The
Souvenir of Western Women
Edited by
MARY OSBORN DOUTHIT
Copyright, 1905, by Mary Osborn Douthit
Presses of
Anderson & Duniway Company
Portland, Oregon

Crater Lake in Oregon
THE SOUVENIR OF WESTERN WOMEN bears upon its pages a complex picture of the works and pioneer experiences of the women in the Pacific Northwest—the "Old Oregon" country—from the time of woman's first appearance in these unexplored wilds to the present day.
The purpose of this book is to record woman's part in working out the plan of our Western civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearing so conspicuously the imprint of her hand and her brain. In coming to this country through all the perils, privations, and hardships of the longest journey ever made by a migratory people in search of homes, she marched side by side with man. Upon arriving here she could acquire equally with him a part of the public domain (the first instance of the kind on record).
In patience, courage, and endurance, woman proved man's equal. In her ability to cope with strenuous conditions, she was again his recognized peer. The powers thus engendered within her must perforce have left an indelible impression on the body politic. Their dominance is apparent in our colleges and universities, all of which are builded upon co-education as a corner-stone, and all of which also accept women as co-members of the faculty.
From the beginning of statehood in all the states carved out of the "Old Oregon" country, women have been admitted to the practice of the professions on an equality with men. In the legislative halls woman's voice has been heard, and some of our most salutary laws owe their origin to her thought.
In property rights woman enjoys far greater privileges here than in the older portions of our country. These Northwestern States are among the few in the nation that make the mother a legal custodian of her children, and entrust her with the property of minor heirs. From a national point of view greater yet is the outcome of woman's presence here. To the pioneer woman — without whom permanent settlement could not have been made—the nation owes the very possession of this great Western territory.
Captain Gray made the discovery of the Columbia River (1792), and this discovery laid claim to the vast tract drained by it and its tributaries. Lewis and Clark, led by the "Birdwoman," marked the way to it across the continent (1805). The good missionaries brought to its wild native peoples, thirty years later, the "White Man's Book of Heaven," the forerunner of civilization; but the combined effort of all these could not have held this country for the United States had it not been for the pioneer American women, who. braving all dangers and hardships, came with man to build homes and establish permanent settlements.
Let our debt of gratitude be now acknowledged and duly recorded, that those who come after us may know and value the deeds of the women who first trod these plains and valleys wherein we dwell. These pioneer women we herein represent, and transcribe upon the pages of history the story of their lives. Numbered among the writers of these chronicles is the second white child born in this unexplored land, Mrs. Eliza Spalding Warren, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Spalding, missionaries of 1836. Among them, also are some of the pioneers of '43, '44 and '45, whose hands rocked the cradle of liberty in these Western wilds when the triple states carved out of the "Old Oregon" country were yet in embryo. Voices from the past, they enchant us with their fairy-like lore and heroic deeds.
That many, far as well as near, may share the charm of the last recitals of these old pioneers and catch the inspiration of their unflinching courage. The Souvenir would bear their messages through the land.
Portland, Oregon, May 1, 1905.
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Indian Woman of the Umatilla Tribe
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Forestry Building—Lewis and Clark Exposition
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Esplanade and Terraces—Northern Approach to Exhibit Palaces of Lewis and Clark Fair
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Portland-on-the-Willamette—A seaport 110 miles inland
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gray (half-tone)
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Taylor-Street M. E. Church
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Mrs. C. M. Cartwright and Grandson
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Eev. J. A. Hanna (photographed at eighty)
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Dr. W. F. Alexander (photographed at eighty)
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The Natatorium, Boise, Idaho
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Specimen Lumber Tree of the Oregon-Washington Forests
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St. Mary's Academy and College
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Bishop B. Wistar Morris (half-tone)
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Miss Mary B. Rodney (half-tone)
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Block Houses and Pioneer Printing Office at Lapwai
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St. Peter's Church, Tacoma
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The Three Sisters—View of North and Middle Peaks
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Mount Rainier (in colors)
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Hill Military Academy, Portland, Or
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Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland, Or
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Miss Helen F. Spalding (half-tone)
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Academy of the Holy Names, Seattle, Wash
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First Baptist Church (the White Temple)
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First Baptist Church West of the Rocky Mountains
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Roberts Brothers' Department Store
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Shoshone Falls of Snake River—60 Feet Higher than Niagara
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Frances Fuller Victor (half-tone)
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Midwinter Scene in Southern Oregon
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St. Teresa's Academy, Boise, Idaho
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Eva Emery Dye (half-tone)
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Narcissa White Kinney (half-tone)
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Sheep-Shearing—Ranch of James Small (photographed by Herman Putzien)
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Hydraulic Mining—Pipeman and a Giant Stream
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Mrs. Emma Wilson Gillespie
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The North Pacific Sanatorium
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Rev. T. L. Eliot (half-tone)
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Mrs. Catherine A. Coburn (half-tone)
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James Harrison and Lueza Osborn Douthit
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James Harrison Douthit (from daguerreotype )
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The Washington. Seattle, Wash.
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The Crystal Springs Sanitarium
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The Newill Riverview Academy
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Chinese Mother and Children. Portland, Or.
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