| Physical description |
xvi, 527 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. First Inhabitants and Early Settlers -- 1 Mapping the Unknown and Early Exploration 27 -- 2 "Absolute Lordes and Proprietors": The Hudson's Bay Company and the Fur Trade 57 -- 3 McClellan's Railroad-Pass Survey, 1853-1854 71 -- 4 First Wagon Roads 91 -- 5 Indian Wars in the Cascades 101 -- 6 A Mountainous Crown Colony: British Columbia and the Cascades 117 -- Part 2. Surveyors and Railroad Engineers -- 7 Along the Forty-ninth Parallel: The Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1858 141 -- 8 Along the Forty-ninth Parallel: The Northwest Boundary Survey, 1859-1862 173 -- 9 Legacy of the Land Grants: The Northern Pacific Railroad Surveys 215 -- 10 Army Explorations North of Lake Chelan 241 -- 11 Great Northern Railway's Search for a Pass 257 -- Part 3. Miners, Mountaineers, and Tourists -- 12 From Wagon Roads to Highways 275 -- 13 Early Mountaineering on the Volcanos 291 -- 14 Prospectors and the Mining Boom 323 -- 15 Topographers and Geologists 363 -- 16 Second Northwest Boundary Survey, 1901-1908 379 -- 17 Managing the Mountain Lands: The Forest Service and Park Service Era, 1895-1950 395. |
| Subject |
Cascade Range -- Discovery and exploration.
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Cascade Range -- Surveys.
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Cascade Range -- History.
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| ISBN |
0875952437 (alkaline paper) |
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