The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists . rds Spokane, the metropolitan city of the In-land Empire, over a hundred miles away. At Coulee City, forty miles from Waterville, it would be worthwhile to linger long enough to explore the Grand Coulee, said tobe the old bed of the Columbia. Full of strange features, it hasattracted attention from geographers of international reputa-tion. Wilbur, Davenport, the county seat of Lincoln county,and Reardan, besides many smaller settlements, almost lost inthe midst of the great wheat fields, appear before the thinwoods shading the app
The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists . rds Spokane, the metropolitan city of the In-land Empire, over a hundred miles away. At Coulee City, forty miles from Waterville, it would be worthwhile to linger long enough to explore the Grand Coulee, said tobe the old bed of the Columbia. Full of strange features, it hasattracted attention from geographers of international reputa-tion. Wilbur, Davenport, the county seat of Lincoln county,and Reardan, besides many smaller settlements, almost lost inthe midst of the great wheat fields, appear before the thinwoods shading the approach into Spokane are reached. INLAND EMPIRE Ellensburg the Sunset Highway connects with the In-land Empire Road, a southern route to Spokane via WallaWalla. Following the Wenas Valley to North Yakima, it con-tinues southeast through the Union Gap and along the Sunny-side Canal, the largest irrigation ditch in the state, where asplendid view of the valley, with Mount Hood in the distance ap-pears. From Prosser, county seat of Benton county and en-. o fa < faHKfa U ou h ccfaOfa-^ QO H O Q t—i fapq Q <j of i-J«l fa faZ<4 M o fa fafa £ O fa J2 O fa 88 The Beauties trance to the Horse Heaven country, the road drops toward theColumbia river and soon reaches Kennewick, the home of earlystrawberries, and Pasco, county seat of Franklin county. From here the Central Washington Highway threads the ex-tensive wheat fields toward the northeast, passing through Con-nell, Lind, Ritzville, and Sprague, all important wheat shippingcenters; and Cheney, the site of another state normal, fifteenmiles southwest from the city of Spokane. The Inland Empire Highway leads on to the beautiful cityof Walla Walla; but at Dayton, the quaint county seat of Co-lumbia county, it divides, uniting again near Rosalia, twenty-five miles south of Spokane. The shorter route trends north-east, crosses the Snake at Pataha and passes through Colfax,county seat of Whitman county, in the rich P
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