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Mount Rainier

by Edmond S. Meany

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Editor
Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935
Title
Mount Rainier, a Record of Exploration
Credits
E-text prepared by Greg Bergquist, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
Subject
Plants -- Washington (State) -- Rainier, Mount
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42314
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42314
Release Date
March 12, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Mount Rainier A Record of Exploration
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.I. THE MOUNTAIN DISCOVERED AND NAMED, 1792 By CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER, R.N.
  4. 4.II. FIRST APPROACH TO THE MOUNTAIN, 1833 By DOCTOR WILLIAM FRASER TOLMIE
  5. 5.III. FIRST RECORDED TRIP THROUGH NACHES PASS, 1841 By LIEUTENANT ROBERT E. JOHNSON, U.S.N.
  6. 6.IV. TACOMA AND THE INDIAN LEGEND OF HAMITCHOU By THEODORE WINTHROP
  7. 7.V. FIRST ATTEMPTED ASCENT, 1857 By LIEUTENANT A. V. KAUTZ, U.S.A.
  8. 8.VI. FIRST SUCCESSFUL ASCENT, 1870 By GENERAL HAZARD STEVENS
  9. 9.VII. INDIAN WARNING AGAINST DEMONS By SLUISKIN, INDIAN GUIDE
  10. 10.VIII. SECOND SUCCESSFUL ASCENT, 1870 By S. F. EMMONS
  11. 11.IX. EXPLORATIONS ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES, 1881-1883 By BAILEY WILLIS
  12. 12.X. DISCOVERY OF CAMP MUIR, 1888 By MAJOR E. S. INGRAHAM
  13. 13.XI. EXPLORING THE MOUNTAIN AND ITS GLACIERS, 1896 By PROFESSOR I. C. RUSSELL
  14. 14.XII. McCLURE'S ACHIEVEMENT AND TRAGIC DEATH, 1897 By HERBERT L. BRUCE and PROFESSOR H. H. McALISTER
  15. 15.XIII. FIELD NOTES ON MOUNT RAINIER, 1905 By PROFESSOR HENRY LANDES
  16. 16.XIV. GLACIERS OF MOUNT RAINIER By F. E. MATTHES
  17. 17.XV. THE ROCKS OF MOUNT RAINIER By GEORGE OTIS SMITH
  18. 18.XVI. THE FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER By PROFESSOR CHARLES V. PIPER
  19. 19.XVII. CREATION OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK MEMORIAL BY SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
  20. 20.XVIII. MOUNT RAINIER IS 14,408 FEET HIGH By THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  21. 21.XIX. PLACE NAMES AND ELEVATIONS IN MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK — FOOTNOTES:

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