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Mount Rainier (left) and Mount St. Helens (right), Washington, from Blurock Landing, Washington.
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Five Volcanoes ...
On April 2, 1806, as Captain Clark began his journey to explore the
Willamette River he wrote:
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"... from the enterance of this river, I can plainly See Mt. Jefferson which is high and Covered with snow S.E. Mt. Hood East, Mt St. Helians a high humped Mountain to the East of Mt St. Helians. I also Saw the Mt. Raneer Nearly North ..."
[Clark, April 2, 1806]
From Lewis's Journal:
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"... from the Columbia at the entrance of the Multnomah river Mount Jefferson bears S. E. this is a noble mountain. I think equally as high as Mount St. Helines but it's distance being much greater than that of the latter, so great a portion of it dose not appear above the range of mountains which lie betwen boath those stupendious mountains and this point of view. like mount St. Heleans it's figure is a regular cone and is covered with eternal snow. M. St. Heleans from the same point boar N [blank], Mount Hood due East, and Mount Ranier nearly North. there is also a very high humped mountain a little to the East of Mount St. Heleans which appears to lie in the same chain with those conic pointed mountains before mentioned ..."
[Lewis, April 6, 1806]
Visible were two peaks in Oregon --
Mount Jefferson, which Lewis and Clark had only seen
and named three days earlier,
and
Mount Hood. Visible in Washington State were three peaks --
Mount St. Helens, the "high humped Mountain to the East of Mt St. Helians" which is
Mount Adams, and further north is
Mount Rainier.
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From Blurock Landing ...
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Mount Jefferson, Oregon, from Blurock Landing, Washington.
Image taken February 11, 2004.
"... from the enterance of this river, I can plainly See Mt. Jefferson which is high and Covered with snow S.E. ..."
[Clark, November 2, 1806]
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Mount Hood, Oregon, from Blurock Landing, Washington.
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"... Mt. Hood East ..."
[Clark, November 2, 1806]
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Mount St. Helens, Washington, from Blurock Landing, Washington.
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"... Mt St. Helians ..."
[Clark, November 2, 1806]
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Mount Adams, Washington, from Blurock Landing, Washington.
Image taken February 11, 2004.
"... a high humped Mountain to the East of Mt St. Helians ..."
[Clark, November 2, 1806]
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Mount Rainier, Washington, from Blurock Landing, Washington.
The flank of Mount St. Helens is just visible on the right.
Image taken February 11, 2004.
"... I also Saw the Mt. Raneer Nearly North ..."
[Clark, November 2, 1806]
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From Vancouver Lake ...
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Vancouver Lake, Washington, and Mount Adams, Washington.
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Vancouver Lake, Washington, and Mount Rainier, Washington.
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Vancouver Lake, Washington, and Mount St. Helens, Washington.
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Vancouver Lake, Washington, and Mount Hood, Oregon.
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Vancouver Lake, Washington, and Mount Jefferson, Oregon.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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