Summary of Fishing at Celilo Falls

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Description For hundreds of years Celilo Falls on the Columbia River had been the most important Indian fishing area in the Pacific Northwest and one of the most important native trading centers in North America. When the U.S. government completed The Dalles Dam in 1956, its flood waters inundated Celilo. This exhibit, based on collections at Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC), features early documents as well as photographs and film footage from the 1930s to the 1950s, capturing the twilight era of fishing at Celilo Falls.

Credits Ryan Scott and Trevor James Bond, Washington State University

Sections Stories of the Falls Stories have long surrounded Celilo Falls. Some, such as the one concerning Coyote, come from native tradition. Others, such as The Song of Kamiakin, derive from non-native sources. By clicking on this http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/exhibits/show/fishing-at-celilo-falls[1/4/2016 12:36:18 PM] Digital Exhibits | Summary of Fishing at Celilo Falls section's subtitle one may examine a selection of these stories.

Photographs The color images in this section are from MASC's "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods." They include photographs of Tommy Thompson, who assumed the role of salmon chief in the early 1900s. The salmon chief set the fishing seasons and enforced traditional regulations on fishing, proscribing it at night, on Sundays, and after drownings.

Films of the Falls Candid tourist videos and official Bonneville Power Administration film provide rare moving images from the 1930s and 1950s.

Maps and Documents MASC aboounds in maps and other documents related to Celilo Falls and The Dalles. A sample is included here.

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Coyote Eugene S. Hunn's Nch'i-Wana "The Big River" includes a Coyote story of Celilo Falls. "Coyote had brought salmon to the river people. Five sisters had blocked the river and the migration of the salmon. Coyote disguised himself as a baby and strapped himself on a cradle board. He set himself adrift on the river and was lodged against the dam. The youngest of the sisters found him and took him home. When the sisters went out root digging, Coyote made himself five digging sticks and five oak-burl mortars and then proceeded to destroy the dam. One of the sisters broke her digging stick, and sensing something was amiss, the sisters returned home to find Coyote at work destroying their dam. As they attached, Coyote but one of his mortars on his head for protection; in the ensuing battle the sister broke all but one of Coyote’s mortars. However, the dam broke as the sisters cracked his last mortar helmet. The sisters turned into swallows to return each Spring to Celilo and build mud nests."

The mid-Columbia (including the region of Celilo Falls) has five or six distinct salmon runs, with very few fish available between late October and late April. Big waters made fishing impossible between late May until late June. Thereby leaving only five months for salmon fishing. (Hunn 151)

The First-Salmon feast of the season was a major event. On April 19, 1806 Lewis and Clark witnessed the ceremonial feast. “There was great joy with the natives last night in consequence of the arrival of the Salmon; one of those fish was caught; this was the harbinger of good news to them. They informed us that these fish would arrive in great quantities in the course of about 5 days. This fish was dressed and being divided into small pieces was given to each child in the village. This custom is founded in superstitious opinion that it will hasten the arrival of the salmon” (Hunn 153)

James Selam recounts that a "strong swimmer was chosen to swim out above the falls with the remains of the first fish caught, where he dove deep to deposit it in mid-river as an invitation to its fellows to come upriver also.” (Hunn 153)

“Coyote’s work is evident at Celilo Falls, where the rock outcroppings from which the Indians fished, each meticulously named, represent the remnants of the Swallow sister’s dam.” (Hunn 154 and 155)

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Fishing the River Fishing from Platforms

For Indians of the Middle Columbia, fishing was at Celilo was a vital part of not only diet but also culture. These are color slide reproductions of fishing scenes at Celilo likely from sometime in the 1950s or late 1940s. The slides were part of a demonstration of fishing methods.

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1932 Celilo Falls Amateur Film

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Maps A map from 1880 of a section of the Columbia River, showing proposed canals, feeders and railways. It includes the falls and rapids, water gauges, and "basaltic" region.

The islands in the center of the Columbia River housed drying sheds where the Indan women would clean and preserve the catch.

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The Song of Kamiakin This is a poem by Frances Fuller Victor that was published in her book, "Atlantis Arisen" in 1884. It concerns the creation of the area around the Dalles, the Cascades, and the rivers that enter the Columbia in that area. It is intersting in that it shows a sort of blending happening in the stories being told about the river and therefor a meeting of cultures.

