Light Into Art
A county by county look at all thirty-nine counties in Washington state, with photographs by the author. Part of a proposed coffee table book: Evergreen–A Photographic Portrait of Washington’s Thirty-Nine Counties.
Introduction to Yakima County On January 23rd, 1863, the Washington Territorial Legislature created Ferguson County. The new county, in the middle of the Territory, took its name from Skamania County legislator James Leo Ferguson. Being few in number, the area …
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NOTE PLEASE: This post has been rewritten from a much earlier posting. If you read it before, you’ll find many similarities here. But there are also many differences. I hope you enjoy. Also note that clicking on any image or …
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Introducing Snohomish County Washington On January 14th, 1861, the Washington Territorial Legislature took a portion of mainland Island County to create Snohomish County. The first U.S. Census that looked just at Snohomish County (1870) counted 599 residents. Today, with a …
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An Introduction to Klickitat County Washington The Washington Territorial Legislature created Klickitat County on December 20th, 1859. To do this, they took land along the Columbia River from Walla Walla County. The County’s name comes from the people native to …
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After a hearty breakfast in Republic, it’s time to set off for Sedro Woolley, on the other side of the Cascade Mountains. The map below shows only a portion of the drive as the North Cascades Highway just opened this …
From Republic to Sedro Woolley Read more »
What would you like for a road trip? Hagerty, the leading company for insuring classic cars, sends me a newsletter daily, with several articles in each. This morning’s post had a question that captured my imagination. Largely because it’s something …
On The Road to Republic Read more »
There’s a bit of a conundrum in the title of this post. You can’t drive across Jefferson County. One of four counties created by the Oregon Territorial Legislature in 1852, Jefferson County originally included all of the northern end of …
Driving Across Jefferson County Read more »
Washington’s largest City, Seattle, is the queen city of the Northwest. I drove through the city in 1975 without stopping, but returned a couple of years later to stay with a friend who had left Montana for the big city. …
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I’ve been to or through Tacoma and Pierce County, many times, but on October 3rd, 2016, Mike and I drove through on a photo excursion. If you want to read my Pierce County post from the Evergreen book, just click …
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