What to see in America . ng andunloading, seafaring men of many nationalities, and shopsthat sell tackle and cordage, anchors, and seines. The cityhas many buildings from ten to forty-two stories high, andon the topmost of its mounting terraces stands a statelycathedral. It is the cash box of Alaska, and millioiiairesare as plentiful as briers in a bramble. In the heart of thecity is a little park known as Pioneer Place, a striking fea-ture of which is a totem pole sixty feet high from an Alaskanisland. This souvenir is said to have been brought awayby loyal citizens of Seattle in the absence
What to see in America . ng andunloading, seafaring men of many nationalities, and shopsthat sell tackle and cordage, anchors, and seines. The cityhas many buildings from ten to forty-two stories high, andon the topmost of its mounting terraces stands a statelycathedral. It is the cash box of Alaska, and millioiiairesare as plentiful as briers in a bramble. In the heart of thecity is a little park known as Pioneer Place, a striking fea-ture of which is a totem pole sixty feet high from an Alaskanisland. This souvenir is said to have been brought awayby loyal citizens of Seattle in the absence of the chief towhom it belonged. It is a curious symbolic carved treetrunk with a raven at the top carrying off the moon. Theravens feet rest on a woman and frog, and they in turncrouch on the mink, the whale, and finally the snow-capped mountains are within sight of the city,but many persons who visit Seattle fail to see them becausethe mists obscure them much of the time. You can make Washington 529. Mt. Rainier and Myrtle Falls THE NEW YORK ^\PUBLIC LIBRARY I ASTOR, LENOX | TTLDEN FOUNDATIDXTS i Washington 531 an infinitude of excursions from here on both land and waterto dominant peaks and fruitful valleys, to highland lakes andstreams, and to the nooks of the Sound and its islands. Oneof the sights that should not be missed, when water flowsplentifully in the spring and early summer, is the SnoqualmieFalls among the foothills of the Cascade Mountains twenty-five miles east of the city. Here the Snoqualmie Rivermakes a plunge of two hundred and sixty-eight feet, and thegreat power of the torrent is evidenced by the spray which isflung back half way up the clift*. Tacoma, twenty miles south of Seattle, may be regardedas the latters twin city. It has much the same advantagesas a port and commercial center, and has developed withsimilar rapidity. In 1870 it had a population of seventy-three persons. One interesting feature is a smelter chimneywhich reaches
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