The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volumes 1-10Washington University State Historical Society., 1919 - Northwest, Pacific |
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... presents as miscellaneous an assemblage of characters as a masked ball in carnival . Thus , two of King George's brothers are the Duke of York and General Gaines . His cousin is Tom Benton ; and his sons by Queen Victoria are General ...
... presents as miscellaneous an assemblage of characters as a masked ball in carnival . Thus , two of King George's brothers are the Duke of York and General Gaines . His cousin is Tom Benton ; and his sons by Queen Victoria are General ...
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... presents had to be incurred to conciliate the Indian tribes and an investigation of the question of snow was a vital and fundamental one , essential to making any relia- ble report at all . Stevens took the course which he believed ...
... presents had to be incurred to conciliate the Indian tribes and an investigation of the question of snow was a vital and fundamental one , essential to making any relia- ble report at all . Stevens took the course which he believed ...
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... present the report to Congress and to procure its pub- lication as a public document . Vol . VI , Part II , chapter VII , pp . 53-60 : Report on the gen- eral geology of the Columbia Valley . Chapter VIII , pp . 60-85 , a report on the ...
... present the report to Congress and to procure its pub- lication as a public document . Vol . VI , Part II , chapter VII , pp . 53-60 : Report on the gen- eral geology of the Columbia Valley . Chapter VIII , pp . 60-85 , a report on the ...
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... present city of Spokane the stock of furs that had been gathered dur- ing the previous year in trade with the Indians and free hunters of what is now Northwestern Montana , Northern Idaho and North- eastern Washington was being prepared ...
... present city of Spokane the stock of furs that had been gathered dur- ing the previous year in trade with the Indians and free hunters of what is now Northwestern Montana , Northern Idaho and North- eastern Washington was being prepared ...
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... of about sixty miles of main and fifty miles of branch canals with increased capacity . The old system could irrigate 65,000 acres , the present , 110,828 acres . The Government improved the Zillah wasteway and added 28 Rose M. Boening.
... of about sixty miles of main and fifty miles of branch canals with increased capacity . The old system could irrigate 65,000 acres , the present , 110,828 acres . The Government improved the Zillah wasteway and added 28 Rose M. Boening.
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