Snake River of Hells Canyon provides a detailed historical and geographic chronicle of North America's deepest river gorge, located along the remote border between Idaho and Oregon. The authors meticulously trace the turbulent course of the Snake River as it carves through towering basalt cliffs, focusing on specific isolated canyon flats, perilous rapids, and historic river crossings. By anchoring pioneer homesteads, Native American encampments, and steamboat wrecks to the exact physical locations where they occurred, the book maps the region's human history directly onto its unforgiving topography. Ultimately, the narrative illustrates how the immense scale and rugged isolation of the Hells Canyon landscape dictated the terms of survival, settlement, and travel in this formidable section of the inland Pacific Northwest.

Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.), Hells, Canyon (Idaho et Or.), Snake (Wyom.-Wash. : Rivière), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), United States Hells Canyon, United States Snake River

The Snake uncoiled : an introduction Tempting the Snake : captains and boatmen The Snake subdued : Cambridge to Hells Canyon Dam The writhing Snake : Hells Canyon Creek to Pittsburg Landing The torpid Snake : Pleasant Valley to Lewiston