Vanport City was located between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 when a section of the dike collapsed during a flood on the Columbia River.

Vanport City was located between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 when a section of the dike collapsed during a flood on the Columbia River.

Vanport City was located between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 when a section of the dike collapsed during a flood on the Columbia River.

This wave tank, constructed in 1972, was 342 feet long, and served as the genesis for the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory. Research being conducted at the time this photo was taken pertained to oil...

Vanport City was located between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 when a section of the dike collapsed during a flood on the Columbia River.

Vanport City was located between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 when a section of the dike collapsed during a flood on the Columbia River.

Events now moved quickly. The fundamental principle of Protestantism--the free circulation of the Scriptures among the people--could no longer be resisted. The Convocation of 1536, on the motion of Cranmer,...

Here is a 'prairie schooner' in the eighteen thirties, crossing the mountains. It was Captain Bonneville who first brought wagons to and over the top of the Rockies. He abandoned them soon afterwards but he had...

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ill., map; Map included: "The Region, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon [by the] United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service." from another unknown publication; page size 27 x 20 cm.; Also...