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COLUMBIA: Spring 2003; Vol. 17, No. 1

Table of Contents

From the Editor   2

History Commentary   3
Snake River history for the armchair traveller.
By Junius Rochester

After the Fire    7
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Architect H. H. Richardson's influence on post-fire Seattle.
By Jeffrey Karl Ochsner and Dennis Alan Andersen

From the Collection    16
"There is a city beautiful..."
By James P. Ronda

River of Memory    17
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What was the Columbia like before the dams?
By William D. Layman

Columbia, Washington, or Tacoma?    25
The naming and attempted renaming of the Evergreen State.
By Robert E. Ficken

History Album    31
One tourist's view of the "Gem City," 1908.
By Juanita W. Therrell

Just Passing Through    32
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The early days of Spokane tourism.

Militiamen to Hawaii    37
A 1914 training voyage on the USS Milwaukee unexpectedly tested the mettle of two Pacific Northwest naval militia units.
By Thomas C. Buckley

Correspondence & Additional Reading   42

Columbia Reviews    44

To Our Members    46
A new COLUMBIA feature.