Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineA. Roman and Company, 1892 |
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... RIVER CRUISE , The. the red man was either hollowed from the trunk of a tree , or made of skins stretched tightly over a wooden frame ; usually very long and narrow , and requiring great skill in handling . The paddle was the means of ...
... RIVER CRUISE , The. the red man was either hollowed from the trunk of a tree , or made of skins stretched tightly over a wooden frame ; usually very long and narrow , and requiring great skill in handling . The paddle was the means of ...
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W. LEICHTER'S AMALIA . THE SACRAMENTO RIVER CRUISE , The Canoes Nip and Tuck. connecting Oakland and Alameda . Na- ture has here provided four miles of smooth water , with the open waters of San Francisco Bay within easy reach to invite ...
W. LEICHTER'S AMALIA . THE SACRAMENTO RIVER CRUISE , The Canoes Nip and Tuck. connecting Oakland and Alameda . Na- ture has here provided four miles of smooth water , with the open waters of San Francisco Bay within easy reach to invite ...
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... river one hundred and twenty miles above Sacramento , from which place the cruise commenced down stream . The Sacramento River fur- nishes the best cruising ground in Cali- fornia , if taken at the right time of the year , in April and ...
... river one hundred and twenty miles above Sacramento , from which place the cruise commenced down stream . The Sacramento River fur- nishes the best cruising ground in Cali- fornia , if taken at the right time of the year , in April and ...
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THE SACRAMENTO RIVER CRUISE , The Canoes Nip and Tuck . Photo by Philip S. Carlton THE MOSQUITO FLEET ESCORTING THE. Photo by A. H. Blow.
THE SACRAMENTO RIVER CRUISE , The Canoes Nip and Tuck . Photo by Philip S. Carlton THE MOSQUITO FLEET ESCORTING THE. Photo by A. H. Blow.
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... River takes a northerly course from its source in Mendocino County , and empties into the Pacific Ocean near Eureka . Launching a canoe near the headwaters of this stream , the brave voyageurs began what they thought would be an easy ...
... River takes a northerly course from its source in Mendocino County , and empties into the Pacific Ocean near Eureka . Launching a canoe near the headwaters of this stream , the brave voyageurs began what they thought would be an easy ...
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