View of the Oregon Steam and Navigation Company's steamboat "Oneonta" at the Upper Landing of the Cascades, Washington Territory, 1867. A steam locomotive pulls a train in the background.
View of the Upper Block House, also known as Fort Lugenbeel, on the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. Other buildings and a railroad bridge are also visible. OHS Collection includes 2 duplicates of this mammoth plate on different mounts. One duplicate bears Watkins' signature on the back and has the alternate title, "Upper Blockhouse, Cascades."
View of the Columbia River Gorge from the Upper Block House, also known as Fort Lugenbeel, in the Washington Territory. View looks down the Columbia River. Railroad tracks border the river.
A steam locomotive operated by the Oregon Steam and Navigation Company on railroad tracks in the Washington Territory of the Columbia River Gorge. Upper Block House, also known as Fort Lugenbeel, is on the left while a steamboat on the Columbia River is visible in the distance on the right.
View of a train with a steam locomotive in the Columbia River Gorge. Railroad tracks are visible on both sides of the river, and the ruins of a collapsed railroad bridge are in the foreground. Several people are visible on the train and on the ground.
View looking southwest down the Columbia River from the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, in the Washington Territory. The Eagle Creek area is visible in the distance on the Oregon side of the river.
View of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount.
View of the Middle Landing of the Oregon Portage Railroad at the Cascades on the Columbia River. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount with the alternate title, "The Middle Landing, O.R.R. Columbia River."
View of the former garrison at Fort Cascades, near the Cascades townsite on the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867. Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, is visible in the distance.
A steam locomotive passes a rail yard operated by the Oregon Steam and Navigation Company in the Columbia River Gorge. Several people in the rail yard look at the camera. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount with the alternate title, "Cascades Portage Railroad."
Distant view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, across the Columbia River on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Taken from the McCrary farm in Oregon. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount.
View of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. OHS Collection includes 2 duplicates of this mammoth plate on different mounts.
View of Multnomah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. OHS Collection includes 2 duplicates of this mammoth plate on different mounts.
View of Multnomah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount.
View of Cape Horn on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Taken from the east at John Stevenson’s property. Log cabin and fence in the foreground. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount, with the alternate title, "Cape Horn On Columbia River."
View of Cape Horn on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, looking up the Columbia River. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount, with the alternate title, "Cape Horn Below the Cascades."
View of Rooster Rock on the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. Beach in the foreground. Watkin's photographer's tent is on the beach in the center of the image, with nearby tripod and camera also visible.
View of a distant Mount Hood, rising over the Columbia River. In the foreground, long fences encircle a property with several wooden structures. Taken from the south side of Government Island.
View of the Imperial Flour Mills on the left, and the Oregon Woolen Mills on the right. In the foreground, five men on a boat look up at the camera, including a man on the stern who tips his hat.
View of Willamette Falls and part of Oregon City, taken from the east shore on a bluff above Oregon City. Imperial Flour Mills and Oregon Woolen Mills are both visible. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount.