 E. ; the round snowy mountain, now forming its southern extremity, and which, after my friend Rear Admiral Rainier, I distinguished by the name of MOUNT RAINIER, bore N.  Washington Public Documents - Page 26by Washington (State) - 1901Full view - About this book
 | James Wickersham - Mountaineering - 1893 - 24 pages
...compass N. 22 E. ; the round, snowy mountain, now forming its southern extremity, and which, alter my friend, Rear Admiral Rainier, I distinguished by the name of "Mount Rainier;" bore N. 42 E." And thus, at a distance of over one hundred miles, Vancouver named this grand white-capped... | |
 | Olin Dunbar Wheeler - Alaska - 1895 - 724 pages
...before noticed, When later he saw it again, after recording the bearing of Mount Baker, he added : ihe round snowy mountain, now forming its southern extremity, and which, after my friend Rear-Admiral Rainier, I distinguished by the name of Mount Rainier, etc. The Indian name for this peak,... | |
 | Edmond Stephen Meany - Nootka Sound - 1907 - 454 pages
...range, the same luxuriant appearance. At its northern extremity, mount Baker bore by compass N. 22 E. ; the round snowy mountain, now forming its southern...Rainier, I distinguished by the name of MOUNT RAINIER, bore N. [S.]42 E. Rear-Admiral Rainier. The United States government has created the Mount Rainier... | |
 | Pacific States - 1908 - 830 pages
...range the same luxuriant appearance. At Its northern extremity Mount Baker bore by compass N. 22 E. ; the round snowy mountain now forming Its southern...Rainier, I distinguished by the name of Mount Rainier, bore N. (S.) 42, E. Mr. McCullough, having thus grossly of fended the indians of Tacoma, adds that... | |
 | Edmond Stephen Meany - Botany - 1916 - 386 pages
...range, the same luxuriant appearance. At its northern extremity, mount Baker bore by compass N. 22 E. ; the round snowy mountain, now forming its southern...Rainier, I distinguished by the name of MOUNT RAINIER, bore N. [S.] 42 E. [Saturday, May 19, 1792.] About noon, we passed an inlet on the larboard or eastern... | |
 | Ruth Kedzie Wood - Alberta - 1916 - 622 pages
...navigator, who seems to have left nothing visible un-christened, wrote of " the round snowy mountain . . . which after my friend, Rear Admiral Rainier, I distinguished by the name of Mount Rainier." The Federal Geographical Board has officially determined that Rainier shall be the map name of the... | |
 | United States Geographic Board - Names, Geographical - 1917 - 76 pages
...range the same luxurious appearance. At its northern extremity Mount Baker bore by compass N. 22E, the round snowy mountain now forming its southern extremity and which, after my friend, RearAdmiral Rainier, I distinguished by the name of MOUNT RAINIER, bore N. (S.) 42E." (Captain George... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - Government publications - 1918 - 1124 pages
...known as the Cascades, he says : " At its northern extremity, Mount Baker bore by compass N. 22 E. ; the round, snowy mountain, now forming its southern...Rainier, I distinguished by the name of ' Mount Rainier,' bore N. 42 E." And thus, at a distance of over one hundred miles, Vancouver named this grand white-capped... | |
 | American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society - United States - 1918 - 1126 pages
...the Cascades, he says: " At its northern extremity, Mount Baker bore by compass N. 22 E. ; the ronnd, snowy mountain, now forming its southern extremity, and which, after my friend, Rear Adnjiral Rainier, I distinguished by the name of ' Mount Rainier,' bore N. 42 E." resented nothing... | |
 | Robert Sterling Yard - National parks and reserves - 1919 - 550 pages
...range, the same luxuriant appearance. At its eastern extremity, mount Baker bore by compass N. 22 E.; the round snowy mountain, now forming its southern...Rainier, I distinguished by the name of MOUNT RAINIER, bore N. (S.) 42 E." Thus Mount Rainier was discovered and named at the same time, presumably on the... | |
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