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: 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 showcases the state’s engaging urban history through guided walks in ten major cities.
Introduction
How to Use This Book
1. Vancouver: The First City
2. Olympia: The Birthplace of Washington
3. Walla Walla: Frontier Town
4. Tacoma: Boomtown on Commencement Bay
5. Seattle: Gateway to Gold
6. Everett: Milltown
7. Bellingham: Reluctant City
8. Yakima: Hub of the Valley
9. Spokane: City by the Falls
10. Bellevue: Edge City
Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
Judy Bentley writes hiking guides, history, and biography and is emeritus faculty at South Seattle College. She is the author of Hiking Washington’s History and (with Lorraine McConaghy) Free Boy: A True Story of Slave and Master.
"Bentley endeavors to make her book as useful as possible while
toting it along on a history-minded walk."
*Bellingham Herald*
"Bentley provides brief by engaging historical overviews. . . .
There are stories in the ground beneath our feet, dashed dreams
lingering in the air, as well as legacies of benevolent forethought
from a not-so-distant past all around us."
*Chattermarks blog (North Cascades Institute)*
"Coming soon to a city near you: clusters of visitors gazing
intently at a handheld object as a way to engage with their
surroundings. . . . The commendable new book by Judy Bentley. . . .
This is an immensely appealing approach to writing history. . . .
Bentley demonstrates that history is not abstruse and remote from
our current experience; it is ever present—and just around the next
corner."
*Seattle Times*
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