WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Mississippi River
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Colorado River
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Snake River
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Catawba River
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Columbia River
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Detailed explanation-1: -Through the early 1840s, some emigrants built rafts and floated the Columbia from Fort Walla Walla to The Dalles, while others went overland to that location. Until 1846, when an overland route was developed, everyone had to float the river from The Dalles to Fort Vancouver.
Detailed explanation-2: -Access to water was of paramount importance, and, for the greater part of its length, the trail followed the region’s three great rivers: the Platte (and its tributary the North Platte), the Snake, and, finally, the Columbia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Major tributaries are the Kootenay, Snake, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Okanogan, Yakima, Cowlitz, and Willamette rivers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The headwaters of the Columbia River is in Columbia Lake in British Columbia, between the Canadian Rockies and the Selkirk Mountains, 2, 650 feet above sea level. The Columbia enters the Pacific Ocean near Astoria, Oreg.; the approximate lati-tude at the mouth is 46°15’ N., and the approximate longitude is 124°05’ W.