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This book contains miscellaneous stories and articles. Some are fictitious; others are factual; all are meant to be entertaining and educational.

The North Cascades near Leavenworth, Washington are a rugged and special place to live today. Over 100 years ago, it was more so. On the White follows the life of a young newlywed couple that spends their honeymoon traveling by wagon from Walla Walla to a new home they hope to find in the Wenatchee Valley. Once there, they find a valley of great beauty and amazing resources. They make fast friends and experience adventure and tragedy. This historical...

Compilation of markers and monuments honoring presidents of the United States.

Compilation of missions and churches in the State of Washington.

Compilation of markers commemorating the history of pioneers in Washington State.

In the most comprehensive historical novel ever written about the Columbia River and the Great Northwest, author Bill Gulick tells the story of the Columbia River basin - from the establishment of Fort Astoria in 1811 to the building of Grand Coulee Dam and the disastrous flood of 1948. The story is told through five generations of the Warrens - a sprawling family of river bar pilots, steamboat captains, and geologists whose own history is integrally...

"At 1:43 a.m., March 1, 1910, a wall of snow descended on two Great Northern Railway trains stalled in the town of Wellington, Washington. Ninety-six people died in a single moment. To this day, the Wellington Slide remains North America's worst avalanche disaster. Although other accounts of this monumental event exist, none are told entirely from the perspective of the railroad men who battled the week-long blizzard leading up to the tragedy. Vis...

An Indian romance of earliest Oregon in which David Thompson, Alexander Ross, and other early explorers participate as recorded in their own accounts.