THE SONG OF KAMIAKIN. Should you ask me where I caught it— Caught this flame and inspiration— Should you ask me where I got it— Got this old and true tradition— I would answer, I would tell you: Where the virgins of the forest Sit with quills thrust through their noses, Eating calmly cricket hashes ; Where the tar-head maid reposes ; Where the proud Columbia dashes, Hearing nothing but his dashing. Hias skookum* Kamiakin, Of the vale of Klikatata— Which I know each nook and track in As well as Johnny knew his daddy— Was the chief of all the Siwash, And the great high-cockalorem— As his fathers were before him Of the winding Wallametta, Which I sing—and say it surely As the jingling Juniata Sounds as well; but 'tis unpretty, Poets of the sunset sea-rim Flying off to Acropolis— Very absurd it is, and silly— While the glassy Umatilla, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/exhibits/show/fishing-at-celilo-falls/the-story-of-the-falls/the-song-of-kamiakan[1/4/2016 12:39:19 PM] Digital Exhibits | Fishing at Celilo Falls : The Song of Kamiakin And the classic Longus Thomas, And the grassy Tuda-Willa, All do flash and flow before us. Well, my hero Kamiakin Was in love; you know such folly In all great, good rhymes emetic. And her pious dad, ascetic, 'Gainst our hero got his back up; And he swore on stacks of Bibles, Higher than the hay you stack up, He would sue for breaches, libels ; He would sue him, shoot him, boot him- That, in fact, he didn't suit him— Didn't vote the proper ticket. Now, it cost him like the nation Going from the land of cider (You know how these Navigation And, though he was law-abiding, To be treated thus about her He declared was rather binding, And that he wouldn't go without her. So he strode a cayuse charger With white eyes, also white as Foam of creamy, dreamy lager From her nostrils to her caudle ; With a woolly sheepskin folding Back behind his jockey saddle, Where the girl could ride by holding. " Come back, come back, O Pickaninny- Back across the stormy water," Cried the old man, like a ninny. One hand skewed her water-fall up, While the other held her garter, As they set off at a gallop. Oh I she looked majestic, very, As she answered, " Nary, nary !" And the river so is flowing, Though wider washed a foot or so, For this was in the gleaming, glowing, Gilded, golden long-ago. Then they fled far down the river, But the old man came upon them, And she cried, " O Lord, deliver 1" And she blew a silver trumpet, And she cried, " 0 hiac—jump it," Till the cayuse jumped the river— Jumped the awful yawning chasms— With the lovers both astride her. Ah, enough to throw in spasms Belles of this sweet land of cider! But the daddy, hot and snarling At the chief and chieftain's darling, Hip and thigh smote with his sabre, While the cuitan was crossing, And her silver tail was tossing; http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/exhibits/show/fishing-at-celilo-falls/the-story-of-the-falls/the-song-of-kamiakan[1/4/2016 12:39:19 PM] Digital Exhibits | Fishing at Celilo Falls : The Song of Kamiakin And her long tail, white and shaggy, Cleft where Tam O'Shanter's carlin Caught the tail of faithful Maggie. And that horse-tail still is flowing From the dark rim of the river, Drifting, shifting, flowing, going, Like a veil or vision flurried, But is never combed or curried, As a body can diskiver. Then while dad on the piazza Read the latest act of Andy, And the maid on her piano Trilled a ditty for some dandy, " Chaco, chaco, cumtux mika?"* From afar in tones coyote. " Ah, you bet you, cumtux nika,"t Sang the maiden sotto voce. With this sign the chieftain sought her, For the old man's bull-dog Towzer Would have made it rather hot for Kamiakin, Thane of Chowder. Night and day they flew like arrows, Till they passed by sweet Celilo: " Bully," cried the chief; " tomollo's Sun will see us hias lolo."J But the old man missed his daughter; Vowing he would catch and score them, Took the steamer, and by water Reached the Dalles the day before them. "Stop, you bummer," yelled the daddy While the chief fled to the river; And the dad pursued, and had a Henry-rifle, bow and quiver. Then the chief wished him a beaver— Big or little, didn't mind him— But the gal, would you believe her, Stuck like wax, tight on behind him. Then she waved a wand of willow, And behold the mighty river (For the maiden was a fairy) All did surge and shake and shiver, Till the banks did kiss, or nearly, And confme the foaming billow; So they crossed without a ferry. " Verbum sat.," now yelled the daughter, As she with her lover vamosed ; And the dad sat in the water 'Till he chilled and died, and so was Turned to stone forever after. Now this dad a noble Crow was, And a chief of fame and power, * Come, come, do you understand me ? 11 understand you. J Far away. And is known unto this hour As the " Crow-Rock" or the " Crow-Roost," http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/exhibits/show/fishing-at-celilo-falls/the-story-of-the-falls/the-song-of-kamiakan[1/4/2016 12:39:19 PM] Digital Exhibits | Fishing at Celilo Falls : The Song of Kamiakin Well, they travelled in a canter 'Till they reached the sweet Wallamet, And cried, " Boatman, do not tarry ; We will give three pound of salmon If you'll row us o'er the ferry." But he answered, " Nary, nary." Then the maiden cried out, " Dam it," And the stream was dammed instanter. So the chieftain reached his nation, And his mother gave a party— Gave a July celebration— And they dinnered very hearty, All on kouse and salmon smoky, And then danced the hoky-poky. But her troubles grew the thicker, As in truth so did the maiden, For the chief began to lick her, And distract her with upbraiding; But she had to grin and bear it, For the gods had got so mad, they Said she never should repass the Place she left her dear old daddy. So she went up in the hill-tops At the head of the Molalla, For to look at Walla Walla ; And by magic spells and hoo-doo— For, you know, she was a fairy— She did manage soon to rear a Mountain like the pile of Cheops. And Siwash, who saw her mammuk,* Called the peak "Old Mountain Hoo-doo." But there came a Jewish peddler, Packing head-gear, hoods, and small t'ings (Says the Almanac McCormick), And who didn't care three fardings For this dear and true tradition— As the learned like me and you do— And made the gross abbreviation Of Mount Hood from Mountain Hoo-doo. * Working, or conjuring. Must go in, or something's lacking Now, she dwelt in Walla Walla; But her ma was awful stuck up; Fellows charge a horse and rider);

