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You can get around on foot within the Fairhaven district, but transportation between these areas is best by bicycle or bus between downtown and the University. There is a comprehensive network of bicycle and pedestrian paths throughout the city. Downtown, though small, is something of a maze, with many odd angles and one-way streets.
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Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is the seat of Whatcom County, you can venture from downtown in minutes be in rural farmland, the North Cascades or out on the salt waters. In 1903 when the cities of New Whatcom and Fairhaven consolidated from what were once four separate settlements of Fairhaven, Whatcom, Sehome, and Bellingham. Historically the local economy got its start in resource extraction, notably coal and timber.Today Bellingham has diversified from heavy industry to education, services, tourism, and retail.
ATTRACTIONS:
History & Art Museum
Radio & Electricity Museum
Railway Museum
Mt. Baker Theatre
Outdor Sculpture
Vartanyan Estate Winery
EVENTS:
Blues Festival
April Brew Days
Deming Logging Show
Ski To Sea
TRANSPORTATION:
Whatcom Transit
Specialized Transit
Alaska Marine Hwy
Victoria Clipper
Lummi Island Ferry
Schooner Zodiac
Victoria San Juan Cruises
Rosey Cruises
Whale Watch Cruise
Bicycle Rentals
TAXI:
Evergreen
Yellow Cab
Pacific Sea Taxi
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Bicycle & Walking Map
Outdoor Adventure
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Fairhaven Inn*
Chrysalis Inn*
Bellwether
Lakeway Inn
Hampton Inn
Guesthouse Inn
Holiday Inn
Super 8
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
Station Information
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
Fairhaven Station is the western terminus of the second northern transcontinental railroad is noted for its colorful, 19th century historical district, bustled with hotels, taverns, an opera house, concert garden, and restaurants.
SUPPORT SERVICES:
Amtrak Accessibility
Amtrak Disability Reservation
Powered wheelchairs can give some visitors better mobility. They can be rented from some stores, and a few are available for a donation from the Bellingham Lion's Club.
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Gorge Heritage Museum
Northshore Cellars
EVENTS:
Huckleberry Festival
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Centralia was the halfway stopover point for stagecoaches, then railway operating between the Columbia River and Seattle. In 1850, J. G. Cochran, with a young African-American slave named George Washington, filed a donation land claim on the townsite. Freeing and adopting Mr Washington and in 1852 sold him his claim for $6,000. Mr Washington filed a plat for the town of Centerville and officially incorporated on February 3, 1886. In 1891, the population, over 1,000, found its mail confused with that of another Centerville in the state, and the name of the town was changed to Centralia.
FEATURES:
Historical District
ATTRACTIONS:
Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum
Olympic Theater Calendar
Chahalis Veterans Museum
Chahalis Motorcycle Museum
Joseph Borst Museum
Historical Museum
EVENTS:
Southwestern Fair
Chehalis Garlic Fest
Antique Fest
TRANSPORTATION:
Twin Transit
Paratransit
Bike Rentals
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EXPLORE AREA: Map
Elks Golf Course
Fairway Lanes Bowling
Skating Rink
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Olympic Club Hotel*
Historic Wilson Hotel*
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
Amtrak
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Edmonds is the oldest incorporated city in Snohomish County founded in 1890 by Logger George Brackett, who named the city after Vermont Sen. George Franklin Edmunds or Point Edmund, named by Charles Wilkes in 1841 and later changed to Point Edwards. Brackett came to the future site of Edmonds while paddling a canoe north of Seattle, searching for timber. When a gust of wind hit his canoe, Brackett beached in a location later called "Brackett's Landing".
The town was named Edmonds in 1884, but was not incorporated until 1890 as an official “village fourth class” of Snohomish County. In that same year, Brackett sold 455 acres (1.84 km2) to the Minneapolis Realty and Investment Company. The town was plotted and a wharf was added along the waterfront. Modest houses and commercial structures sprouted up with a row of shingle mills dominating the cityscape.
In 1891, the Great Northern Railroad came through and early settlers and investors grew hopeful that Edmonds would prosper. Unfortunately, the Panic of 1893 created business setbacks and the town owners foreclosed. Brackett reclaimed his town and along with other early settlers continued to develop its infrastructure. By 1900 there was regular passenger ferry service available by the steam-powered “mosquito fleet” of private ferryboats from Edmonds to Seattle.
