. The great Northwest, a guide-book and itinerary for the use of tourists and travellers over the lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the Oregon and California Railroad, containing descriptions of States, territories, cities, towns, and places along the routes of these allied systems of transportation, and embracing facts relating to the history, resources, population, products, and natural features of the great Northwest . This was originally a mission station of the Meth-odist Episcopal Church, which built, in 1843, a large wooden Institute,for
. The great Northwest, a guide-book and itinerary for the use of tourists and travellers over the lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the Oregon and California Railroad, containing descriptions of States, territories, cities, towns, and places along the routes of these allied systems of transportation, and embracing facts relating to the history, resources, population, products, and natural features of the great Northwest . This was originally a mission station of the Meth-odist Episcopal Church, which built, in 1843, a large wooden Institute,for the purpose of educating Indians. In this it failed; but it afterwardsbecame a good school for white children, and resulted in the foundation ofthe Willamette University, one of the best educational institutions ofOregon. Salem is the seat of the State Government. The Capitol will bean imposing building. The main structure is occupied, but the legislativehall is not finished, nor is the dome that is eventually to surmount thebuilding. The State penitentiary and insane asylum are not far east ofSalem, in a region of beautiful oak gioves, plain but serviceable resembles a New England town of its size, with pleasant society andmany beautiful residences. As an educational centre and the State capital,It draws together a refined and intelligent population. It covers a largearea, has broad streets, good business quarters, quite a number of factories,. Oregon and California Railroad. 249 and possesses a water power, brought across country from the SantiamRiver, that favors its development into a manufacturing centre. Tiiere aretwo large flouring mills that manufacture for export. The first woolenfactory on the Pacific coast was here, but burned down some years ago, andcapitalists are now preparing to put up another. The town has variousindustries and several newspapers. A beautiful agricultural region sur-rounds it. Beyond Salem the railroad skirts the hills, and pass
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