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Bibliography Allen, Cain. “’They Called It Progress’: Indians, Salmon, and the Industrialization of the Columbia River.” M.A. thesis, Portland State University, 2000.

Barber, Katrine. Death of Celilo Falls. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005.

Churchill, Sam. "Aged Celilo Hidden Forever." Yakima Herald 1957, 4.

Columbia River Defense Project. In Defense of Che Wana: Fishing Rights on the Columbia River. Portland, OR: The Wheel Press, 1987.

Fisher, Andrew. Shadow Tribe: the Making of Columbia River Indian Identity. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010.

"Fishing at Celilo Falls" http://www.ccrh.org/comm/river/celilo2.htm (accessed November 6 2010).

Hunn, Eugene. Nch’i-Wana, “The Big River” Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land with James Selam and Family. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1900

Hunn, Eugene. “Sk’in the Other Side of the River.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 108 (Winter 2007): 614-623.

Lang, William. “The Meaning of Falling Water Celilo Falls and The Dalles in Historical Literature.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 108 (Winter 2007): 566-585.

Myers. W. E. (recorder) “Coyote Frees the Salmon.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 108 (Winter 2007): 543-545.

Pinkham, Allen Sr. “Childhood Memories of Fishing at Celilo Falls.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 108 (Winter 2007): 586-596.

The Columbia: America's Greatest Powerstream. Bonneville Power Association, 1949.

White, Richard. The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River. New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/exhibits/show/fishing-at-celilo-falls/the-story-of-the-falls/bibliography[1/4/2016 12:39:48 PM] Digital Exhibits | Fishing at Celilo Falls : Bibliography

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Fishing the River Fishing from Platforms

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People of the River Children in car

While fishing was central to Celilo Falls, the falls itself was also important for the society that developed there. Men and women of all ages were present fishing, working, or playing at Celilo. There was even exchange between white Americans and American Indians. These images taken from slides capture some of the people of Celilo Falls.

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Subject Celilo Falls, Indians, Dip Netting, Columbia River, Salmon, Chinook

Description Indians pulling in salmon with dip net. Note how net collapses.

