. Book of the Royal blue . States. Nego-tiations commenced on boundary line. 1819—Spain ceded her rights to LInitedStates. 1824—Boundary negotiations resumed. 1846—Boundary settled. 1848—Congress created Oregon Terri-tory—governorship offered to, but declinedby, Abraham Lincoln. 1853—Washington taken out of Oregon. 1859—Oregon was made a — Washington was made a State,November 11th. Alaska T )RV Contains 6UO,(J0U squaremiles. Has river (Yukon) navigable 2,000miles, which discharges more water thanthe Mississippi. Another (Kuskoquin), navigable bOOmiles. Has coastline—i
. Book of the Royal blue . States. Nego-tiations commenced on boundary line. 1819—Spain ceded her rights to LInitedStates. 1824—Boundary negotiations resumed. 1846—Boundary settled. 1848—Congress created Oregon Terri-tory—governorship offered to, but declinedby, Abraham Lincoln. 1853—Washington taken out of Oregon. 1859—Oregon was made a — Washington was made a State,November 11th. Alaska T )RV Contains 6UO,(J0U squaremiles. Has river (Yukon) navigable 2,000miles, which discharges more water thanthe Mississippi. Another (Kuskoquin), navigable bOOmiles. Has coastline—including the AleutianIslands—of 18,000 miles. Has its extreme point only forty-two milesfrom Asiatic territory, Unalaska, on one ofthe islands, being farther westthan Honolulu. Cost United States, in 1867, :s7,200,000. Paid United States in revenue in thirty-nine years Sll,000,000. Produced in gold 5125,000,000. Produced in furs 580,000,000. Produced in fish 596,000,000. INFORMATION FOR WESTERN TOURISTS. Altitudes of Principal Cities inNorthwest Feet San francisco, Cal 15 Castle Crag, Cal 2,084 Siskiyou, Ore 4, Portland, Ore. ( Union Station) 29 (N. P. Station). 47 Seattle, Wash. (Union Station) 10 Stampede Tunnel, Wash.(Summit). 2,852 North Yakima, Wash 1,07b Spokane, Wash 1,919 Hope, Idaho 2,087 Coriacan Defile Pass, Mont .5,971 Missoula, Mont i,12i Butte, Mont 5,59b Mullan Tunnel, Mont 5,5bb Helena, Mont 3,955 Bozeman, Mont 4,773 Bozeman Tunnel, Mont 5,592 Livingston, Mont 4,511 Gardiner, Mont 5,287 Billings, Mont 3,139 Glendive, Mont 2,091 Medora, N. Dak 2,290 Dickinson, N. Dak 2,431 Bismarck, N. Dak 1,692 Fargo, N. Dak 926 Duluth, Minn 626 Minneapolis, Minn. (Union Station) 812St. Paul. Minn. (Union Station).... 703 Altitudes of Mountains on PacificCoast Feet Shasta, California 14,380 Hood, Oregon 11,225 Pitt, Oregon 9,760 JefFerson, Oregon 10,350 Rainier, Washington 14,363 St. Helena, Washington 10,000 Adams, Washington 12,470 Bak
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