The Mountain that was 'God' / Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'

by John H. Williams

The * indicates engravings made from copyrighted photographs. See notice under the illustration.

THREE-COLOR HALFTONES.

• Title. Photographer.
• [Spanaway Lake, with reflection of the Mountain] A. H. Barnes.
• [View from Electron, showing west side of the Mountain] Asahel Curtis
• [View northward from top of Pinnacle Peak] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Looking Northeast from slope of Pinnacle Peak] Dr. F. A. Scott
• * [Ice Cave, Paradise Glacier] A. H. Barnes
• * [Spray Park, from Fay Peak] W. P. Romans
• [Crevasse in Carbon Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• [North Mowich Glacier and the Mountain in a storm] George V. Caesar

ONE-COLOR HALFTONES.

• * [Great crevasses in upper part of Cowlitz Glacier] Kiser Photo Co.
• [On the summit of Eagle Rock in winter] George V. Caesar
• [Winthrop Glacier and St. Elmo Pass] Asahel Curtis
• [White Glacier and Little Tahoma] Asahel Curtis
• [White River Canyon, from moraine of White Glacier] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Telephoto view from near Electron, showing plateau on the summit] Asahel Curtis
• [View of the Mountain from Fox Island] Charles Bedford
• * [The most kingly of American mountains] Romans Photographic Co.
• [Party of climbers on Winthrop Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• [Ice Terraces, South Tahoma Glacier] Rodney L. Glisan
• [Mineral Lake and the Mountain] A. H. Denman
• [Storm King Peak and Mineral Lake] A. H. Barnes
• [Nisqually Canyon] Kiser Photo Co.
• * [North Peak, and South Mowich Glacier] A. H. Waite
• * [Basaltic Columns, South Mowich Glacier] A. H. Waite
• [Mountain Goat] A. H. Barnes
• [West side of summit, seen from Tahoma Fork] A. H. Barnes
• [Iron and Copper Mountains in Indian Henry's] A. G. Bowles, Jr.
• [Cutting steps up Paradise Glacier] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Great Crag on ridge separating North and South Tahoma Glacier] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [The Whistling Marmot] Asahel Curtis
• [View from Beljica, showing west side of the Mountain] A. H. Barnes
• * [Mountain Pine] E. S. Curtis
• * [Mount Wow, or Goat Mountain] E. S. Curtis
• [Rounded Cone of Mt. St Helen's] A. H. Barnes
• * [View northward from Simlayshe, or Eagle Peak] Pillsbury Picture Co.
• * [Simlayshe, or Eagle Peak] Linkletter Photographic Co.
• [Exploring Ice Cave, Paradise Glacier] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Junction of North and South Tahoma Glaciers] A. H. Denman
• [Anemones] Miss Jessie Kershaw
• * [North Tahoma Glacier] A. H. Waite
• * [Snow Lake in Indian Henry's] A. H. Barnes
• [A fair Mountaineer] Asahel Curtis
• [Indian Henry's, seen from South Tahoma Glacier] A. H. Denman
• * [Southwest side of the Mountain, seen from Indian Henry's] A. H. Barnes
• [Climbing Pinnacle Peak (2)] Asahel Curtis
• [A silhouette on Pinnacle Peak] Dr. F. A. Scott
• * [Rough Climbing] E. S. Curtis
• [Ptarmigan] Asahel Curtis
• [The Mountain, from Puyallup river] B. L. Aldrich, Jr.
• [Falls of the Little Mashell river] A. H. Barnes
• [Old Stage Road to Longmire Springs] A. H. Barnes
• [On Pierce County road, passing Ohop Valley] S. C. Lancaster
• [Cowlitz Chimneys] S. C. Smith
• * [Old Road near Spanaway] A. H. Barnes
• [Automobile Party above Nisqually Canyon] Asahel Curtis
• [Prof. O. D. Allen's Cottage] Dr. F. A. Scott
• ["Ghost Trees"] Mrs. H. A. Towne
• [Government Road in the Forest Reserve] S. C. Lancaster
• ["Hanging Glacier," an ice fall above the Cowlitz] Asahel Curtis
• [Leaving National Park Inn for Paradise] Linkletter Photo Co.
• * [On the Summit, showing Columbia's Crest] Asahel Curtis
• [Paradise Valley or "Park," and Tatoosh Mountains] A. H. Barnes
• [On Government Road, a mile above Longmires] Linkletter Photo Co.
• [Road near "Gap Point"] Linkletter Photo Co.
• [Snout of Nisqually Glacier, and Road Bridge] Paul T. Shaw
• [Pony Trail Bridge across the Nisqually] Dr. H. B. Hinman
• [Road a mile above the Bridge] Asahel Curtis
• [On the Pony Trail to Paradise] Kiser Photo Co.
• [Sierra Club lunching on Nisqually Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• [A Mountain Celery] Mrs. Alexander Thompson
• [Narada Falls, on Paradise River] Herbert W. Gleason
• [Washington Torrents, on Paradise River] A. H. Barnes
• [Portion of Paradise Park and Tatoosh Range] A. H. Barnes
• [View of the Mountain from the Tatoosh, with key to landmarks] Herbert W. Gleason
• [Ice Bridge, Stevens Glacier] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Tug of War] Asahel Curtis
• * [Hiking through Paradise Valley in Winter] J. H. Weer
• * [Tatoosh Range, from Reese's Camp, in Winter] J. H. Weer
• * [Waterfall above Paradise Valley] Photo, W. E. Averett;
  Copyright, Asahel Curtis
  
