221 S Lewis St. Monroe, WA 98272
The history of Monroe is intertwined with that of the Great Northern Railway which pushed over the Cascade Range at Stevens Pass and worked its way down the Skykomish River Valley.
Prior to that time the main settlement in the area had been located about one mile west of where the downtown eventually grew up and was known as Park Place. However, the city's merchants relocated when the railroad survey was completed to have better access to the new transportation corridor. The new development was originally known as Tye City, but became Monroe when Park Place's main store, the one containing the U.S. Post Office, relocated and took up the name Monroe at Park Place in honor of James Monroe, the nation's fifth president. Because the U.S. Postal Department would not allow any new post offices to use double names, the post office, and eventually the town, became known simply as Monroe.
By 1893 the city had become an important stop on the rail line and was best known for the GN Greenhouses, which grew flowers for the passengers to purchase. That same year, Snohomish County built the County Poor Farm where today's Evergreen State Fairgrounds are located; the city's first hospital was built where Valley General Hospital stands today. 1894 saw the construction of the first high bridge over the Skykomish River and 1896 the construction of the first church. In 1899 the grammar school was relocated from its old site in Park Place to a new site in Monroe and the town's newspaper, The Monroe Monitor, began publication on January 14 of the same year. On September 16, 1901 a fire destroyed the only complete block of business in the city.
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Snoqualmie, Washington
This article refers to the city of Snoqualmie, Washington. For the Native American tribe, see Snoqualmie. For the river, see Snoqualmie River.
Snoqualmie is a city next to Snoqualmie Falls in King County, Washington. The city is home to the Northwest Railway Museum. The population was 10,670 at the 2010 census. Movie actress Ella Raines was born on August 6, 1920, in Snoqualmie Falls, a mill town across the Snoqualmie River that is now part of Snoqualmie.
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Bellevue Washington - Downtown aerial views
Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb with a population of 122,363 at the 2010 census.
Prior to the economic downturn of 2008, downtown Bellevue was undergoing rapid change, with many high rise projects under construction. It is currently the second largest city center in Washington state with over 35,000 employees and 5,000 residents. Based on per capita income, Bellevue is the 6th wealthiest of 522 communities in the state of Washington. In 2008, Bellevue was named number 1 in CNNMoney's list of the best places to live and launch a business. More recently, Bellevue was ranked as the 4th best place to live in America. The name Bellevue is French for beautiful view.
Bellevue was founded in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and was officially incorporated on March 21, 1953. Prior to the opening of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge in 1940, Bellevue was a rural area with little development. Although it was small, developers were pushing to change that; in the 1920s, James S. Ditty predicted that it would become a city with a population of 200,000. He envisioned plans that included the bridging of Lake Washington and an area filled with golf courses and airports. His map with these visions was published in 1928.
Once the Murrow Memorial Bridge opened, access from Seattle improved, and the area gradually grew into a bedroom community.
Following the 1963 opening of a second bridge across the lake, the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, the city began to grow more rapidly. It has since become one of the largest cities in the state, with several high-rise structures in its core and a burgeoning business community.
Reflective of Bellevue's growth over the years is Bellevue Square, now one of the largest shopping centers in the region. Opened in 1946, Bellevue Square underwent a significant expansion in the 1980s. More recently, an expansion to Bellevue Square along Bellevue Way called The Lodge and the new One Lincoln Tower promise to strengthen downtown Bellevue's role as the largest Seattle Eastside shopping and dining destination.
The city's long-term plans include the Bel-Red Corridor Project, a large-scale planning effort to encourage the redevelopment of a large northern section of the city bordering the adjacent town of Redmond. Patterned after what many civic leaders consider the successful redevelopment of the downtown core, early plans include superblock mixed use projects similar to Lincoln Square. Premised on the 2008 approval of the extension of Link Light Rail to the Eastside, the city hopes to mitigate transportation problems impeding earlier efforts in redeveloping the downtown core; viewed as an economic development opportunity by many in the business and building development community, the process has focused on infrastructure and the encouragement of private construction in a large-scale urban renewal effort.
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Washington State Puget Sound. Edmonds beach.
This video is about Washington State Puget Sound. Edmonds beach.
Hwy 20, near Republic, WA
Traveling northbound on Highway 20 towards the small community of Republic, then turning into the gas station at the junction of Highway 21.
Music: Jason Farnham (World Map)
Chief Sealth Trail - Seattle, WA
The Chief Sealth Trail in Seattle, WA
Length: ~4 miles
Connects: Rainier Beach to Beacon Hill, all in Seattle. If you want burning thighs this is bike trail for you. It must be the hilliest bike trail in the city.
