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Another recent accession to the library is a photostat copy of two original journals written by David Thompson. He was the first white man to traverse the Columbia River from source to mouth. These journals cover the period of 1807 to 1812 when David Thompson was exploring and surveying in present Montana, Idaho and British Columbia.