Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Aldrich Butte, Washington

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Aldrich Butte, Washington"

Includes ... Aldrich Butte ...

Image, 2004, Aldrich Butte from North Bonneville, click to enlarge

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Aldrich Butte, from North Bonneville, Washington. Image taken October 27, 2004.

Aldrich Butte ...

Aldrich Butte lies on the Washington side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 145. Cedar Creek flows along the Butte's north and north-west base where it merges with Hamilton Creek on Aldrich Butte's west side. Hamilton Creek then flows southeast between Aldrich Butte and Hamilton Mountain towards Hamilton Island and the Columbia River. Bonneville Dam and North Bonneville lie south and southeast, and Table Mountain lies upstream. Aldrich Butte was persumably (via this web author) named after an early settler Marion M. Aldrich who acquired a land donation claim in 1906. Aldrich Butte is 1,141 feet elevation.

Early Aldrich Butte ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, show a Marion M. Aldrich being issued a land title on March 5, 1906, for 155.7 acres of parts of T2N R7E Section 17 (the northeast slopes of Aldrich Butte), under the 1862 "Homestead Entry Original".

Views of Aldrich Butte ...

Click image to enlarge	Pierce National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. View includes Beacon Rock (left), Hamilton Mountain, and Aldrich Butte. The wildlife refuge is along the water. Image taken from Beacon Rock boat dock. Image taken August 1, 2004.
Click image to enlarge	Aldrich Butte, from Bonneville Dam. Image taken October 27, 2004.
Click image to enlarge	Aldrich Butte, from North Bonneville, Washington. View from Beacon Rock Golf Course, North Bonneville, Washington. Image taken February 26, 2005.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

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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

Sources: Bureau of Land Management Website, 2006, General Land Office Records; "Firelookout.com" Website, 2006.

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.