Edmonds suffered major fires in 1909 and 1928, and many buildings were lost. The first car arrived in Edmonds in 1911. As more roads were established, Edmonds experienced steady growth along with commercial and residential development.
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Yost Park Trail
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Community Transit
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Edmonds Ferry
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HOTEL/MOTEL:
Best Western Harbor Inn*
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
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The settlement of Ephrata is quite recent, until 1886, just three years before Washington attained statehood. Frank Beezley,a horse rancher was the first to settle, thus the area was known as Beezley Springs. As the climate and topography were not promising for settlement growth, until several federal congressional actions, including the Northern Pacific Land Grant Act, the Homestead Act and Desert Claims Act, encouraged the settlement of this semi-arid desert.
Ephrata was incorporated on June 21, 1909 and the county seat for the newly created Grant County and generally believed that the city was named Ephrata by a man who worked for the Great Northern Railroad.
At the turn of the century great herds of wild horses that roamed the land, as Horse trading was an important element of the local economy, served as the staging area for the horse round-ups. The last "Grand Horse Round-up" was held in Ephrata in 1906, then developed as a trade and service center for cattle and sheep ranches in the area until the construction of the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project.
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ATTRACTIONS:
County Historical Museum
EVENTS:
Sage-N-Sun Festival
Basin Summer Sounds
Event Calendar
Beezley Burn
TRANSPORTATION:
Grant Transit
Dart
Northwest Trailways
Greyhound
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Lions Park
Birch Street Park
Heights Park
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Travelodge
Inn Motel
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
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Everett started in 1861 when Dennis Brigham built a cabin on a 160-acre claim on the shore of Port Gardner Bay.
In 1890, Henry Hewitt along with Charles L. Colby and Colgate Hoyt founded the Everett Land Company for the purpose of building the city and officially incorporated on May 4, 1893, the year the Great Northern Railroad came to the town.
Everett hoped that James J. Hill owner of Great Northern Railroad would make the town the terminus of his railroad. However railroad continued along the shoreline of Puget Sound to Seattle. Railroads and mines played an important part in Everett's future as ore was smelted, then sawmilling and port activity began to develop, along with shipbuilding as a dozen steam riverboats were built for the Yukon gold rush.
Everett was the place where several survivors of the Bellingham riots settled, until they were beaten and forcefully evicted by a mob on November 5, 1907. Everett also was the site of the Everett Massacre of 1916 which was an armed confrontation between a mob led by local Sheriff Donald McRae and IWW members.
Everett streets are named after each of the three founders, Colby Avenue, Hoyt Avenue, Hewitt Avenue and Bond Street named for Judge Hiram Bond, President of the Everett & Monte Cristo Railroad.
FEATURES:
Historical Heritiage
Historical Waltz Meeting Center
Naval Station
Farmer Market
Situated at the mouth of the Snohomish River on Possession Sound, the Port of Everett was established 1918 includes both a deep-water commercial seaport and a marina with over 2000 slips. It is home port to the Navy and Kimberly-Clark paper mill. Redevelopment began in 2006 to convert the north end of the waterfront into a community of maritime business, retail shops and condominiums. The waterfront is also home to the Everett Yacht Club, which was founded in 1907, although it existed as early as 1895.
ATTRACTIONS:
Children's Museum
Cinema Under the Stars
Art Council
Snohomish County Museum of History
Historic Theatre
Blackman House Museum
Flying Heritage Collection
EVENTS:
Fresh Paint Festival
Flying Heritage Calendar
Comcast Event Arena
Memorial Baseball Stadium
Colors of Freedom Parade
Coho Salmon Derby
Thursday Concert Calendar
Sunday Concert Calendar
During summer, the marina is home to the Everett Farmer's Market and the Waterfront Concert Series. In September, Tenth Street Park on the waterfront is home to the annual Everett Coho Derby, while each August the marina promenade is gowned in local art during the Fresh Paint Festival of Artists. The historic district is between 8th Street to 25th Street and from Broadway to Grand Avenue. The district contains many old stately homes including the home of the former U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson on Grand Avenue.
