Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

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CHAPTER XXVII.
WESTERN OREGON-PORTLAND-WALLAMET RIVER AND
VALLEY-ITS UNUSUAL PRODUCTIVENESS-HEAVY
FORESTS-EXTENSIVE FISHERIES-CLIMATE
AND SCENERY-COLUMBIA RIVER.
The mountains past the Oregon side of the Co]umbia for some distance gradually lower, are heavily
wooded and more fertile, indicating the approach to
the Valley of the Wallamet, while the shore on the
Washington side is more abrupt and broken.
The old historical station of the Hudson Bay Col
pany on the Washington side, Vancouver, is beautifully located, commanding a fine view of the river,
mountains and country. It is the headquarters of
the Military Department of Oregon.
A little distance below, on the opposite side, is the
upper branch of the Wallamet River; while the lower or larger portion joins its noble flood farther down,
embracing a fertile island of several miles in length,
upon which the Hudson Bay Company's people established the first farming in Oregon. At the upper mouth of the stream, are a number of small islands, as if to keep back the clear and sparkling waters, causing them to take many devious ways, as if
reluctant to come forth all at once, to join its grand
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