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Blockhouse, Upper Cascades, Columbia River - 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Fort Lugenbeel, also known as the Upper Blockhouse, was built in 1856 after the "Cascades Massacre" of the Yakima Indian Wars occurred just downstream. Learn More -
Cape Disappointment, Lighthouse & Cannon - 1871
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo of Cape Disappointment's lighthouse and cannon was taken by Eadweard Muybridge in spring of 1871, when he was hired by the Lighthouse Board to photograph lighthouses from Washington Territory to San Diego. Learn More -
Captain Charles Wilkes - 1863
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Born in 1798, Captain Charles Wilkes is best known for leading the United States Exploring Expedition, which circumnavigated the world from 1838 through 1842, and spent significant time in the Pacific Northwest in 1841. Learn More -
Closeup of Old Blockhouse at the Cascades - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This closeup view shows how the solidly built blockhouse still persisted thirty years after it was abandoned. Learn More -
Colonel George Wright - c. 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Colonel George Wright graduated from West Point in 1827, and spent almost forty years as a military officer, much of it in the Pacific Northwest. Learn More -
Cruiser USS West Virginia in Portland Harbor - c. 1911
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The USS West Virginia, a Pennsylvania class armored cruiser, was commissioned in 1905 and initially served as part of the Atlantic fleet before joining the Pacific fleet in 1908. Learn More -
Early Tepee and Canoe, Pend Oreille River - c. 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A bark canoe and a reed-mat covered tepee sit across the Pend Oreille River from the British Northwest Boundary Commission's encampment near the Canadian border. Learn More -
Fish Wheel at Bradford's Island - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The original title of this photo didn't even mention the fish wheel; it was just called "Bradford's Island, Columbia River". Learn More -
Fort Canby & "Big Betsy" Cannon - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00"Big Betsy" was the nickname given to Fort Canby's 15-inch Rodman cannon, the largest of the fort's muzzle loading cannons. Learn More -
Fort Canby, Cape Disappointment - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Built during the Civil War to protect the mouth of the Columbia, the garrison buildings for what was initially called Fort Cape Disappointment were located on the protected bay side of of the southern end of Long Beach Peninsula. Learn More -
Fort Canby, From the Bay - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view of the southern part of the Fort Canby garrison also shows the extreme southern tip of Long Beach Peninsula, which divides Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean. Learn More -
Fort Canby, Showing Cannonballs - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view of Fort Canby in southern Washington gets close enough to show an intriguing detail -- cannonballs used as yard ornaments. Learn More -
Fort Canby, Washington Territory - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Fort Canby at Cape Disappointment, on the Washington Territory side of the mouth of the Columbia River. Learn More -
Government Building Military Camp, Lewis & Clark Expo - 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Government Building hosted exhibits from many branches of the U. S. government at the Lewis and Clark Expositon - including the military. Here two types of tents fill the east lawn near the waters of Guild's Lake. Learn More -
Lake near Old Blockhouse at the Cascades - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00One of several lakes located near the Old Blockhouse at the Upper Cascades, on the north bank of the Columbia River. Learn More -
Launch of the 1st Liberty Ship, the Star of Oregon - 1941
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A large crowd has turned out at the Kaiser Shipyards in Portland on May 19, 1941, to celebrate the launch of the first of many Liberty Ships built here. Learn More -
Light Battery, Fort Stevens - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Light Battery training at Fort Stevens, near Astoria on the Oregon coast. Learn More -
Lighthouse & Cannons, Cape Disappointment - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse was constructed in 1856 to warn seaman of the dangerous bar at the mouth of the Columbia. It is the oldest functioning lighthouse on the West Coast. Learn More -
Marine Band Members at Camp Compson, Gladstone - 1893
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An annual gathering of the Oregon National Guard brought these three (four, if you count the fellow asleep in the tent) musicians to Camp Compson in August of 1893. Learn More -
Mule Laden with Casks, Colville - c. 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A mule is out fitted to carry casks for the British Northwest Boundary Commission at their Colville "huts" on the Columbia River. Learn More -
Navy Ship, with Old Steel Bridge & Union Station - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An unidentified U. S. Navy ship rests in the Willamette River, in front of the original Steel Bridge, which had a rotating center span. Learn More -
Navy Ships in front of Old Steel Bridge, Portland - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Taken upstream from its companion photo (see Related Photos below), this view shows two unidentified Navy ships resting in the waters of the Willamette in Portland. Learn More -
Navy Ships on the Columbia River - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The anchor rope from photographer White's houseboat can be seen tied to a tree in this view of Navy ships on the Columbia, taken and developed by her without having to leave her home on the water. Learn More -
Officers' Mess House, Fort Vancouver - May, 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view of the Officers' Mess Hall is so crisp and clear it's easy to forget it was taken almost 150 years ago. (We missed by five months getting back into the 1850s.) Learn More -
Officers' Quarters, Fort Canby - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Three girls grace the front porch and a couple more children peer from the second-story window, in this view of military officers' housing in southern Washington 125 years ago. Learn More -
Portage Railroad and Middle Blockhouse at Cascades - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking downstream on the wooden tracks of the portage railroad on the Washington side of the Columbia Cascades. Learn More -
Soldiers in Hoquiam Logging Camp - 1918
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Starting in 1917 the Army sent 10,000 soldiers to Oregon and Washington logging camps to cut timber as part of an effort to harvest 10 million board-feet of spruce a month for aircraft construction. Learn More -
The Bay Beach, Fort Canby - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view is William H. Partridge's take on the garrisons of Fort Canby, located, as the title states, at the Bay Beach on the inside of the southern tip of Long Island peninsula. Learn More -
The Middle Blockhouse at the Cascades - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Officially known as "Fort Raines", the middle blockhouse was built in 1855 to protect the portage railroad around the Cascade Rapids. It was abandoned in 1857. Learn More -
The Old Blockhouse at The Cascades - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Old Blockhouse, across the Columbia River from Cascade Locks. Learn More -
Troops Drilling on Parade Grounds, Vancouver Barracks - 1907
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A wide-format view of troops drilling at Vancouver Barracks, in the early part of the twentieth century. The East and South Barracks had just been built, increasing the housing at this Army military installation begun in 1850. Learn More -
U. S. S. Oregon, After Turret - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view shows the rear-facing armament of the U.S.S. Oregon, including the 13" main guns, the 8" secondaries above them, and the 3 pounder (1.85") anti-torpedo boat guns above them. Learn More -
U. S. S. Oregon, Forward Turret and Bridge - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A large crowd of civilians has come on board the battleship U.S.S. Oregon in this view in an unidentified harbor, likely taken shortly before the Oregon left for the Philippines. Learn More -
Vancouver Barracks, Parade Grounds with Cannons - c. 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Vancouver Barracks is but one name given to the U.S. military installation in Vancouver, Washington, adjacent to the old British Fort Vancouver. Learn More
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