TRANSPORTATION:
Everett Transit
Paratransit
Community Transit
Skagit Transit
Sound Transit Coach
Everett Transit
Greyhound
Northwest Trailways
Sail Express
TAXI:
Orange
AAA
American Checker
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Parks & Recreation
Nishiyama Garden
Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens
Forest Park
Legion Memorial and Walter Hall Golf
TOURS:
Boeing
Historical Courthouse
CHARTERS:
All Stars Fishing
Big King Salmon
Possession Point Fishing
Sailing
Hot Air Balloon Rides
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Best Western Cascadia Inn*
Holiday Inn*
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
Amtrak
Everett Transit Center
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
SUPPORT SERVICES:
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Native Americans from the Cowlitz tribe were original inhabitants of Kelso were separated into the "Taidnapam" and Mountain" tribes, who were members of the Sahaptin and Salish language families. In 1855 Kelso was founded by Peter W. Crawford, a surveyor who took a donation land claim and on it platted dated and filed in October 1884, a townsite named after town of Kelso, Scotland. Known as "little Chicago" because of the large number of taverns and brothels that catered to local loggers. The economy continues to be based largely on wood products.
On May 18, 1980, Kelso saw the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Many areas of the city, such as Three Rivers Mall, are built on volcanic ash that was dredged from the Cowlitz River from the volcanic mudflow.
In March 1998, Aldercrest Community began to shift; eventually 129 houses were destroyed by this landslide. Investigation report provide information that community was built on top of an active landslide area, and heavy rains had set the earth into motion.
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Historical Museum
Pub Theater
EVENTS:
Go Fourth Festival
Highland Festival
TRANSPORTATION:
Cubs Transit
Paratransit
TAXI:
Uptown
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Three Rivers Golf
Mint Valley Golf
Country Club Golf
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Econolodge*
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
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Senior Center
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Forest Service Ranger District
Icicle Valley Trout Unlimited
Leavenworth was officially incorporated on September 5, 1906. A small timber community, was located across the Wenatchee River from Icicle and was named Leavenworth the same year the rail construction began. Captain Charles Leavenworth, president of the Okanogan Investment Company, purchased the land in the present-day downtown and laid the streets parallel to the new railroad tracks. Lafayette Lamb and his brother, Chauncery Lamb arrived in 1903 from Iowa to build the second largest sawmill in Washington state.
Leavenworth struggled until 1962, when the "Project LIFE", known as "Leavenworth Improvement For Everyone Committee" was formed to transform the city into a "Bavarian village" to revitalize its economy. Leavenworth's annual Oktoberfest celebration is claimed to be one of the most attended in the world outside Munich, Germany. Leavenworth's transformation into a theme town was inspired by, and assisted by Solvang, California.
Leavenworth is home to the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum, which opened in 1995 and contains more than 5,000 nutcrackers dating from prehistoric to modern.
FEATURES:
Farmers Market
Nutcracker Museum
Upper Valley Museum
ATTRACTIONS:
Icicle Arts
Icicle Creek Music Center
Summer Theater
Upper Valley Arts
WINERIES:
Berghof Keller
Eagle Creek
Napeequa Vintners
EVENTS:
Accordion Festival
Ale Fest
Autumn Leaf Festival
Bike and Brew Fest
Christkindlmarkt
Christmas Lighting
Choral Festival
Icicle Festival
Kinderfest
Maifest
Marathon
Munchen Haus Bike Ride
Oktober Fest
Quilt Show
River Salmon Festival
Spring Bird Fest
Theater Festival
Vela Bella Bike Ride
Wine Tasting Festival
TRANSPORTATION:
Northwest Trailways
Link Transit
Bicycle Rental
Bike & Recreational Rental
Raft & Kayak Rentals
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Shuttle & Taxi
The first route across Stevens Pass was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1892, was completed during the winter of 1893, it became the headquarters of the Great North Railroad in the early 1900s. The railroad relocated to Wenatchee in the 1920s, greatly affecting Leavenworth's economy.
