Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Portland's Union Station, Oregon"

Includes ... Portland's Union Station ... Oregon Pony ...

Click image to enlarge Union Station, Portland, Oregon. View from car heading to the Broadway Bridge. Image taken September 24, 2006. Portland's Union Station ... Portland's Union Station opened for service in February 1896, as the local hub for the Union Pacific Railroad. The station once had on display the Oregon Pony, the first steam engine in the Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Pony hauled passengers and freight at the portage at Cascade Locks on the Columbia River. Views ... Click image to enlarge Union Station, Portland, Oregon. View from car heading to the Broadway Bridge. Image taken September 24, 2006. Click image to enlarge Union Station, Portland, Oregon. View from car heading to the Broadway Bridge. Image taken September 24, 2006. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, April 2, 1806 ... Return to Menu

*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: Oregon Historical Society 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.

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