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COLUMBIA: Spring 1999; Vol. 13, No. 1

Table of Contents

From the Editor:   2

History Commentary:   3
How will we write the history of Hanford?
By Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi

On Sidesaddle to the Columbia:    9
Pioneer women rode the Oregon Trail in truly feminine fashion.
By Laurie Winn Carlson

From the Collection:    15
Planning for the construction of a "Nicaragua Canal."

The Washington State Capitol Campus and Its Peripatetic Planning:   16
Piecing together the people, events and issues that influenced (and interfered with) the design of the capitol group.
By Norman J. Johnston

Rivers of the West:   24
Alexander Mackenzie's initial expedition in search of a northwest passage led him to the Arctic Ocean.
By Barry Gough

The Kaiser's Navy Surveys Puget Sound:   38
Looking for the perfect naval base.
By Terrell D. Gottschall

Notices/Additional Reading:   44

Columbia Reviews:   46
Recent books of interest in Northwest history.
Edited by Robert C. Carriker

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