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Waterfront Park Trail
Skate Park
GOLF:
Enzian Falls
Kahler Glen
Leavenworth
TOURS:
Barn Beach Reserve
Fish Hatchery
Walking
Wine
HORSE & CARRIAGE:
Horseback Outfitters
Horseback Rides
Draft Horse Rides
KAYAK & RAFTING:
Outfitters
Orion
Osprey
River Riders
NORDIC ALPINE:
Winter Sports Club
Kahler Glen Ski Resort
Dog Sledding
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Best Western Icicle Inn
Alpine Rivers Inn
Enzian Inn
Obertal Inn
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
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Information
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
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Longview is the location of Mount Coffin, a native ancestral burial ground for the local indigenous people. The City is located fork of the Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers, was first settled in the early 1850s and remained sparsely populated for nearly 60 years, consisting mostly of farmland and wilderness. In 1918, Robert A. Long decided to move the Long-Bell Lumber Company, to Longview, do to dwindling supplies in Missouri. Then in 1921, Wesley Vandercook decicide to build a mill near the small town of Kelso, Washington.
Kelso, with a population of barely 2,000 would not be able to support the 14,000 men, so Long-Bell Company hired George Kessler, to build the city that would support the two mills that were now planned. Longview was officially incorporated on February 14, 1924 was the only planned city of its magnitude to have ever been conceived of and built entirely with private funds.
A number of prominent buildings in Longview were purchased with Mr. Long's personal funds, including R. A. Long High School, the Longview Public Library, the YMCA building and the Monticello Hotel.
FEATURES:
History
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Columbia Theater
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TRANSPORTATION:
Cubs Transit
Paratransit
TAXI:
Uptown
The Port of Longview, established in 1921, has eight marine terminals handling a wide range of cargo from windmills, pencil pitch, calcined coke, pulp bales, lumber, logs and steel.
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Three River Golf
Mint Valley Golf
Country Club Golf
Historic Wlking Tour
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Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
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Mount Vernon is known for its annual Tulip Festival, where the climate is similar to that of northern France.
In 1870 Jasper Gates and Joseph Dwelley first settled on the banks of the Skagit River, where the City of Mount Vernon now lies. Harrison Clothier, a school teacher, join in business with a former student, E.G. English, together they are recognized as the city's founders. The city was named after Mount Vernon, the plantation estate of George Washington and was officially incorporated on July 5, 1893.
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Children's Museum
Lincoln Theater
Threater Arts Guild
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Tulip Festival
Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Skagit River Shakespear Festival
County Fair
McIntrye Hall Performing Arts
Stepping from the train a passenger finds the Historical District of Mount Vernon, althought many building have been replaced, still many provide distinguished merchant services. Downtown is a place for walking, shopping and 1920 Linclon Threater spotlights the rail experience for afternoon adventure. Relax as Mount Vernon is pedestrian friendly seating bench line sidewalking with shade trees to make you feel relaxed and comfortable.
TRANSPORTATION:
Skagit Transit
Dart
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Geyhound
TAXI:
Yellow
The Skagit Multimodal Train Station, provides commuters and national-international travelers with easy transfer connections between other modes of transportation in downtown.
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Event Calendar
Carpenter Creek Winery
Tulip Valley Winery
Washington Bulb Company
Mount Vernon is the center and access point of surrounding rail line communites such as Burington, Concrete, Sedro-Woolley, Edison and Blachard including the gateway to Northern Cascades Mountain Range. The area is mostly a farming community, with large agriculture and dairy farms, which can be seen from both sides of the train.
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In 1841, the Wilkes Expedition named the area Point Elliott. The Point Elliott Treaty was signed between Governor Isaac Stevens and 22 chiefs representing Puget Sound tribes, along with 2,500 Native Americans meet on January 22, 1855 at Mukilteo. Native Americans ceded land to the United States from Point Pully/Three Tree Point to the Canadian border in exchange for a variety of benefits, including land, education, health care and hunting and fishing rights. The town first settled by Europeans in 1858 and was the county seat of Snohomish County from 1861 to 1867, then relocated to city of Snohomish. Mukilteo was officially incorporated on May 8, 1947
Point Elliot/Mukilteo becamea fishing village, trading post, and a port-of-entry, witn surrounding wooded hills filled with Douglas fir, cedar and hemlock supported a lumber mill and the town also had a cannery, a brewery, and a gunpowder plant near Powder Mill Gulch. Japanese Gulch provides rail access from the Mukilteo waterfront to the Boeing wide-body plant at Paine Field.
