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WASHINGTON

editor — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:00:00 +0000

WASHINGTON BEST AREAS FOR WILDERNESS CAMPING WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST 1,618,287 acres. This huge National Forest in north-central Washington has high peaks and ridges, steep slopes, glaciers and snowfields. There are also mountain meadows with wildflowers, some rivers, many small lakes, plus 50-mile-long Lake Chelan. Highest point is 10,541-foot Glacier Peak. Included in the region are forests of pine and Douglas fir, with spuce and hemlock. Among the wildlife are elk, deer, moose, black bear, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, mountain lion, coyote, and fox. Wenatchee has six designated wilderness areas, consisting of about half of the 464,000-acre Glacier Peak Wilderness, 184,000

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Washington

editor — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 22:40:00 +0000

Elizabeth Rink Washington chronology 1774 The Spanish explorer Juan Perez arrives on the Santiago in Washington State with a crew primarily of Mexican sailors. 1790-1792 The first non-Native American settlements Washington, Neah Bay, and Vancouver Island are established with Mexican crew members. 1792 Two naturalists, Ariano Mozino and Anastasio Echeverria, make expeditions to Washington to sketch the landscape, plants, animals, and birds. 1819 The United States and Spain sign the Adams-Onis Treaty, in which the Spanish sell Florida to the United States and give up their claim to Washington. The Mexican mule packing system, which transports materials and foodstuffs for

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