Mt. Baker series - The pack train. A line of pack horses are led up a trail on Mt. Baker at the beginning of the 1908 outing by the Mountaineers on Mount Baker. (The label on the lantern slide for this images misidentifies the location for this photograph as "Olymics." The image number places it in the Mt. Baker series.)

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This is Boulder Glacier on Mt. Baker, part of the Mt. Baker series. According to Washington Place Names, it is on the southwest side of Mt. Baker and drains into the Baker River by Boulder Creek. Asahel Curtis photographed this view on July 20, 1908.

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Several Mountaineers use a lifeline to work their way up a section of a glacier next to a crevasse. This photograph was taken during the Mountaineer outing to Mount Baker in 1908.

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Part of the Mt. Baker series. Climbers are nearing the summit of Mt. Baker in July of 1908.

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Members of the Mountaineers cross a snow field near Easton ice cave. They have a lifeline stretched along the edge of a crevasse.

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The steepness of the snow slope is obvious in this photographed dated July 20, 1908 of the climb on Mt. Baker. Part of the Asahel Curtis Mt. Baker series.

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On July 20, 1908, a sole mountaineer gazed upon the enormous ice forms on Mount Baker. These towers of ice remained in a glacier's crevasse. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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A group from the 1908 outing of the Mountaineers hike across a snow field on Mount Baker.

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Life line work on Boulder Glacier - Mt. Baker. Mountaineers work together to enable climbers to ascend Boulder Glacier in this July of 1908 photograph. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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On the moraine - Mt. Baker, part of the Mt. Baker series that was taken on July 20, 1908. These mountaineers march in a row carrying sturdy staffs while on the moraine, an accumulation of earth and stone carried and finally deposited by a glacier.

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On July 20, 1908, an unidentified mountaineer is seen peering at a deep crevasse on Mount Baker.

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A long line of hikers with poles is silhouetted against a snowfield on Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908. This is one in the Mt. Baker series of photographs by Asahel Curtis.

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Part of the Mt. Baker series taken by Asahel Curtis. This is on the snow field of Mt. Baker in July of 1908. The line of hikers appears only as a black blur on the white surface.

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A long line of Mountaineers climb a steep ice slope on the Boulder Glacier (Mount Baker) during the Mountaineer's outing to Mount Baker in 1908. A similar photograph was used in the November 1908 edition of The Mountaineer in the article "With the Mountaineers on Mt. Baker" by Lulie Nettleton.

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Lifeline work on Mt. Baker. This July 20, 1908 lantern slide shows mountaineers ascending snowy Mt. Baker with the use of a lifeline.

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The ice formation, known as a serac, was photographed by Asahel Curtis on Boulder Glacier, Mount Baker, during the 1908 Mountaineers Outing. A serac is a pointed mass or pinnacle of ice left standing among the crevasses of a glacier.

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Mountaineers prepare to leave the summit of Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908 . Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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Two separate lines of climbers are at the summit of Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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Crater at Mt. Baker as viewed on July 20, 1908. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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Coasting correctly as demonstrated by two apt mountaineers during their July, 1908 outing on Mt. Baker. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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Boulder Creek - Mt. Baker. Mountaineers in July of 1908 gaze at snow-capped Mount Baker while alongside Boulder Creek. The creek, according to Washington Place Names, rises in Boulder Glacier on the southeast slope of Mount Baker in south central Whatcom County. Boulder Creek was named by Joseph Morovitz, homesteader, because of the huge, round boulders at the ford of the creek where his trail crossed.

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A large party is seen on the moraine as they ascend Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908. This was one of Asahel Curtis' photographs in the Mt. Baker series.

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These climbers are nearing the timberline of Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908. This photograph was taken by Asahel Curtis as part of the Mt. Baker series.

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Icicles on Easton cave located at Mt. Baker. This July 20, 1908 lantern slide is part of the Mt. Baker series.

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Mt. Baker series - Park Creek Valley - Mt. Baker. Three hikers admire the pristine view on July 26, 1908.

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Spray park at the head of Traitor Creek, photographed by Asahel Curtis on August 25, 1908. Part of the Mt. Rainier series.

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The congregation of the German Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrated the dedication of the $8000 church located at South 16th and "L" Sts. on September 27, 1908. Rev. Arthur Spleiss of Sherwood, Oregon, delivered the dedicatory morning service. An afternoon and evening service followed led by Rev. H. Janssen of North Yakima and Rev. W.H. Behrens of Portland respectively. The new church was 44 x 86-feet and had a seating capacity in its auditorium of 500. In addition, there was a large Sunday School room. In 1953 the Miles Memorial CME Church purchased the property. It was demolished in 2004. (TDL 9-27-1908, p. 32-article)

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