In 1901, the Federal Lighthouse Board decided to put a light and fog signal at Mukilteo was completed in 1906.
1947 there was ferry service to Whidbey Island, a fuel storage facility for the Air Force on the waterfront, and a major rail line for the Great Northern Railroad along the city’s entire waterfront. In 1991, the Harbour Pointe area shift the Town's Commercial Center near the shoreline to new shopping and banking facilities at Harbour Pointe. In 1954, the state acquired 17 acres of land around the lighthouse and made it into a state park. In 2003, the state ceded the park to the city and was renamed Mukilteo Lighthouse Park.
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Future of Flight Center
Art Guild
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Lighthouse Festival
Run-A-Muk
2009 Calendar
TRANSPORTATION:
Community Transit
Sound Transit Rail
Everett Transit
Whidbey Island Ferry
TAXI:
Yellow
A Dispatch
EXPLORE AREA: Map
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Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
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Native Americans made this area home for thousands of years, including Squaxin, Nisqually, Puyallup, Chehalis, Suquamish, and Duwamish tribes or the Lushootseed-speaking peoples. Europeans explored area in 1792, when Peter Puget and a crew from the British Vancouver Expedition charted the site. In the 1840s, Edmund Sylvester and Levi Smith jointly claimed the land that now comprises downtown Olympia.
In 1853 Olympia was offically named, by Colonel Isaac N. Ebey, due to its view of the Olympic Mountains and the farthest point on The Oregon Trail. The U.S. Congress established the Customs District of Puget Sound for Washington Territory in 1851, and Olympia became customs house. Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet Steamboats once served area. Today Olympia is State Capital and has become a hub for artists and musicians.
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Guide
Childrens Museum
Capital Museum
Bigelow House Museum
Olympic Flight Museum
EVENTS:
Lake Fair
City Pride
Harbor Days
Sacred Music Festival
Dixieland Jazz Festival
Comic Festival
Hempfest
TRANSPORTATION:
Intercity Transit
Dail-A-Lift
Dash
Manson Transit
Grays Harbor Transit
Pierce Transit
Amtrak Cascades
Amtrak Coast Starlight
TAXI:
DC Cab
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Activity Guide
Walking Tour
Self-Guide Walking Tour
TOURS:
Capital Tours
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
FACILITIES:
Amtrak
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
SUPPORT SERVICES:
Amtrak Special Accessibility
Amtrak Disability Reservation
Bike Repair Shop
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Amtrak Eastbound 28/Dp-8:57p
Spokane Connection 8/Dp-1:15aSpokane Connection 7/Dp-2:45a
Westbound 27/Dp-5:35a
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
Weather
Local News
Library
The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped in the Pasco area October 16, 1805 at a site now commemorated by Sacagawea State Park, which was frequented by fur trappers and gold traders. Northern Pacific Railway/BNSF was built near the Columbia River in 1880s, opening trade and bringing many settlers to the area. Pasco named by Virgil Bogue, a construction engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway after Cerro de Pasco, a city in the Peruvian Andes, where he had helped build a railroad. Pasco was a small railroad town, but the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam in 1941 brought irrigation and agriculture to the area making it a larger railway town. Pasco was officially incorporated on September 3, 1891.
The presence of the Hanford Nuclear Site, provided the Tri-Cities/Richland-Kennewick-Pasco area grew rapidly from the 1940-1950s, most of the population influx resided in Richland and Kennewick, as Pasco remained primarily driven by the agricultural industry, and Pasco rail yards.
