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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1916)
6 THE CHEM AW A AM ERICAN 46 degrees 10 minutes N. L. and named it Columbia after the name of his ship. He had communicated the existence of this river to Van couver and it brought about the sending of Lieutenant Broughton, com mander of the ship Chatham, one of Vancouver’s fleet, to explore it. “ In October, 1792, while Lieutenant Broughton was exploring the Columbia river he saw a fine mountain and on receiving his report, Vancouver wrote in his Journal as follows: ‘The same remarkable mountain that had been seen from Belle Vue point, again presented it self, bearing at this Station S. 67 E.; and though the party were now nearer to it by seven leagues, yet its lofty summitt was scarcely more distinct across the intervening land which was more than moderately elevated. Mr. Broughton honored it with Lord Hood’s name; its ap pearance was magnificient; and it was clothed in snow from its summit, as low down as the high land, bv which it was intercepted, rendered it visible. Mr. Broughton lamented that he could not acquire sufficient authority to ascertain its positive situation, but imagined it could not be less than twenty leagues from their then Station.’ The Station re ferred to is now occupied by the City of Vancouver. ’’—Meany’s Van couver, etc. SCENERY ABOUT SALEM A N A R TIC LE IN LA U D A N I) 1IUSII Q U A R TER L Y RAVELERS report the wonders of the Selkirk Moun tains, Yosemite Valley, the Grand Canyon, and the Yellowstone Park, but we, too, have views that trav elers might well come to see, all within an horn’s ride of the Capitol. The roads are dry more than half of the year. The views are all from the hills and dry roads are needed for hill climbing in an auto mobile. The best season to see these views is in the Indian summer days of October, when there is no dust. Besides dry roads, clear days are needed for sight seeing, and Oregon has some days the clearness of which would defy the famed skies and atmosphere of Italy. A day when one can look to the very top of the vault above and the moun tains stand out distinctly on the horizon is the day to select to see these picturesque landscapes. After passing the Asylum farms, at the top of the hill take the road to the left. But, while passing over the road through Salem Prairie, don’t fail to observe on the sky line to one’s right the “ State
