Mount Rainier
Subtitle: a record of exploration
By: ed. by Edmond S. Meany.
Publisher: The Macmillan company
Published: 1916
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Glaciers -- Washington (State) -- Rainier, Mount; Botany -- Washington (State) -- Rainier, Mount; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)
Other titles: Northwest Collection.
Notes: Transferred; General Collection; May 2004.
Table of contents: title: The mountain discovered and named, 1792, by G. Vancouver.; title: First approach to the mountain, 1833, by W. F. Tolmie.; title: First recorded trip through Naches Pass, 1841, by R. E. Johnson.; title: Tacoma and the Indian legend of Hamitchou, by T. Winthrop.; title: First attempted ascent, 1857, by A. V. Kautz.; title: First successful ascent, 1870, by H. Stevens.; title: Indian warning against demons, by Sluiskin, Indian guide.; title: Second successful ascent, 1870, by S. F. Emmons.; title: Explorations on the northern slopes, 1881-1883, by B. Willis.; title: Discovery of Camp Muir, 1888, by E. S. Ingraham.; title: Exploring the mountain and its glaciers, 1896, by I. C. Russell.; title: McClure's achievement and tragic death, 1897, by H. L. Bruce and H. H. McAlister.; title: Field notes on Mount Rainier, 1905, by H. Landes.; title: Glaciers of Mount Rainier, by F. E. Matthes.; title: The rocks of Mount Rainier, by G. O. Smith.; title: The flora of Mount Rainier, by C. V. Piper.; title: Creation of Mount Rainier national park; memorial by scientific societies.; title: Mount Rainier is 14,408 feet high, by the United States geological survey.; title: Place names and elevations in Mount Rainier national park.