Stereograph of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. employee standing on one of the company’s Vulcan steam engines, the “Betsey Baker,” at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad yard at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad yard at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1264, on a different mount. Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks west of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1270, on a different mount. Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steam locomotive heading west out of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1270, on a different mount. Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steam locomotive heading west out of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1272, on a different mount. Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1295, on a different mount. Stereograph view of the home of Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad and sawmill, at Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, 1867. The man in the black jacket, hat, and white shirt on the railroad bridge is Joseph Bailey. John Stevenson is sitting on the mule-drawn cart with another unidentified man.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1297, on a different mount. Stereograph depicting The Tooth Bridge and the tracks of the Oregon Portage Railroad, Columbia River Gorge, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1297, on a different mount. Stereograph depicting The Tooth Bridge and the tracks of the Oregon Portage Railroad, Columbia River Gorge, 1867.

Stereograph of the Tooth Bridge, located west of Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge and part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad around the rapids of the Cascades of the Columbia, 1867. The mule-drawn cart approaching the camera on the tracks is carrying John Stevenson and Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Portage Railroad.

Stereograph of the Tooth Bridge, located west of Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge and part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad around the rapids of the Cascades of the Columbia, 1867. The mule-drawn cart approaching the camera on the tracks is carrying John Stevenson and Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Portage Railroad.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1309, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s office on the Columbia River at The Dalles, Oregon, 1867.

Stereograph of the rapids of the Columbia River east of The Dalles, Oregon near Celilo Falls, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks past Cape Horn, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks past Cape Horn, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1328, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks past Cape Horn, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1867.

View of Oswego Iron Works, also known as the Oregon Iron Company, in Oswego, Oregon. Railway to transport ore is visible in the foreground.

A steam locomotive operated by the Oregon Steam and Navigation Company on railroad tracks in the Washington Territory of the Columbia River Gorge. Upper Block House, also known as Fort Lugenbeel, is on the left while a steamboat on the Columbia River is visible in the distance on the right.

View of islands in the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. A railroad bridge crosses the river to one island in the foreground.

View of rapids on the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge, looking east up the river. Railroad tracks in the foreground.

View of the Tooth Bridge, located west of Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge and part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad. Two people pose with a mule and a cart on the tracks. No title on matted plate. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate, on a different mount, with the alternate title, "Columbia River Near the Cascades."

Upper Cape Horn near Celilo on the Columbia River, showing the railroad tracks of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. A telegraph pole is visible next to the tracks.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1251, on a different mount. Stereograph of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. employee standing on one of the company’s Vulcan steam engines, the “Betsey Baker,” at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1251, on a different mount. Stereograph of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. employee standing on one of the company’s Vulcan steam engines, the “Betsey Baker,” at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad yard at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks west of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.