In the 1990s, developers purchased large farm in Pasco for residential and commercial development, resulted in growth in the city's retail and tourism industries. The new development is referred to as "West Pasco", distinguishing it from the older East Town
FEATURES:
ATTRACTIONS:
Farmer Market
Children Museum
Historical Society
Washington State Railroads Historical Museum
EVENTS:
Fiery Foods Festival
Stone Ridge Event Center
Sacajawea Bluegrass Festival
Hot Air Balloon/Folk Festival
National Night Out
TOURS:
Clore Wine & Collinary Center
Tararis Winery Tours
TRANSPORTATION:
Ben Franklin Transit
Dart
Grape Line
Greyhound
TAXI:
TriCity Cab
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Sacajawea State Park
Columbia River Fishing
Juniper Dunes Trail
McNary National Wildlife Refuge
Pasco Water Trails
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
FACILITIES:
Amtrak
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
SUPPORT SERVICES:
Amtrak Special Accessibility
Amtrak Disability Reservation
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Sounder Northbound 1500/Dp-5:12a 1502/Dp-5:52a 1506/Dp-6:32a 1508/Dp-7:02a 1510/Dp-7:32a 1512/Dp-8:12a 1514/Dp-4:57p 1516/Dp-5:48p
Southbound 1501/Dp-6:49a 1503/Dp-7:29a 1507/Dp-4:14p 1509/Dp-5:00p 1511/Dp-5:25p 1513/Dp-5:52p 1515/Dp-6:34p 1517/Dp-7:24p
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
Weather
Local News
Library
Between 1830 and 1840 Native Americans Settlement was discovered in the Puyallup Valley, then European settelers arrived in the 1850s. In 1877, Ezra Meeker platted a townsite and named it Puyallup after the local Puyallup Indian Tribes. By the 1880s Puyallup had become a major hop growing region, as the town grew rapidly throughout the 1880s being incorporated in 1890, with Ezra Meeker the first mayor. During the 20th Century the valley with the growth of nearby Tacoma and the Interurban rail lines, gave way to Western Washington Fairgrounds development giving local farmers a place to show off their crops and livestock. During the early part of World War II the fairgrounds were home to over 7,000 Japanese-American residents, known as Camp Harmony.
FEATURES:
ATTRACTIONS:
Meeker Mansion
Karshner Museum
EVENTS:
Fairgrounds
Community Calendar
Park Concerts
Daffodil Festival
Victorian Country Christmas
TRANSPORTATION:
Pierce Transit
Sound Transit Rail
Sound Transit Coach
TAXI:
AAA
Farwest
ABB
EXPLORE AREA: Map
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
Station Information
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
SUPPORT SERVICES:
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Reservation: 1-800-872-7245Business Class Available Bistro LoungeBaggage Services
Coast Starlight Train #: 11,14
Reservation: 1-800-872-7245Sleeper & DinningLounge & ParlorBaggage Services
Empire BuilderTrain #: 7,8
Reservation: 1-800-872-7245Sleeper & DinningLoungeBaggage Services
Sound Transit Commuter Rail1-800-201-4900Train #: 1500,1501,1502,15031506,1507,1508,1509,1510,15111512,1513,1514,1515,1516,15171700,1701,1702,1703,1704,17051706,1707
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Southbound 11/Dp-9:45a 501/Dp-7:30a> 513/Dp-11:20p 507/Dp-2:20p 509/Dp-5:3op
Eastbound 8/Dp-4:45p Westbound 7/Dp-10:20a
Sounder Northbound 1500/Dp-5:59a 1502/Dp-6:39a 1506/Dp-7:19a 1508/Dp-7:49a 1510/Dp-8:19a 1512/Dp-8:59a 1514/Dp-5:42p 1516/Dp-6:34p
Southbound 1501/Dp-6:10a 1503/Dp-6:50a 1507/Dp-3:35p 1509/Dp-4:20p 1511/Dp-4:45p 1513/Dp-5:12p 1515/Dp-5:55p 1517/Dp-6:45p
Sounder Northbound 1700/Dp-4:47p 1702/Dp-5:15p 1704/Dp-5:47p 1706/Dp-6:17p
Southbound 1701/Dp-5:56a 1703/Dp-6:26a 1705/Dp-6:56a 1707/Dp-7:26
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GENERAL:
Tides
Weather
Local News
Library
Points of Interest
Pike Place Market
Communte Information
Seattle was named after Chief Sealth, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes, today it is the most populous city in the northwestern United States. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan statistical areas compose the 15th largest in the United States and Pacific Northwest. A coastal city and major seaport, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, is major economic, cultural, educational center and the county seat of King County.
Seattle area has been inhabited for at least 4,000 years, only until the European settlement began in the mid-19th century with the first permanent white settlers Arthur A. Denny, known as the "Denny Party" arrived November 13, 1851. The settlements was referred as "New York-Alki" meaning "by and by" in the local Chinook Jargon and "Duwamps".
