ramona'' and the ''Altona''. The ''Pomona'' was larger than both. ''Pomona'' was built especially for the summer season on the Willamette River, when the water would be at its lowest. ''Pomona'' drew only and was said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hops
Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant ''Humulus lupulus'', a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to which, in addition to bitterness, they impart floral, fruity, or citrus flavours and aromas. Hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine. The hops plants have separate female and male plants, and only female plants are used for commercial production. The hop plant is a vigorous, climbing, herbaceous perennial, usually trained to grow up strings in a field called a hopfield, hop garden (in the South of England), or hop yard (in the West Country and United States) when grown commercially. Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers around the world, with different types used for particular styles of beer. The first documented use of hops in beer is from the 9th century, though Hildegard of Bingen, 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
