Men, mules, and mountains Lieutenant O'Neil's Olympic expeditions
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Accounts of an 1885 expedition led by Lt. Joseph P. O'Neil to make a reconnaissance of the northeastern section of the Olympics and an 1890 expedition that explored the region more in depth. Based mainly on O'Neil's manuscripts and and a hand-written account by Private Harry Fisher |
| Author(s): | Robert L. Wood |
| Document: | Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 1 ] |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Published: | 1976 |
| Physical Description: | xx, 483 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Genre: | History |
| Contents: | Introduction Part I; Northern Reconnaissance the olympic mountains: 1885 across the foothills scouting the miles range through the game country exploring beyond noplace Part II: Return to Terra Incognita the olympic mountains, 1890 the alpine club expedition on the lilliwaup trail the lake of "devil cush" first barrier: fisher's bluff Part III: Scouting and Trail Work an alpine holiday the way to deer mountain the ridge of the three sisters second barrier: jumbo's leap the south fork journey Part IV: Tramping the High Country adventure on bruin's peak the great elk hunt elk basin and bear jungle along the grand divide first powwow: upper skokomish Part V: Beyond The First Divide duckabush and dosewallips down the enchanted valley the lake on the river two churches south whiskahl and wynootche Part VI: Humptulips To O'Neil Pass exploring the humptulips grays harbor to hood canal rendezvous at cache camp the mount anderson "picnic" second powwow: grand divide Part VII: Olympus and Points West the march to olympus olympus and the copper box with the pack train alone down the queets a guest of the indians Part VIII: An Epilogue to Adventure the return from olympus west of the quinault grays harbor revisited why not a national park? O'neil's place in history |
| Subjects: | 1800-1899, Discoveries in geography, Explorateurs Washington (État) Olympic, Monts, Explorers, Explorers Washington (State) Olympic Mountains, Fisher, Harry, 1855 or 1856-, History, Mountaineering, Mountaineering Washington (State) Olympic Mountains, O'Neil, Joseph Patrick, 1862-1938, Olympic Mountains (Wash.) Discovery and exploration, Olympic Mo |
Circulation
Here are a list of places where this title can be found and the various formats it can be found in.
| Collection | Resource | Available | Edition | Published | Publisher |
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| The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library | Book | Hardcover | 1st Edition | 1977 | Mountaineers Books |
Last updated: 2023-11-03