Your fearless field guide, Erich Ebel, takes you on an exciting and entertaining trip to explore the history, heritage and culture of the greatest state in the lower 48. Washington is filled with fascinating stories, mysterious myths and legends, and unbelievable tales you’ll simply have to hear for yourself. Discover lost cities and natural wonders. Relive horrifying massacres and disasters. Survive in the wild frontier. Fight in the Treaty Wars. Track down clues to unsolved mysteries.…
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Washington State's "Triangle of Fire" was part of a broader coastal defense system designed to protect the Salish Sea from military incursion during the late 1800s and early 1900s. And while its name summons visions of an impenetrable barrier, its use in actual military action was minimal - if not nonexistent - becoming essentially obsolete the moment it was completed. Still, Washington's…
In central Washington, between Grand Coulee Dam and Moses Lake is a place called Dry Falls, one of the most visually beautiful and geologically unique places in the world. It gets its name, not from being one of the hotter, drier climates in Washington - though as any visitor in mid-July would argue it certainly is - No…it's called Dry Falls because where once flowed ten times the combined amount…
Mount Rainier is easily one of the most iconic symbols representing Washington state to the world…even though only two fifths of the state is actually considered mountainous. But as its snow-capped peak rises boldly above the western and central parts of Washington—its serene silhouette belies a history shaped by violent geological forces, mystical Native traditions, stalwart pioneering spirit,…
Over the course of just a few months in 1902, Harry Tracy escaped one of the toughest prisons in the Pacific Northwest, gunned down guards and deputies, outsmarted posses, and vanished into forests and wheat fields as hundreds hunted him. To some, he was a monster. To others, he was a tragic figure — a man born too late, chasing a dying dream of freedom that could only end in blood. But legends…
Battling violent storms, forest fire smoke, head winds and fatigue, a pair of Spokane, Washington, aviators flew nonstop across America and back in 1929 to establish a new world record. Their Buhl CA-6 sesquiplane, named Spokane Sun-God, was the first airplane to make a non-stop transcontinental round-trip flight. Sponsored by the National Air Derby Association along with Texaco, who supplied the…
I am proud to announce the publication of my new book, Exploring Maritime Washington—a History and Guide. Each of the places covered in its pages has a connection to Washington’s maritime history, whether a popular tourist destination or a hidden gem known only to longtime locals. Exploring Maritime Washington provides visitors with a fun and easy way to enjoy each community while learning about…
Installed in 1974, just in time for the World's Fair Exposition in Spokane, Washington, this iconic structure has delighted children and adults visiting the Inland Northwest for generations—but it isn't the canted pavilion that once marked the US presence at the fair, or the gondola across Spokane Falls that takes visitors so close they can feel the spray on their faces, or even the German beer…
Before there were roads around the Puget Sound region, there were rivers. Before the stagecoaches, there were Salish canoes. And before the planes, the trains, and the automobiles...there was the water, and the ships that traveled upon it. By the 1860s, there were hundreds of steamers crisscrossing the Puget Sound, every day, all day. There were, in fact, so many ships upon the water at any given…
Boasting a population of just under 500, the small community of Wilkeson, Washington, lies in the heart of Pierce County's Carbon River Valley. Once a lively and vibrant mining community, it has withstood the test of time…despite seeing an end to its primary economic driver. But rather than resign itself to a fate of joining the ranks of dozens of other ghost towns throughout the state, Wilkeson…
There are hundreds of different museums scattered far and wide across Washington state. Many of them are focused on the history of their particular city, county, or region. Others feature arguably some of the most interesting, thought-provoking, and unique art and sculpture in the world. And a few have captured more of a niche area, showcasing things like robots, quilts, and puppets. But the thing…