• [Looking from Stevens Glacier to Mt. Adams] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Reese's Camp] C. E. Cutter
• [Climbing the "Horn" on Unicorn Peak] Asahel Curtis
• [Stevens Canyon in October] A. H. Barnes
• [Sluiskin Falls] A. H. Barnes
• [Eminent scientist practices the simple life] J. B. Flett
• * [Nisqually Glacier, with its sources] A. H. Barnes
• [Sierra Club on Nisqually Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• * [Lost to the World] Asahel Curtis
• ["Sunshine" and "Storm" (2)] Mrs. H. A. Towne
• [Nisqually Glacier, from top of Gibraltar] Asahel Curtis
• [Measuring the ice flow in Nisqually Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• * [Miss Fay Fuller Exploring a Crevasse] E. S. Curtis
• [Fairy Falls, in Goat Lick Basin] A. H. Barnes
• * [Gibraltar and its Neighbors] E. S. Curtis
• [Crossing Carbon Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• * [Reflection Lake and the Mountain] E. S. Curtis
• [Looking up from Cowlitz Chimneys to Gibraltar] Asahel Curtis
• [Divide of Paradise and Stevens Glaciers] A. H. Barnes
• [Old Moraine of Stevens Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• [Preparing for a night at Camp Muir] Asahel Curtis
• [The Bee Hive] Asahel Curtis
• [Mazama Club on Cowlitz Chimneys] Kiser Photo Co.
• [Climbing Cowlitz Cleaver to Gibraltar] Asahel Curtis
• [Mazamas rounding Gibraltar] Rodney L. Glisan
• [Under the walls of Gibraltar] Asahel Curtis
• [One of the bedrooms at Camp Muir] A. H. Waite
• [Perilous position on edge of a great crevasse] Charles Bedford
• [Climbing the "Chute," west side of Gibraltar] Asahel Curtis
• [Looking from top of Gibraltar to the summit] A. H. Waite
• [View south from Cowlitz Glacier to Mt. Adams] Charles Bedford
• [One of the modern craters] Asahel Curtis
• [Steam Caves in one of the craters] Asahel Curtis
• [North Peak, or "Liberty Cap."] A. W. Archer
• [Goat Peaks, glacier summits in the Cascades] Kiser Photo Co
• [Ice-bound lake in Cowlitz Park] S. C. Smith
• [Crevasses in Cowlitz Glacier] S. C. Smith
• [Crossing a precipitous slope on White Glacier] A. W. Archer
• * [Climbing Goat Peaks in the Cascades] S. C. Smith
• [Looking up White Glacier to Little Tahoma] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [The Mountain seen from top of Cascade Range] S. C. Smith
• [Great Moraine built by Frying-Pan Glacier on "Goat Island"] J. B. Flett
• [Coming around Frying-Pan Glacier, below Little Tahoma] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Sunrise above the clouds, Camp Curtis] Asahel Curtis
• [Looking up from Snipe Lake, below Interglacier] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Passing a big Crevasse on Interglacier] Asahel Curtis
• [View North from Mt. Ruth to Grand Park] J. B. Flett
• [Camp on St. Elmo Pass, north side of the Wedge] Asahel Curtis
• [East Face of Mountain, with route to summit] Asahel Curtis
• [Admiral Peter Rainier]
• [First picture of the Mountain, from Vancouver's "Voyage"]
• [Climbers on St. Elmo Pass] A. W. Archer
• [St. Elmo Pass, from north side] A. W. Archer
• [Russell Peak, from Avalanche Camp] Asahel Curtis
• [Avalanche Camp] Asahel Curtis
• [Looking up Winthrop Glacier from Avalanche Camp] Asahel Curtis
• [Looking across Winthrop Glacier to Steamboat Prow] Asahel Curtis
• [View south from Sluiskin Mountains across Moraine Park] Asahel Curtis
• [Part of Spray Park] George Caesar
• [Climbing the séracs on Winthrop Glacier] Dr. F. A. Scott
• [Ice Pinnacles on the Carbon] A. W. Archer
• [Among the Ice Bridges of Carbon Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• [Building Tacoma's electric power plant on the Nisqually (3)] George V. Caesar
• [Hydro-electric plant at Electron]
• [Cutting canal to divert White River to Lake Tapps]
• [Mystic Lake, in Moraine Park] Asahel Curtis
• [Glacier Table on Winthrop Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• [Carbon River and Mother Mountains] Dr. F. A. Scott
• * [Oldest and Youngest of the Climbers] C. E. Cutter
• * [P. B. Van Trump on his old Camp Ground] E. S. Curtis
• [Lower Spray Park, with Mother Mountains beyond] Asahel Curtis
• * [John Muir, President of the Sierra Club] J. Edward B. Greene
• [Coasting in Moraine Park] Asahel Curtis
• [Sunset on Crater Lake] George V. Caesar
• * [Amphitheatre of Carbon Glacier] Asahel Curtis
• * [Avalanche falling on Willis Wall] Photo, Lea Bronson;
  Copyright, P. V. Caesar
  
• * [Birth of Carbon River] A. H. Waite
• [The Mountaineers building trail on Carbon Moraine] Asahel Curtis
• [The Mountaineers lunching in a crevasse] Asahel Curtis
• [Looking south from Mt. Rose, across Crater Lake] George V. Caesar
• * [Looking up North Mowich Valley] Asahel Curtis
• * [Spray Falls] Asahel Curtis
• * [A Rescue from a Crevasse] E. S. Curtis
• [Returning from the Summit] Asahel Curtis
• * [View across Moraine Park and Carbon Glacier to Mother Mountains] Asahel Curtis
• [Senecio] Mrs. Alexander Thompson
• [A 14-foot Fir, near Mineral Lake] A. H. Barnes
• [Indian Pipe] J. B. Flett
• [Floral Carpet in Indian Henry's Park] A. H. Barnes
• [Mosses and Ferns in the Forest Reserve] Charles Bedford
• [A Bank of White Heather] Asahel Curtis
• [Hellebore] Mrs. Alexander Thompson
• [Alpine Hemlock and Mountain Lilies] Mrs. H. A. Towne
• [Mountain Asters] A. H. Barnes
• [Studying the Phlox] J. B. Flett
• [Squaw Grass, or Mountain Lily] Miss Jessie Kershaw
• [Avalanche Lilies] Asahel Curtis
• * [Moraine Park, Sluiskin Mountains and Mystic Lake] Asahel Curtis
• [Sunrise in Indian Henry's] A. H. Barnes
• [Anemone Seed Pods] Asahel Curtis
• [Wind-swept Trees on North Side] George V. Caesar
• [Lupines] Herbert W. Gleason
• * [The Mountain, seen from Green River Hot Springs] C. E. Cutter
• [Glacial debris on lower Winthrop] Asahel Curtis
• [An Alpine Climbers' Cabin] From Whymper's "Chamonix and Mt. Blanc"

White River Canyon, from the terminal moraine of White Glacier. A fine example of glacial sculpture. The river seen in the distance is 2,000 feet below the plateau through which the glacier has carved this valley.