Walking Washington's History

Vancouver

Judy Bentley

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Year: 2016
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780295806754
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Walking Washington's History: Ten Cities, a follow-up to Judy Bentley's bestselling Hiking Washington's History, showcases the state's engaging urban history through guided walks in ten major cities. Using narrated walks, maps, and historic photographs, Bentley reveals each city's aspirations. She begins in Vancouver, established as a fur trade emporium on a plain above the Columbia River, and ends with Bellevue, a bedroom community turned edge city. In between, readers crisscross the state, with walks through urban Olympia, Walla Walla, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Bellingham, Yakima, and Spokane. Whether readers pass through these cities as tourists or set out to explore their home terrain, they will discover both the visible and invisible markers of Washington history underfoot.

Walking Washington’s History is published with the assistance of a grant from the Ruth Kirk Book Fund, which supports publications that inform the general public on the history, natural history, archaeology, and Native cultures of the Pacific Northwest.

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Cover photo: Smith Tower, by David Glass

Maps: Matt Stevenson of CORE-GIS

Quotation from Wanderlust: A History of Walking, by Rebecca Solnit, copyright © 2000 by Rebecca Solnit.

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Walking Washington’s history : ten cities / Judy Bentley.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Washington (State)—Guidebooks. 2. Cities and towns—Washington (State)—Guidebooks. 3. Historic sites—Washington (State)—Guidebooks. 4. Walkin...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• How to Use This Book
• Vancouver
• Vancouver Loop
• Extended Walk: Columbia River Renaissance Trail