Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0412Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a group of people hiking across a glacier. Above the image "76" is printed, below the image "V23272 Perilous Climbing Over Ice Crags of Stevens Glacier, Mt. Tacoma, Washington." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23272
CLIMBING OVER ICE CRAGS OF STEVENS GLACIER, MT. RAINIER
Lat. 47 (degrees) N.; Long. 123 (Degrees) W.
Mt. Rainier, formerly commonly known as Mt. Tacoma, is located in the center of Mt. Rainier National Park, Wash. It possesses the most extensive glacier system of any mountain in the United Staes. Twenty-eight named rivers of ice and a great number of unnamed ones flow down from its summit, carvinfourteen distinct valleys of the solid rock of the mountain's surface. Because of the snow-white rivers, teh Indians called this peak "The Fountain Breas of Milk White Waters." Many of these glaciers are from four to six miles long and extend in all directions from the summit to the base, like a huge frozen octopus. Since this area surrounding Mt. Rainier has been under government control, many well constructed roads have been built, so that most of the glaciers can be visited by automobile.
To see the full beauty of this wonderful mountain peak one must leave the good road, abandon auto and wagon, give up even the horse back ride, and proceed on foot through the narrow trails. In this picture we see a party climbing the ice crags of Stevens Glacier. They are equipped with the regulation Alpine rope and sticks, for glacier climbing is full of dangerous possibilities. There are deep crevices, sheer precipices, sudden winds, and falling rocks to be guarded against. But once having reached the summit of the mountain, Columbia Crest, all dangers are forgotten in the marvelous view of snowcapped mountain peaks and deep abysses.
The Indians of all tribes in sight of this lofty peak called it Tacoma, Tahoma, or Tacob, meaning "The Great Snow." They made many pilgrimages there, and had many myths and legends connected with it.
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