The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-12-03
JOB WORK.
A Geographical View OF Oregon
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a GeCgTaPaZCa4 NlGW "a S4Sk(L
Territory.
It's Maintains. TdHegs6Yd sfreTs-H.
Easter, 1l1ceze and II tNern Re
gions, wsih tie Igg1ctohuraa ana
Othr hosOurees of Eeh
OnreaN TERKiToRY. July 60, SO.
Presamiag .tbat ma.y of u readers
are uifscq Eaf4tsd With III IS facet ''awsy
out westR ceuotry sob Tue Pacific cots',
I propose gym { them. through the rol
umDssoEf the press, some account If its
most prominent features; it's inonhtai,s,
valleys aud deserts, COASTS. bays ard
rivers, It's soil, climate and Productions {.
together With such facts ia its lisimy
and settlement, as may seem Rvlth ie-
lating.,
Oregon is, to all inteDts and rurprs
es, q mountain country There is scarre-
~ a bill or open spotofgrooa.d ffen" tie
Rocky snoautaius to the Pacific Ocean,
or from the Coluebia river to the Calf
fornia line, which does lot afford a view
of mountain scenery more or less grald
As the Traveller apfsoaches our Terrific
ry from the east, the 6rst sigl.I of any
portion of Oregonris Fremobtss Peak,
an immense mass iof rocks. $40 and
ice, IN the rocky Mountains. After this.
as be travels west, the ~moupiaiis of
Green river, Bear river, Portneuf river,
the three Teteus on S, axe river. Sal.
mon river Boisse river, Burnt river aud
Powder river, tue Blue Cascade aid
Coast Mountains, all rise 10 view n.
successfon..is = r'its.ss1gsFs 7sas~ ~
Our territory is divided into three
seperate regions by mountain rarees.
the EastersaM rtd1s ard tHvstsrn. The
Western region is also -subdiVidcd b.
mountains into tlFee separate PARTON :
or v~a.Ieys-tte %illeuhettr, Umiqua.
aud Rogue River valleys The Vas ern
region embraces part IF c Green aid
Bear Riv-r countries, and the Stake
River country. H is Tbou,etrd rhy tta,
Rocky MruniaiIs Gu ti,e tasi, n d the
Blue Mountains on the wostaoiitsis no.
ted foe fs dFsgbarfen ard s.~I,rIlerlarx
actef.' There are a Few fertile srots.
among which are the narrow valley al
Bear River, a trIc, of fertile laid rear
Fort Hall, or Srake River. AID the
small but beautiful valleys of Powde,
River aud Grande Rm,de- Away fiou.
thesG spots out little Sc is seen bu'
s rge 1.-THE defesipd snge," as Fremont
calls it) aud sand aid rocks Tie Md
die region, lies betwrer the b ue M"uL-
tairs GU the east AID the Cascade Msu',-
sairs' on the west. IL II waier'd by IE>
Waiia Walla, UmatIllu. J.krt Day $ ard
Des Chuies tiStrs, all nf u llIrii Auw into
the Columbia. This region is an elt-
vatsi, llfndaiatiry Lain, generally d. SIT
lutte of fnnber. hiIs producing grass ii
au excellent quality. Ti'rNa>t unibtIs
of fine horses owf,d ty tie l. diai,s az
this resioH. ATTEST ti,e s. "f tie
clial4f1 and tbcgraitity ard quality o
the grasses The: rs,nhtry lying ia+nt.g
tie kssssao VI the mountains on eiIlpi |
sidesis adspttd 10 agricultural P%IoGHcis.
andsas SiusBer is abundant Oh the neigh
boring saf5uptsifs, wiilfFobahly te o.
eupief by she Whites y snoi, ss h eA,
istii4 war is over, atdtbc coul,irS oI en-
ed to sediment. Tie equity lyitgI
further off viii aFind grazing tor M
mefse hefdsdf eartlt= ark htrsrs.
The western region hes brrween til
Cascade MauntaiHs pGtte tiasf aud :h,
Pacific Ocean on the west. ard i"cIud's
the VILLAIN ne, Un,Fqua, aud Rogue ny
er valleys, aud. Coast mountains Eacn ~
tbesesvalleys is Watered by a river bcaf
ing Che name of the valley ttraugi
which it runs The general obarsctel
of Chs. region is that Of great fertility.
producing in its Bsturalstate a gio"tis
of forest trees an grasses u~nequalifd
perhaps; in any country lying 50 far
nortk The Coast 4mouitaIrs ex:eld
from the mouth of the Columbus rtrrr
Il the Bayou San Francisco. T1rey IN:
parallel. with the coast. the base -
places reaching to the sea shore, aud
forming bold Aead!ands aid pronnhtn
ries In other pisscs considerable spaces
of level open land iu~terVeue b+tweeD the
bsse and shore. Tn Cotsor plains,
lying between the aia1,ttsin aud Sea
shore, and extending from the month of
the Ceiunbia river. south about twenty
Eve asilss. is the Most considerable. body
of level lard lying immediately on the
co1sesa Willamette valley is about $50
miles long, from north 10 south, AID
fr67 forty to seventy miles. wide.
The Willamette FLYER fists amnug the
mount ms at the upper end of tie val.
ley, and runs through It's e-tire length
cutting il into nearly equal halves, aud
thea cmpties its waters into the Cpinm
bia, about 100 miles above he nruuth of
the latter stream. | shoui5 have stated
before that the Cascade mountains Of.
the east of the valley, AID the Coast
u~rouDtains on the west, sIeupIted at the
upper end by q called the CAL
apoTe. This mountain separates the
Willamette from the Umpqua valley.
Several low spurs from the mountains,
on both sides of the valley, extend 10
the sWi.lametie river. at Oregon City,
leaving Only a passage for tile river, and
-xery narrow read on each side. %.
5OEr valley, therefore, is completely
encircled BY mountains and high bills
From these our valley is supplied with
theabest and pu-est Of water. Gu the
eastss.de the WiiIamette receives the
McKebzie's. SaDtiam. Pudding. Molalla
snd GlaskaInas Rivers, and on the west
side the Coa>tfprk. Lor eton, Mary s
Luck yinuts, LsCreole. fan.biii aud
TnaIf ian rivers, bsstdes several creeks
These, while apohg the ms, are
rapid; sfoamiBg, noisy torrents Dut
when they reach the valley they assume
amore quiet aud orderly demeanor-
These rapid streams afford an immense
amount of water power The Villa
ustte river Is nayigsbie forsmal steam,
ers ITO Corvallis, sbout 100 miles from
les mouth. The navigation, however, Is
obstfucted at Oregon City by the Villa
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