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-7, from "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods" Chet Ullins.

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Tags Celilo, Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Dip Net, Indians, Salmon Citation Chet Ullins, “Indians Dip Netting,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4166.

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Subject Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Fishing, Indians, Platforms

Description Indians fishing from platforms at Celilo Falls. Supported by cables anchoring near the lips of narrow canyons where fishing is best, the wooden platforms are lowered down the canyon walls within easy reach of the roaring torrent of water.

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Source Slide I-5, from "The Celilo Indians and Thier Fishing Methods" Chet Ullins.

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Tags Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Fishing, Indians Citation Chet Ullins, “Indians Fishing from Platforms at Celilo,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4165.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Net With Salmon Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Net With Salmon

Subject Dip Net Fishing at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Salmon, Indians

Description Indian pulls dip bag net out of water with salmon. Note net does not collapse.

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-14 from, "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods" Chet Uller

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Tags Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Fishing, Salmon Citation Chet Ullins, “Net With Salmon,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4172.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Precarious fishing spot. Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Precarious fishing spot.

Subject Celilo Falls, Fishing, Columbia River, Indians

Description Precarious Fishing Spot. Note cable car, falls, and platform.

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-8 from, "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods" Chet Ullin

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Cable car at Celilo to Fishing Islands Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Cable car at Celilo to Fishing Islands

Subject Celilo Falls, Columbia River, fishing, Indians

Description Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands

Creator Ryan Scott

Source Slide I-5, from "Celilo Indians and their fishing methods" Chet Ullins.

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Tags Celilo, Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Fishing, Indians Citation Ryan Scott, “Cable car at Celilo to Fishing Islands,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4164.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Celilo Cable Car Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Celilo Cable Car

Subject Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Cable Car

Description Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands.

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-4 from "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods"

Publisher Chet Ullins

Date none

Contributor Washington State University Libraries

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Collection The Columbia Plateau Seminar

Tags Cable Car, Celilo, Celilo Falls, Columbia River Citation Chet Ullins, “Celilo Cable Car,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4163.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Fishing from Bank and Platforms Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Fishing from Bank and Platforms

Subject Celilo Falls, Indians, Columbia River, Platforms, Salmon

Description In September, when the run is on, Indians from many tribes fish on bank. By Concentrating their fishing during the months when the adult salmon are fighting their way up the river to spawn, the Indian fishermen are assured of large catches of good-sized fish.

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-9 from, "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods" Chet Uller

Publisher Chet Uller

Date none

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Collection The Columbia Plateau Seminar

Citation Chet Ullins, “Fishing from Bank and Platforms,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4168.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Dip Net Bag Fishing Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Dip Net Bag Fishing

Subject Celilo Falls Fishing, Dip Net Bag, Indians

Description Indian Fishing with dip bag net. Not rope around Indian.

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-13 from, "Celilo Falls Indians and their Fishing Methods" Chet Uller

Publisher Chet Uller

Date none

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Collection The Columbia Plateau Seminar

Tags Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Dalles, Dip Net, Fishing, Indian Citation Chet Ullins, “Dip Net Bag Fishing,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4171.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > View of Celilo Falls Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title View of Celilo Falls

Subject Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Indians

Description View of Celilo Falls- Homes of Indians and Indians Fishing

Creator Ryan Scott

Source Slide I-3 from "The Celilo Indians and their fishing methods.

Publisher Chet Ullin

Date none

Contributor Washington State University Libraries

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Collection The Columbia Plateau Seminar

Tags Celilo, Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Dalles, Indian, Indians Citation Ryan Scott, “View of Celilo Falls,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4162.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Canyon wall from Oregon side Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Canyon wall from Oregon side

Subject Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Dalles

Description View of the canyon wall on the Oregon side showing Celilo Falls

Creator Ryan Scott

Source Slide I-2 from "Celilo Indians and Their Fishing Methods"

Publisher Chet Ullin

Date none

Contributor Bureau of Visual Teaching, Division of General College Extension, State College of Washington, Pullman, WA

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Collection The Columbia Plateau Seminar

Citation Ryan Scott, “Canyon wall from Oregon side,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4161.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Indian Boy and Salmon Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Indian Boy and Salmon

Subject Fishing at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Indians

Description Indian boy catches nice Chinook salmon

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-20 from "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods" Chet Ullins

