Drawing of Fort Colville, 1882.

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Drawing of Fort Colville, 1882.

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One pen and ink on linen drawing of Fort Colville by Alfred Downing. The drawing is dated August 1882 and is about 5x7 inches. The caption says only "Old Fort Colville, W. T." This drawing appears to be a more finished drawing than Downing<U+2019>s usual sketches. This one has some blue paint in the sky and mountains.

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Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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SNAC Resource ID: 8211609

Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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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. ...