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"Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon"
Includes ... Columbia Gorge Discovery Center ... The Dalles, Oregon ... California Condor ... "Running Fruit Ladders" ... Crates Point ... Rocky Island ...
Image, 2011, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon, click to enlarge
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Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.


Columbia Gorge Discovery Center ...
The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Wasco County Historical Museum is located in The Dalles, Oregon just east of Crates Point.

Views ...

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Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken June 4, 2005.
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Wagon, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken June 4, 2005.
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Covered Wagon, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken June 4, 2005.


Inside ...

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Inside, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.
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Inside, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.


American Kestrel ...

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American Kestrel, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.


California Condor ...

Image, 2011, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon, click to enlarge
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California Condor, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.
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California Condor, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.


"Running Fruit Ladders" ...
"Running Fruit Ladders" is a "Large Art Celebrating Small Farms" display created by Mosier artist John Maher. There are dozens of brightly painted wooden fruit ladders.

Image, 2011, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon, click to enlarge
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"Running Fruit Ladders", Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.


Views from the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center ...

Image, 2011, Crates Point from Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon, click to enlarge
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Crates Point from the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.
Image, 2011, Rocky Island from Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon, click to enlarge
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Rocky Island from the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, Oregon. Image taken October 6, 2011.


From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, October 28, 1805 ...
A cool windey morning we loaded our Canoes and Set out at 9 oClock, a. m. [Rock Fort] ...     we proceeded on river inclosed on each Side in high Clifts of about 90 feet of loose dark coloured rocks     at four miles we landed at a village of 8 houses on the Stard. Side under Some rugid rocks, Those people call themselves Chil-luckit-te-quaw, ...     here we purchased five Small Dogs, Some dried buries, & white bread made of roots, the wind rose and we were obliged to lie by all day at 1 mile below on the Lard. Side [vicinity of Rocky Island at Crates Point]. ...     wind blew hard accompanied with rain all the evening, our Situation not a verry good one for an encampment, but Such as it is we are obliged to put up with, the harbor is a Safe one [Rocky Island at Crates Point], we encamped on the Sand wet and disagreeable ...





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*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, 2003

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All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.
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October 2011