Doc Maynard in 1853, suggested that the settlement be renamed "Seattle", an anglicized rendition of the name of Sealth, the chief of the two local tribes. From 1869 until 1982, Seattle was known as the "Queen City", currently the official nickname is the "Emerald City", but is also referred to informally as the "Gateway to Alaska", "Rain City", and "Jet City".
FEATURES:
History
Downtown Shopping
ATTRACTIONS:
Pacific Science Center
Seattle Center
Woodland Park Zoo
Aquarium
Washington Park Arboretum
Quest Field
Safeco Field
Husky Stadium
EVENTS:
Community Calendar
Theater Calendar
Tickets Now
Event & Tickets
Seafair Festival
Torchlight Parade
Hempfest
Bumpershoots
SPORTS
Seahawks
Sounders
Mariners
Huskies
MUSEUMS:
History & Insustry
Seatle Art
Fry Art
Natural History and Culture
Wing Luke
Science Fiction & Hall of Fame
Children
Flight
Northwest Africa-American
Nordic
Wooden Boats Maritime
Seatte hosts many annual fairs and festivals such as the "International Film Festival", "Northwest Folklife", "Seafair"as in "Chevrolet Cup hydroplane races", "Bite of Seattle", "Gay Pride festivals", "Bumbershoot" and "Hempfest" ll are typically attended by 100,000 people. Other significant events include numerous Native American pow-wows, a Greek Festival hosted by St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and numerous ethnic festivals.
TRANSPORTATION:
Metro transit
Sound Transit Coach
Rail Link
Dart
Access
Paratransit
Greyhound
Colman Dock Ferry
Victoria, BC Ferry
Schooner Mallory Todd
Schooner Lavengro
Island Air
Lk Union Seaplane
Lk Washington Seaplane
Bike Rentals
TAXI:
Yellow & Redtop
Farewest
Orange
Stita
Town Car
Water Taxi
Historically the railways and streetcars once dominated its transportation system have largely been replaced with an extensive bus route and the city's outward growth has caused fossil fuel vehicle to become the mode of transportation.
Seattle is ranked as one of the most fossil fuel congested cities in the United States, however, recent efforts has begun to reverse this trend with plans for an inner-city streetcar network and a regional light rail system. In addition Seattle is also serviced by two commuter rail routes connecting it to many of its more distant suburbs, and a 16 mile light rail line between Downtown Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
EXPLORE AREA:
Map
Parks & Recreation
Golf
Gardens
Fishing Piers
Boating & Rentals
Fields & Athletics
Moss Bay Rowing Rental
TOURS:
Argosy Cruises
Ride The Duck
Under Ground
Alki Kayak
Walking
Waterway Cruises
Bites and Food
Biplane
Princess Cruises
NCL Cruises
Gray Bus Lines
OBSERVATIONS:
Columbia Tower
Smith Tower
Space Needle
Belvedere Park
Kerry Park
Sunset Hills Park
Myrtle Edwards Park
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Best Western Pioneer Square*
Silver Cloud Stadium*
Pan Pacific
Panama International District*
American Hotel*
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"(Hostels Exempt)
STATION FACILITIES:
Information
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
SUPPORT SERVICES:
Amtrak Special Accessibility
Amtrak Disability Reservation
The University of Washington is consistently ranked among the country's top leading institutions in medical research. Seattle has seen local developments of modern paramedic services with the establishment of Medic One in 1970 and is refereto as "the best place in the world to have a heart attack".
Three of the largest medical centers are located on First Hill. Harborview Medical Center is the only Level I trauma hospital and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center serving Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. Virginia Mason Medical Center and Swedish Medical Center's two largest campuses, as this concentration of hospitals resulted in the nickname "Pill Hill". Seattle is also served by a Veterans Affairs hospital on Beacon Hill, a third campus of Swedish in Ballard, and Northwest Hospital and Medical Center near Northgate Mall.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has a campus in the Eastlake neighborhood and also shares facilities with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and University of Washington Medical Center.
