Tag: Puget Sound
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A Yankee on Puget Sound
Spring 2014
Pioneer Edward Jay Allen lived near Olympia when the Oregon Territory
was split in two and federal politicians elected to name the new
territory Washington, rejecting the local suggestion of Columbia. Allen
helped survey a wagon road over Nache...
Categories: Washington state history
Tags: American West, Puget Sound, Exploration
Kayaking Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands: 60 Paddle Trips Including the Gulf Islands
Winter 2012
Fellow obsessives can relate to owning a catalog or guidebook that is
transformed from the occasional reference to a well-thumbed springboard
for the imagination. The Sears catalog fit that bill for rural America a
century ago, as did the REI c...
Categories: Recreation
Tags: Kayaking, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands