tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329259698069812578.post8502291831341872274..comments2023-12-31T15:19:44.917-05:00Comments on Pools and riffles: Map Monday 13: Great Falls of the ColumbiaChris Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212533305670974909noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329259698069812578.post-57610854239369915172009-06-14T10:22:26.533-04:002009-06-14T10:22:26.533-04:00I had a very difficult time reading it; I think I ...I had a very difficult time reading it; I think I had to put the book down and go do something else for awhile. The fact that I read this 15-20 years ago shows how much of an impact it had.coconinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050625735753145388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329259698069812578.post-40508177030529338572009-06-13T23:42:17.131-04:002009-06-13T23:42:17.131-04:00That is so sad....That is so sad....Chris Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212533305670974909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329259698069812578.post-480016010269881322009-06-07T13:59:09.867-04:002009-06-07T13:59:09.867-04:00My mother often remarked at how beautiful Celilo F...My mother often remarked at how beautiful Celilo Falls were (I grew up in eastern WA). I always wished I could see them on our myriad of trips along the Columbia. Craig Lesley, a NW author who writes about that region frequently in his fiction, had a description in one of his books of the covering of the falls. I don't know if it is correct, but it went something like this: the Celilo Indians, seeing the reservoir slowly rise and cover the falls, turned their backs to the river and cried "we have killed our mother."coconinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050625735753145388noreply@blogger.com