RAILROAD REPORT-ROUTE WEST OF CASCADE RANGE. 
49 
Table of water-courses in the Willamette Valley, upon Lieutenant Williamson’s route. 
Name of stream. 
Distance from 
camp near 
Vancouver. 
Length of 
bridge. 
Remarks. 
3Iiles. 
Feet. 
Slough...... 
1 
30 
Banks 15 feet high. 
Creek...... 
12 
30 
Banks 20 feet high. Bridge. 
Creek. 
14 
10 
Banks low. 
Clackamas river__ 
18 
130 
Banks 30 feet high. 
Small creek...-....... 
23. 2 
10 
Banks low. 
Small creek...._ 
25. 3 
5 
Banks low. 
Mill creek___ 
28. 6 
20 
Banks 10 feet high. 
Mollalle river_ 
31. 0 
60 
Banks low. 
Main Rock creek_ 
37, 4 
Branch of Rock creek.... 
39. 5 
10 
Banks 8 feet high. 
Butte creek.... 
41. 8 
10 
Banks low. 
Alberqua creek—........ 
44.4 
40 
Banks 20 feet high. 
Small creek---- 
45. 6 
15 
Banks low. 
Silver creek______... 
46. 6 
100 
Banks 15 to 20 feet high. Bridge. 
Small creek_ 
50 
10 
Banks low. 
Small creek. 
50. 8 
20 
Banks low. 
Small creek...- 
52. 1 
10 
Banks low. 
Small creek_ 
54.3 
10 
Banks low. 
Small creek___ 
58. 2 
5 
Banks low. 
Slough... 
64. 3 
25 
Banks 10 feet high. 
Small creek ______ 
64. 6 
15 
Banks low. 
Small creek_............ 
64.7 
10 
Banks low. 
North fork of Santiam river.. 
64. 8 
130 
Banks 15 feet high. Bluffs. 
Thomas Fork_____ 
69.4 
60 
Banks 20 to 30 feet high. Bridge. 
Crabtree creek ____ 
72.4 
50 
Banks 20 to 30 feet high. Bridge. 
South Beaver creek.. 
73.5 
10 
Banks low. 
South fork of Santiam river.... 
75. 3 
100 
Banks low. 
Sloilgli___..._ 
81. 5 
Banks low. 
Small creek___ 
89. 9 
20 
Banks 10 feet high. Bridge. 
Calapooya creek____ 
91.8 
15 
Banks 15 to 20 feet high. 
Dry gully ... 
98.7 
10 
Banks low. 
Mud creek._____ 
103. 0 
20 
Banks low. 
McKenzie’s Fork_____ 
112.3 
120 
Banks low. Spore’s Ferry. 
Slough__ ..._..... 
112.4 
25 
Banks low. Bridge. 
Middle Fork at Eugene City ..._ 
117. 8 
about 100 
The distance from, the camp opposite Vancouver, to Camp 71 A. near the head of 
the Coast Fork of the Willamette, is, by my route, 157.5 miles, and by that of Lieut. William¬ 
son, which joins mine at Eugene City, 142.8 miles. There are a few low hills upon each of' these 
lines, but, as a railroad could he located between them over an almost level plain, a more 
detailed description is not considered necessary. 
The Willamette and Umpqua valleys are separated by the Calapooya mountains. An excellent 
pass was found through this range. From Camp 71 A. the line would follow up a small 
7 X 
