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Hand-drawn sketch map of Carrisalitos, or Panoche de San Juan y Carrisalitos, or Rancho de San Juan y Carrisalitos boundaries. Volume 2, page 42.
Date: 1844
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This warning sticker advertises "FIRE! Keep it away form our National Parks." The silhouette of a skeletal tree stretches bare branches toward the viewer.
Date: Undated
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No Caption: c. 1915, William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Fort Stevens, OR," c. 1915. Panorama of Fort Stevens, built in the 1860s as part of the defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Columbia River. Located on the Oregon side of the river, the fort was decommissioned after World War II, its armaments and buildings removed and auctioned off. The site now serves as a state park complete with military museum.
Date: 1915
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Boca de San Juan boundaries. Volume 2, page 126.
Date: 1845