A flood incident, Portland, Oregon [manuscript], 1894 June 8.

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A flood incident, Portland, Oregon [manuscript], 1894 June 8.

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Photostat of handwritten description of people traversing the streets of Portland, Oregon by boat during the Great Flood of 1894, recalling a particular group of Chinese residents who seemed to the author to be the fastest navigators of the flooded streets. Collection includes a slide of a handdrawn image depicting the incident.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Downing, Alfred

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Alfred Downing, United States government topographer in the 1870s and 80s, was the topographical assistant for the U. S. Army expedition which investigated the feasibility of extending steamboat navigation on the Upper Columbia River in 1881. He published his description of that expedition in "The Region of the Upper Columbia River and How I Saw It" in 1881. He went with several exploring parties out of the Department of the Columbia from 1881 to 1883 and sketched a record of these. ...