Publisher Chet Ullins

Date none

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Collection The Columbia Plateau Seminar

Tags Celilo Falls, Indians Citation Chet Ullins, “Indian Boy and Salmon,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4178.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Boy and Dad Fishing Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Boy and Dad Fishing

Subject Fishing at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Indians

Description 10 year old Indian boy fishes with his Dad's dip bag net- bashfully

Creator Chet Ullins

Source Slide I-19 from "Celilo Indians and their Fishing Methods" Chet Ullins

Publisher Chet Ullins

Date none

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Collection The Columbia Plateau Seminar

Tags Celilo Falls, Indians Citation Chet Ullins, “Boy and Dad Fishing,” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4177.

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Ask a Question Fishing at Celilo Falls Research About the Libraries Services Stories of the Falls News & Events Photographs Films of the Falls Maps and Documents Maps Documents

Maps A map from 1880 of a section of the Columbia River, showing proposed canals, feeders and railways. It includes the falls and rapids, water gauges, and "basaltic" region.

The islands in the center of the Columbia River housed drying sheds where the Indan women would clean and preserve the catch.

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Documents An examination and survey of the Columbia River pl_011072010_1332_51319_188.pdf between the Dalles Rapids and the head of Celilo Falls published in 1900. The second portion of the report includes numerous photographs and maps prior to the flooding of the Falls Click on the pdf link (in small font).

A recommendation to make US Goverment payments for the destruction of fishing grounds at Celilo Falls tax exempt. To view document, click on the pdf link (in small font).

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Map of Columbia River from The Dalles to Celilo, Or. (1880) Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Map of Columbia River from The Dalles to Celilo, Or. (1880)

Subject Columbia River -- Maps

Description 1 map : col. ; 24 x 72 cm.
Relief shown by contours
Shows a section of the Columbia River, showing proposed canals, feeders and railways. Also shows fall and rapids, water gauges, and "basaltic" region. Map is reduced from sheet 1 & 2, survey of 1879-80
"Photo-Lith. by A. Hoen & Co."
"H Ex 73 50 2."
Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2651 (50-2) H.exdoc. 73, map 1
Scale 1:30,000

Creator United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Engineer Office
A. Hoen & Co.

Source University of Washington Libraries Government Publications Section

Publisher Washington : G.P.O.

Date 1889

Contributor University of Washington Libraries Map Collection

Rights This image may be freely downloaded and used. Please give credit to the University of Washington Libraries.

Relation Removed from: Obstructions to navigation in Columbia River : letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, the second preliminary report of a Board of Engineers upon obstructions to navigation in the Columbia River, and upon the feasibility of a boat railway at The Dalles and Celilo Falls. Washington : G.P.O., 1889. (Ex. Doc. / 50th Congress, 2d Session, House ; no. 73)

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Language English

Type Maps

Identifier uwm66
Y 1.1/2: Serial 2651 map 1

Coverage Columbia River

Collection Early Washington Maps

Citation United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Engineer Office
A. Hoen & Co., “Map of Columbia River from The Dalles to Celilo, Or. (1880),” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/1617.

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Give To The Libraries Hours & Locations Advanced Search > Great Falls of Columbia River. (1814) Ask a Question Research About the Libraries Services Dublin Core News & Events Title Great Falls of Columbia River. (1814)

Subject Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Maps

Description 1 map: 10 x 18 cm.
The Lewis and Clark expedition arrived at the Great Falls of the Columbia in late October, 1805. They were forced to portage around these rapids to continue on downriver, and again on their return upriver in the following spring.
These falls were also known as Celilo Falls. They were drowned in 1957 with the construction of The Dalles Dam.

Creator Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.

Source Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries

Publisher London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown ...

Date 1814

Contributor Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Rights Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691

Relation Is found in Is found in Travels to the source of the Missouri River and across the American continent to the Pacific Ocean : performed by order of the government of the United States, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806 / by Captains Lewis and Clarke. ; Published from the official report, and illustrated by a map of the route, and other maps.

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Type Maps

Identifier wsu 563
F592.4 1814

Coverage United States -- Columbia River

Collection Early Washington Maps

Citation Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809., “Great Falls of Columbia River. (1814),” Digital Exhibits, accessed January 4, 2016, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/2054.

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