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Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: June 13, 2008
Caption: Ground Marker on Officers Row
Additional Description: The Great Explorations A stake in front of the Grant house once marked the spot where, in 1853, Captain George B. McClellan set out to find routes through the Cascade Mountains for the Pacific Railroad. Under the direction of General Nelson A. Miles in the 1880’s, expeditions were sent to trace the Yukon and Putnam Rivers in Alaska. George Goethals, alter chief engineer for the Panama Canal, received his first major assignment at Vancouver to explore the territory between Old Fort Colville and Lake Osoyoos on the Canadian Border.
Donated by Pacific Telecom Inc.
Submitted: July 7, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p27581
File Size: 0.818 Megabytes

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