Hiking Washington's history

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For thousands of years people have traveled across Washington's spectacular terrain, establishing footpaths and roads to reach hunting grounds and coal mines high in the mountains, fishing sites and trade emporiums on the rivers, forests of old growth, and homesteads and towns on prairies. These traditional routes have been preserved in national parks, restored by cities and towns, salvaged from old railroad tracks, and opened to hikers by Indigenous communities. In this new, full-color edition of the first-ever hiking guide to the state's historic trails, historian and hiker Judy Bentley teams up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to lead adventurers of all abilities along trails on the coast, over mountains, through national forests, across plateaus, and on the banks of the Columbia River. Features include: 44 hikes, including 12 new additions ; Full-color trail maps ; A trails timeline that connects hikes to key events ; Updated trail descriptions ; Accounts from diaries, journals, and archives ; Historical overviews of 8 regions of the state ; Contemporary and historical photographs. Bentley and Romano offer an essential boots-on-the ground history of some of the state's most fascinating places. -- Provided by publisher.

Edition:

Second edition.

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Subject Term:

Hiking -- Washington (State) -- Guidebooks.

Trails -- Washington (State) -- Guidebooks.

Historic sites -- Washington (State) -- Guidebooks.

Author(s):

Romano, Craig,

Publisher:

University of Washington Press,

Publication Date:

2021

ISBN:

9780295748528

Publication Information:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]

Call Number:

917.97 BENTLEY

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A trail guide for history buffs?and a history book for hikers

For thousands of years people have traveled across Washington?s spectacular terrain, establishing footpaths and roads to reach hunting grounds and coal mines high in the mountains, fishing sites and trade emporiums on the rivers, forests of old growth, and homesteads and towns on prairies. These traditional routes have been preserved in national parks, restored by cities and towns, salvaged from old railroad tracks, and opened to hikers by Indigenous communities.

In this new, full-color edition of the first-ever hiking guide to the state?s historic trails, historian and hiker Judy Bentley teams up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to lead adventurers of all abilities along trails on the coast, over mountains, through national forests, across plateaus, and on the banks of the Columbia River. Features include:

? 44 hikes, including 12 new additions

? Full-color trail maps

? A trails timeline that connects hikes to key events

? Updated trail descriptions

? Accounts from diaries, journals, and archives

? Historical overviews of 8 regions of the state

? Contemporary and historical photographs

Bentley and Romano offer an essential boots-on-the ground history of some of the state?s most fascinating places.

Author Notes

Judy Bentley taught Pacific Northwest history at South Seattle College for more than twenty years and is an avid hiker and author of fifteen young adult books. Craig Romano is author or coauthor of more than twenty-five guidebooks, including 100 Classic Hikes: Washington (third edition), and many books in the Day Hiking and Urban Trails series.

Introduction	p. 9
Trails Timeline	p. 15
Chapter 1 Olympic Peninsula	p. 23
1 Cape Flattery	p. 25
2 Cape Alava and Ozette	p. 30
3 Press Expedition	p. 37
4 O'Neil Pass	p. 44
5 Hurricane Hill	p. 51
Chapter 2 Puget Sound	p. 57
6 Sequalitchew Creek	p. 59
7 Ebey's Landing and Prairie	p. 66
8 San Juan Island	p. 73
9 Coal Creek	p. 80
10 Deception Pass	p. 86
11 West Duwamish Greenbelt	p. 93
Chapter 3 The North Cascades	p. 101
12 Cascade Pass	p. 103
13 Monte Cristo	p. 111
14 Iron Goat Trail	p. 118
15 Ladies Pass	p. 125
Sourdough Mountain	p. 132
Chapter 4 The Central Cascades	p. 139
17 Snoqualmie Valley Trail	p. 141
18 Yakima Pass	p. 149
19 Coal Mines Trail	p. 154
20 Palouse to Cascades	p. 160
21 Snoqualmie Wagon Road	p. 166
Chapter 5 The South Cascades	p. 173
22 Yakama-Cowlitz Trail	p. 175
23 Kalama't	p. 182
24 Sotulick's Hunting Ground	p. 187
25 Emigrant Road	p. 193
26 Mount St. Helens	p. 199
Chapter 6 Central Washington	p. 207
27 The Grand Coulee and Steamboat Rock	p. 209
28 Northrup Canyon	p. 214
29 Cariboo Trail	p. 219
30 McLoughlin Canyon	p. 225
31 Colockum Pass Road	p. 229
32 White Bluffs Road	p. 235
Chapter 7 Eastern Washington	p. 243
33 Kettle Falls	p. 245
34 Skeetshoo Road	p. 252
35 Chief Joseph's Summer Trail	p. 257
36 Lyons Ferry and Palouse Falls	p. 263
37 Mullan Road	p. 270
38 Old State Road 1	p. 276
39 Columbia Mountain	p. 283
Chapter 8 The Lower Columbia River	p. 289
40 Columbia Hills	p. 291
41 The Cascades	p. 298
42 Beacon Rock	p. 305
43 Yacolt Burn and Silver Star Mountain	p. 309
44 Cape Disappointment and Long Beach	p. 316
Further Reading and Resources	p. 323
Acknowledgments	p. 330
Index	p. 331

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