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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center ...
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The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, located on the western edge of Rock Cove, is the nonprofit museum of the Skamania County Historical Society, and is dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the cultural and natural history of the Columbia River Gorge. The center is located on Rock Creek Drive, in Stevenson, Washington.
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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
SP&S Engine 802 and SP&S Caboose 701 can be seen outside of the museum building.
View from Washington State Highway 14.
Image taken June 19, 2005.
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- "Bailey Gatzert", Columbia River sternwheeler ...
- Birds of Lewis and Clark ...
- Blockhouses ... Fort Cascades, Fort Rains, and Fort Lugenbeel ...
- Broughton Flume ...
- Cape Horn Winery ...
- Clahclehlah Village ...
- Corliss Engine ...
- Curtiss Jenny ...
- Donkey Engine ...
- "Eva Jane", ferry boat Stevenson to Cascade Locks ...
- Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) "Mystery Rock" ...
- Jefferson Peace Medal ...
- McCord Fish Wheel replica ...
- Petroglyphs ...
- Quilt, 1880 embroidered quilt ...
- Quilt, U.S. Bi-centennial Quilt ...
- Quilt, Washington State Centennial Quilt ...
- SP&S Engine 802 and SP&S Caboose 701 ...
- Warren Salmon Cannery, Warrendale ...
- WWII Pillbox ...
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"Bailey Gatzert", Columbia River Sternwheeler ...
While built in 1890, it wasn't until 1892 that the steamer "Bailey Gatzert" arrived on the Columbia River. The "Bailey Gatzert" was the first steamer built to carry passengers, as previous steamers going up and down the Columbia River Gorge area were primarily built for carrying freight. During the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, the "Bailey Gatzert" made twice-daily runs from Portland to Cascade Locks. A model of the "Bailey Gatzert", plus her name board, whistle, and pilot wheel can be seen at the museum.
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Exhibit, Name board of the "Bailey Gatzert", sternwheeler on the Columbia.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Exhibit, Model of the "Bailey Gatzert", sternwheeler on the Columbia.
The "Bailey Gatzert's" pilot wheel can be seen in the background.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Exhibit, Poster of the "Bailey Gatzert", sternwheeler on the Columbia.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Birds of Lewis and Clark ...
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Woodcarvings by the Feather & Quill Carvers of Vancouver, Washington, created for the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Carving, Common Raven, Birds of Lewis and Clark exhibit.
Black-billed Magpie is also shown.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Carving, Mountain Quail, Birds of Lewis and Clark exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Blockhouses ...
Throughout history four different forts or blockhouses existed along a rough stretch of the Columbia River Gorge between Hamilton Island and Cascades Locks, an area known as the "Cascade Rapids". The first fort was Fort Gilliam, was established in 1848. It was located at the portage and used as a supply depot. Next came Fort Cascades, built in 1855 at the lower end of the rapids. It was built to defend the portage. Next came Fort Rains, located at the lower end of the portage around the "Upper Cascades". The last fort built was Fort Lugenbeel, located at the upper end of the Cascade Rapids section. Today, Fort Rains and Fort Lugenbeel, and the earlier Fort Gilliam, exist only as archaeological sites on present U.S. Army Corp of Engineer land. The location of Fort Cascades can be seen on the interpretive trail at the Fort Cascades Historic Site on Hamilton Island.
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Model, Fort Cascades.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Note: sign leaning on model is not correct sign.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Model, Fort Rains, Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Note: sign leaning on model is not correct sign.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Model, Fort Lugenbeel.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Broughton Flume ...
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Section of the Broughton Flume.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Section of the Broughton Flume.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Cape Horn Winery ...
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The Cape Horn Winery was located at the west end of Skamania County in the community of Cape Horn. This bottle is the only known bottle to still exist, ca.1936.
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Bottle, Blackberry Wine, Cape Horn Winery exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Clahclehlah Village ...
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Located in the vicinity of today's North Bonneville, Washington, Lewis and Clark made mention of this village in their journals, both on the downstream journey (October 31, 1805) and on their return (April 10, 1806). They stopped at the village for breakfast on April 10th.
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Model, Clahclehlah Village exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Corliss Engine ...
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According to the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center website (2014):
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"... The Corliss stationary steam engine was used to provide energy to run a local sawmill from the turn of the century to 1949. The engine was made in 1895 and has 1,200 linear feet of continuous rope drive, a 16-foot flywheel and a single piston. The engine weights 32 tons. ..."
The boiler for the Corliss engine is rusting away on the other side of Rock Cove. It can be seen next to the Stevenson Skatepark.
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"The Corliss Engine became in 1876 the most famous exhibit in Philadelphia at the American Centennial Exposition. The steam engine enthralled visitors.
