| Upper Skykomish Valley Contributor(s): Carlson, Warren (Author), Skykomish Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738558397 ISBN-13: 9780738558394 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Until 1890, human activity in the Upper Skykomish Valley was largely seasonal hunting and berry picking by the small downriver Skykomish tribe. After 1890, people from as far away as Europe and Asia stormed into the upper valley when the Great Northern Railway was routed along the Skykomish River and news of a rich strike of galena (lead ore) reached the outside world. What followed was a frenzy of human activity where boomtowns with names such as Corea, Nippon, Berlin, Alpine, and Wellington came and went, some within a decade. While the longest railroad tunnel in the western hemisphere was being built through one part of the valley, a major prizefight between Jack Humphrey and Kid Kelly was held in the now-vanished town of Scenic. Building the railroad, harvesting forests, and extracting tons of ore required a hardy people working and living in demanding conditions. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.7 |
| LCCN: 2007943604 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Washington |
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Contributor Bio(s): Carlson, Warren: - The Skykomish Historical Society is happy to present this pictorial retrospective of life in Upper Skykomish Valley for the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Skykomish, or Sky. Author Warren Carlson, a journalism graduate from the University of Washington, has been published internationally and spent half his adult life in the eastern hemisphere. He has been around the world 35 times but keeps being drawn back to Skykomish. |