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Cascade Locks and Canal — The Cascade Locks and Canal was a navigation project on the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, completed in 1896. It allowed the steamboats of the Columbia River to bypass the Cascades Rapids, and thereby opened a… … Wikipedia
Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia River — Steamboats on the Columbia River system were wrecked for many reasons, including striking rocks or logs ( snags ), fire, boiler explosion, or puncture or crushing by ice. Sometimes boats could be salvaged, and sometimes not. CollisionCollision… … Wikipedia
Airbus A320 family — A320 redirects here. For other uses, see A320 (disambiguation). A320 family US Airways Nevada A319 132 … Wikipedia
Columbia River Plateau — The Columbia River Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It is a wide flood basalt plateau between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, cut through by the Columbia… … Wikipedia
Abdulla Goran — Abdulla Goran, (1904 1962) was a Kurdish poet. He undoubtedly brought about a revolution in Kurdish poetry, and is also called the father of modern Kurdish literature. At this time Kurdish poetry was loaded with hundreds of years of foreign… … Wikipedia
Kurdish women — (Kurdish: Jinên/Afiretên Kurd ) have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish history, society and politics. Historical AccountsIn PoliticsSharaf ad Din Bitlisi s 1597 Sharafnāma mentions three Kurdish women assuming power in Kurdish… … Wikipedia
Steamboats of the Columbia River — This article concerns steamboats operating between Tri Cities, Washington and the Pacific Ocean. For boats on the river s upper reaches, see Steamboats of Columbia River, Wenatchee Reach and Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes. Many steamboats operated … Wikipedia
Bailey Gatzert (sternwheeler) — The Bailey Gatzert was a famous sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Columbia River and Puget Sound from the 1890s to the 1920s. She was named after Bailey Gatzert, an early businessman and mayor of Seattle. She was commonly called the Bailey ,… … Wikipedia
Steamboats of the Columbia River, Wenatchee Reach — Steamboats operated on the Wenatchee Reach of the Columbia River from the late 1880s to 1915. The main base of operations was Wenatchee, Washington, located at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers, convert|465|mi|km from the mouth… … Wikipedia
Hassalo (sternwheeler 1880) — The steamboat Hassalo operated from 1880 to 1898 on the Columbia River and Puget Sound. Hassalo became famous for running the Cascades of the Columbia on May 26, 1888 at a speed approaching convert|60|mi|km an hour. This vessel should not be… … Wikipedia
