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Title: Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts. Part I. Geography taught as a science ... Part II. Local and civil geography ..
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Monteith, James
Subjects: Physical geography
Publisher: New York, Chicago (etc.) : A.S. Barnes and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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, the capital, is finely situated in a rich prairie, onthe east bank of the Willam ette. 27. Oregon City is on the right or east bank of the Willam-ette River, about 10 miles south of Portland. The falls in theriver furnish immense water-power for manufactiuing pur-poses. 28. Ihc other Important Towns are Albany, Corvallis,Eugene City, Dalles, Astoria, and Jacksonville. 29. Public Education has received much attention. Be-sides the excellent public .schools, there are colleges at Salem,Forest Grove, anil Corvallis, and numerous academies through-out the State. 30. The Legislature asf^emhlcH every two yenrs. The mem-bers of th(! Senate are elected for four years, and of the Housofor two years. 31. Oregon was Organized as a Territory of the UnitedStates in 1848, when it extended northward to British America,and eastward to the Rocky Mountains. 32. From its JVorfhcrn half, Washington Territory was or-ganized in 1853; and in 1859, Oregon was admitted as a Statewith its present boundaries.
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MONTEITHS PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. 121 EXERCISES ON THE MAP. OREGON,—by what is it boundcil on the north ? On the east ? On thesout.i 2 On the west ? What is its length ? Its breadth ? (Appli/ the scale of miles.) What mountain ranges in Oregon ? Is the greater part of the State cast or west of tlic Cascade Range ? What prominent peaks in the Cascade Range 2 Wliac rivers east of the Blue Moimtains ? In what direction does the surface of that part of the State slope ? ■\Vhat rivers between the Cascade Range and the Blue Mountains ; Intowhat do thos3 rivers empty ? How does the surface of the middle section of the State slope? What rivers between the Cascade Range and the PaciCc . Into what dothey flow ? AVliicli is the largest ? la what direction does the land slope which is drained by tlic Willam-ette? By the Urapqua and Rogue Rivers? Mention the largest lakes in Oregon ? Which have outlets ? Wliichhave no outlets ? In what part of the State are lakes the most numerous ?

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