Access from Downtown Seattle to the southern trail head: Link to Rainier Beach. It won't take you as close to the trail head as taking 106 or 7, but it's a nicer ride.
Access from Downtown Seattle to the northern trail head: Ride your bike to Beacon Hill.
Trip to USA (Northwest)Part 11-17( Kent, Wa)
Kent Wa
Victoria,BC to Washington State, Cascade mountains and back on the Harley
My 2013 trip through the cascade mountains in Washington State with dad on our bikes.
Produced by Harley Asphalt Films.
Maple Pass Stewardship 2014
The Maple Pass Restoration Project is part of the “Treasured Landscapes: Majestic Methow Valley Restoration” campaign led by the US Forest Service, National Forest Foundation and National Park Service. The goals of the project are to help improve trail conditions and restore alpine plant communities at one of the most popular hiking destinations along the Highway 20 corridor. 2014 marked the first year of trail work and intensive plant collection by Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and North Cascades National Park staff. North Cascades Institute graduate student Samantha Hale worked as Ecological Restoration Lead coordinating the working relationship between USFS and NPS staff, leading guided educational hikes to the area and working to identify and set up various restoration locations along the trail.
For more information on the Majestic Methow project, visit
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Everett to Renton Highlands
Via WA526-I5-West Seattle-Alki Beach-I405
Leavenworth, WA | The Bloomquists
A very exciting trip to Leavenworth on January 5th. Ate good food, played in the snow, got stuck in the middle of nowhere, met a kind stranger and shredded the sledding hill. I'm Yours, Benjamin!
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North Cascades National Park | Wikipedia audio article
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North Cascades National Park
00:03:05 1 Human history
00:03:14 1.1 Paleoindians and Native Americans
00:07:10 1.2 Anglo-European Exploration
00:11:20 1.3 Mining, logging and dam construction
00:14:25 1.4 Establishing the National Park
00:17:14 2 Park management
00:19:34 2.1 Access
00:21:08 3 Geography
00:23:24 3.1 Geology
00:25:32 3.2 Mountains
00:27:53 3.3 Water features
00:29:42 3.4 Glaciers
00:33:12 4 Ecology
00:33:40 4.1 Flora
00:37:27 4.2 Fauna
00:41:27 4.3 Fire
00:43:57 4.4 Climate
00:46:37 4.5 Air and water quality
00:48:18 5 Attractions
00:49:11 5.1 Camping, hiking and bicycling
00:51:17 5.2 Mountaineering
00:52:49 6 See also
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North Cascades National Park is an American national park in the state of Washington. At more than 500,000 acres (200,000 ha), North Cascades National Park is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex. North Cascades National Park consists of a northern and southern section, bisected by the Skagit River that flows through Ross Lake National Recreation Area. Lake Chelan National Recreation Area lies on the southern border of the south unit of the park. In addition to the two national recreation areas, other protected lands including several national forests and wilderness areas, as well as Canadian provincial parks in British Columbia, nearly surround the park. North Cascades National Park features the rugged mountain peaks of the North Cascades Range, the most expansive glacial system in the contiguous United States, the headwaters of numerous waterways, and vast forests with the highest degree of flora biodiversity of any American national park.
The region was first settled by Paleo-Indian Native Americans; by the time European American explorers arrived it was inhabited by Skagit tribes. By the early 19th century, the region was visited by fur trappers and several British and American companies vied for control over the fur trade. After the international boundary between Canada and the United States was set at the 49th parallel in 1846, explorers came to chart potential routes through the mountains for roads and railroads. Limited mining and logging occurred from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. The first significant human impact in the region occurred in the 1920s, when several dams were built in the Skagit River valley to generate hydroelectric power. Environmentalists then campaigned to preserve the remaining wilderness, culminating on October 2, 1968, with the designation of North Cascades National Park.
Heavy snows and a high risk of avalanches due to the steep terrain, especially on the western slopes, severely limit visitation in the winter. Most access to the park is from State Route 20, which follows the Skagit River, though even this road is closed for months at a time in the winter. Most of the plant and animal species native to the park region are still found there, though climate change and pollutants from industrialized regions to the west pose risks to the environment. The park has one of the earliest and longest lasting research programs dedicated to studying climate change, primarily through examining the effects of glacial retreat.
North Cascades National Park is almost entirely protected as wilderness, and so the park has few structures, roads or other improvements. Visitors wishing to drive to a campground must do so in the adjacent national forests or national recreation areas. Camping inside the park requires hiking in by trail, horseback or boat, and camping is regulated by a permit system to ensure the wilderness is not over-exploited. Mountaineering is popular in the park and only unobtrusive clean climbing is allowed.
Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link
The Burke Gilman Trail is a 20 mile Rails-to-Trails Hall of Fame regional trail that runs continuous from Golden Gardens Park in Seattle to the Sammamish River Trail in Bothell, except for a 1.2 mile section in the Ballard neighborhood now termed the Missing Link.
SDOT is seeking feedback on their route alternatives by 8/1/16:
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Leif Erikson Lodge, Ballard
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Washington (state) | Wikipedia audio article
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Washington ( (listen)), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, which is often shortened to Washington or just D.C.
Washington is the 18th largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,827 km2), and the 13th most populous state, with more than 7.4 million people. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of: deep temperate rainforests in the west; mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast, and far southeast; and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation, at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States.
Washington is a leading lumber producer. Its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. The state is the biggest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue, and the commercial fishing of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy. Washington ranks second only to California in the production of wine.
Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, ship-building, and other transportation equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. Washington has over 1,000 dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes, including irrigation, power, flood control, and water storage.
Washington is one of the wealthiest and most liberally progressive states in the country. The state consistently ranks among the best for life expectancy, low unemployment, and degrees of freedom for minorities. Along with Colorado, Washington was one of the first to legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis, was among the first thirty-six states to legalize same-sex marriage, doing so in 2012, and was one of only four U.S. states to have been providing legal abortions on request before the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade loosened federal abortion laws. Similarly, Washington voters approved a 2008 referendum on legalization of physician-assisted suicide, and is currently only one of five states, along with Oregon, California, Colorado and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia to have legalized the practice. The state is also one of eight in the country to have criminalized the sale, possession and transfer of bump stocks, with California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Maryland, and Massachusetts also having banned these devices.
From Minnesota to Washington D.C. The 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
Follow The U.S. Forest Service as the work with The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and many other partners to find and deliver the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree from the Chippewa National Forest to our nation's Capitol.
Transportation Matters: Moving Washington Forward
Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar discusses the Washington State Department of Transportation's role as stewards of the state's $200 billion investment in transportation and how the agency is managing today's challenges – congestion, system preservation, land use, workforce and more. Millar also takes a look ahead to future transportation trends including system resilience, alternative energy, new and emerging technology, as well as funding and investment priorities.
Roger Millar, Secretary of Transportation, University of Washington
05/09/2019
Mayor, Governor, Other City and Regional Leaders Give Update on Winter Weather
As another winter storm approaches the region, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan, Washington Governor Jay Inslee and other City of Seattle officials and regional transportation partners update media and the public on their coordinated preparations and response, and urge the public to remain safe.
Using UAVs and SfM DEMs to Study Snowpack Evolution – UW GIS Day 2014
Using UAVs and Structure From Motion (SfM) DEMs to Study Snowpack Evolution and Glacier Mass Balance in the WA Cascades
Presenter: David Shean, Ph.D. student, Department of Earth and Space Sciences
The 4th Annual University of Washington GIS Day was held on Wednesday, November 19th, 2014, in the UW Libraries Research Commons. GIS Day highlights and celebrates the transformational role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Technologies.
This session was one of two specialized talks on UAV technology.
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Seattle City Council Select Budget Committee Public Hearing 10/3/19
The Select Budget Committee conducts a public hearing to solicit public comment on: (1) the City's 2020 General Revenue Sources, including a possible property tax levy increase; and (2) the Mayor's 2020 Proposed Budgets and 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Program.
Washington (state) | Wikipedia audio article
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Washington ( (listen)), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, which is often shortened to Washington or just D.C.
Washington is the 18th largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,827 km2), and the 13th most populous state, with more than 7.4 million people. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of: deep temperate rainforests in the west; mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast, and far southeast; and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation, at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States.
Washington is a leading lumber producer. Its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. The state is the biggest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue, and the commercial fishing of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy. Washington ranks second only to California in the production of wine.
Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, ship-building, and other transportation equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. Washington has over 1,000 dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes, including irrigation, power, flood control, and water storage.
Washington is one of the wealthiest and most liberally progressive states in the country. The state consistently ranks among the best for life expectancy, low unemployment, and degrees of freedom for minorities. Along with Colorado, Washington was one of the first to legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis, was among the first thirty-six states to legalize same-sex marriage, doing so in 2012, and was one of only four U.S. states to have been providing legal abortions on request before the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade loosened federal abortion laws. Similarly, Washington voters approved a 2008 referendum on legalization of physician-assisted suicide, and is currently only one of five states, along with Oregon, California, Colorado and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia to have legalized the practice. The state is also one of eight in the country to have criminalized the sale, possession and transfer of bump stocks, with California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Maryland, and Massachusetts also having banned these devices.