Then One White Point After
Another Comes Into Sight To Refresh The Eye And The Imagination; But
They Are Yet A Long Way Off, And Have Much To Say Only To Those Who
Know Them Or Others Of Their Kind.
How grand they are, though
insignificant-looking on the edge of the vast landscape!
What noble
woods they nourish, and emerald meadows and gardens! What springs and
streams and waterfalls sing about them and to what a multitude of
happy creatures they give homes and food!
The principal mountains of the range are Mounts Pitt, Scott, and
Thielson, Diamond Peak, the Three Sisters, Mounts Jefferson, Hood, St.
Helen's, Adams, Rainier, Aix, and Baker. Of these the seven first
named belong to Oregon, the others to Washington. They rise singly at
irregular distances from one another along the main axis of the range
or near it, with an elevation of from about eight thousand to fourteen
thousand four hundred feet above the level of the sea. From few
points in the valleys may more than three or four of them be seen, and
of the more distant ones of these only the tops appear. Therefore,
speaking generally, each of the lowland landscapes of the State
contains only one grand snowy mountain.
The heights back of Portland command one of the best general views of
the forests and also of the most famous of the great mountains both of
Oregon and Washington. Mount Hood is in full view, with the summits
of Mounts Jefferson, St. Helen's, Adams, and Rainier in the distance.
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