This Corliss Engine drove the saws, saw carriages and conveyors at the Storey-Keeler Lumber Mill in Cascade Locks. The Mid-Columbia Lumber Company moved the engine in 1926 to Washington. Wilhelm J. Birkenfeld acquired it in 1941 for the Carson Lumber Company. His workers cut cants for decking World War II "Baby Flatop" ships and material for dams on the Columbia. Birdenfeld's family in 1975 presented the engine to Skamania County as a memorial to him and the industry of the Gorge."
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Information sign, Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, 2011.
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Corliss Engine exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Wind River Lumber Company, 1907, Corliss Engine exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Curtiss Jenny ...
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According to the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center website (2014):
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"... Suspended from the ceiling is a 1917 Curtiss JN-4 or "Jenny" bi-plane, typical of the first airplanes that delivered air mail in the Gorge. The Jenny is on loan from the Wally Olson Family Trust. ..."
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1917 Curtiss Jenny exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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1917 Curtiss Jenny exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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1917 Curtiss Jenny exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Donkey Engine ...
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Model, Donkey Engine exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Model, Donkey Engine exhibit.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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"Eva Jane", Ferry boat, Stevenson to Cascade Locks ...
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Exhibit, Pilot wheel of the ferry "Eva Jane".
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) "Mystery Rock" ...
From the "mystery rock" information sign:
"In 1923 a road crew pulled the Skamania County "mystery rock" from the Government Slide near the Cascades. For decades the stone stood near the entrance to Stevenson High School. Its inscription -- "HBCo[y] 1811" -- remained unexplained. Retired attorney David Swart, a man deeply interested in the early fur trade, believes the stone marks the expedition of Joseph Howse. In 1810-11 Howse led a party of seventeen men across the Rockies and descended the Columbia River to at least this point more than six months before the well-known explorer David Thompson. Unfortunately neither Howse's journal nor letters written by him were preserved; Thompson's survived."
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Exhibit, Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) "Mystery Rock".
Rock is behind glass showcase.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Exhibit, Enhanced image of "H B C 1811", Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) "Mystery Rock".
Rock is behind glass showcase.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Jefferson Peace Medal ...
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Reverse, Jefferson Peace Medal replica, Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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McCord Fish Wheel Replica ...
The McCord Fish Wheel located in the Center's main exhibit room is a replica of the McCord wheel built in 1882 on the south side of Bradford Island, the third one built on the Columbia. This wheel was soon joined by seventy-plus more built on both banks of the river from The Dalles to North Bonneville.
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Exhibit, McCord Fish Wheel.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Exhibit, McCord Fish Wheel.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Exhibit, McCord Fish Wheel.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Exhibit, McCord Fish Wheel.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Exhibit, McCord Fish Wheel photograph.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Petroglyphs ...
Columbia River Petroglyphs, donors: Richard and Marilynn Weaver, Stevenson, Washington.
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Exhibit, petroglyphs.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Exhibit, petroglyphs.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Donors: Richard and Marilynn Weaver, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Quilt ... 1880 Embroidered Quilt ...
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"1880. Embroidered Quilt. Original design made by the mother of the doners, Johanah Kanikkeberg Wineberg. She married John P. Wineberg in 1900 and they raised their family in Stevenson. Note no two squares are alike. It was converted to a bedspread in 1972. Donors: Anah, Helen, and William Wineberg. Acc#1977:23."
[Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center exhibit, July 15, 2011]
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1880 embroidered quilt.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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1880 embroidered quilt.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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1880 embroidered quilt.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Quilts ... U.S. Bi-centennial and Washington State Centennial ...
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U.S. Bi-centennial and Washington State Centennial Quilts.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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U.S. Bi-centennial Quilt.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Quilt block, Bailey Gatzert, U.S. Bi-centennial Quilt.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Quilt block, fishwheel on the Columbia, U.S. Bi-centennial Quilt.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Washington State Centennial Quilt.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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Quilt block, Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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SP&S Engine 802 and SP&S Caboose 701 ...
Spokane, Portland, and Seattle (SP&S) Engine 802 and SP&S Caboose 701 can be seen outside of the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center museum building.
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SP&S Engine 802 and SP&S Caboose 701.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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SP&S Engine 802.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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SP&S Engine 802.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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SP&S Engine 802.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
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SP&S Caboose 701.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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Warren Salmon Cannery, Warrendale ...
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By 1881, thirty-five salmon canneries had been established on the Columbia River. One of these canneries was built by Frank Warren at Warrendale, Oregon.
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Warren Salmon Cannery, Warrendale, Oregon.
Image shows two steamships, the "Dalles City" and the "Tahoma" docking at the Warren Cannery docks.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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WWII Pill Box ...
Several pill boxes like this one dotted the Bonneville Dam site during WWII. They were manned by armed U.S. Army guards while U.S. Coast Guard patrolled the river above and below the Dam. Bonneville Dam was considered at high risk, a likely target for enemy saboteurs, since it powered the shipyards in Portland, Oregon, ca.1940. The Pillbox on display outside the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center museum building was donated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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WWII Pillbox.
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken July 15, 2011.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, October 30, 1805 ...
Clark, April 13, 1806 ...
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