The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists . across the Cascade mountains andconnecting the western with the eastern counties. Throughoutits full four hundred miles from Seattle to Spokane it introducesthe tourist to scenes which for diversity and pleasant surprises,varying from rugged mountains and roaring waterfalls topeaceful irrigated valleys or broad wheat plains, can nowherebe duplicated. With the exception of a few miles the grades arenever more than five per cent. Branching off from the Pacific Highway at Renton, it risesnortheastward to the headwaters of the Snoqual
The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists . across the Cascade mountains andconnecting the western with the eastern counties. Throughoutits full four hundred miles from Seattle to Spokane it introducesthe tourist to scenes which for diversity and pleasant surprises,varying from rugged mountains and roaring waterfalls topeaceful irrigated valleys or broad wheat plains, can nowherebe duplicated. With the exception of a few miles the grades arenever more than five per cent. Branching off from the Pacific Highway at Renton, it risesnortheastward to the headwaters of the Snoqualmie River. Justbelow the town of Snoqualmie appear the wonderful falls of thesame name, the Niagara of the West. This immense streamof water falling 268 feet, is now harnessed to supply power andlight to the cities and towns of Puget Sound. Following thebanks of this river the highway penetrates entrancing forestsand exposes many a remarkable panorama. Both road and riverare at times clearly visible from the Chicago-Milwaukee trainspuffing towards the
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