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Amtrak Eastbound 8/Dp-7:20p
Westbound 7/Dp-7:25a
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
Weather
Library
Skykomish from the 1890s to 1974, was a maintenance and fueling station for the Great Northern Railway and western terminus for electric operations (1909-56) on the Cascade Tunnel route to Wenatchee. Careless waste disposal practices common during that era resulted in the contamination of its soil and groundwater seeping oil and heavy metals in Skykomish River. In the mid-1980s, BNSF and the Washington State Department of Ecology began remediation discussions and in 2006, agreed to a plan to clean up the area over a three-year period. This $50 million project will involve massive excavations to removing the contaminated soil and the rebuilding of a levee. Many of Skykomish's historical buildings will have to be moved and returned to new foundation. Located in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest,near Deception Falls on the Skykomish River, founded as railroad town and officially incorporated on June 5, 1909.
FEATURES:
Historical Society
Wellington Historical Site
1893 Railroad Gold Spike Driven
ATTRACTIONS:
Steven Pass Ski Resort
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Iron Goat Trail
Deception Fall
Tout Fishing
Pacific Crest Trail Association
Bald Eagle Mountain Trail
Pacific Crest Trail Stevens-Snoqualmie Pass
EVENTS:
2009 Skykomish Centennial
TRANSPORTATION:
Northwest Trailways
TAXI:
EXPLORE AREA: Map
TOURS:
Skykomish River Whitewater Rafting
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Historical Cascadia Inn*
Sky River Inn*
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
STATION FACILITIES:
Amtrak
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
SUPPORT SERVICES:
Amtrak Special Accessibility
Amtrak Disability Reservation
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Railway Emergencies: 800-832-5452
Mile Post: Empire Builder W-2156
- SKYKOMISH STATION (SKW)
- Note: Under Construction
- Contact: Station Security 800-331-0008
- Contact: Amtrak Whistle Stop/Motor Coach Services
- 5th St N & Railroad Ave (Hwy 2)
- Skykomish, WA-98288
- PH:
- Email:
- Reservation: 1-800-872-7245
Directions
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Amtrak Express Shipping 800-377-6914
No Ticket Vending Machines
- No Staffed Ticket Sales
- No Bicycle Lockers
- No Parking & No Restroom
- No Baggage Room
- No Public Telephone
- No Wheelchair Accessible
- No Platform Seating
- No Sheltered Seating
- No Lobby Seating & Restroom
- No Overhead Cross Walk
- No Food & Beverage Services
- No Connecting Rail Services
- No Sounder Rail Connections
- No Transit Center
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Amtrak Eastbound 8/Dp-1:15p
Spokane Connection 28/Ar-12:13aSpokane Connection 27/Ar-1:40a
Westbound 7/Dp-2:45a
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
Weather
Local News
Library
The first Native Americans arrived between twelve to eight thousand years ago and were hunter-gatherer societies that lived off the plentiful game in the area. Over time the forests in the area began to thin out, Spokane Tribe became more dependent upon roots, berries and fish settled in the region, or descendants of tribes from the Great Plains. The Northwest Fur Company sent two white fur trappers west of the Rocky Mountains to search for fur, became the first two white men met by the Spokane tribe, who believed them to be Sama/sacred, and set the trappers up in the Colville River valley for the winter. Canadian David Thompson explored the Spokane area and began European settlement with the westward expansion and establishment of the North West Company’s Spokane House in 1810.
Spokane House was the first long-term European settlement in Washington and the center of the fur trade between the Rockies and the Cascades. In the late 1800s, gold and silver were discovered to be one of the most productive mining districts in North America. "Spokan Falls" was settled in 1871 and officially incorporated as City of Spokane in 1881, which name comes from the Native American Tribe known as the Spokane, which means "Children of the Sun" in Salish. Spokane is nick named "Lilac City", after the flowers that have flourished since their introduction to the area in the early 20th century. Completion of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1881 brought major settlement to the Spokane area and became known as "Inland Empire".
FEATURES:
Local Wineries
City Dining
ATTRACTIONS:
Museum Art & Culture
Armed Forces & Aerospace Museum
Valley Heritage Center
Japanese Cultural Center
Mobius Kids
EVENTS:
Blooms Day Run
Lilac Festival
First Night
Valley Fest
TRANSPORTATION:
STA Transit
Paratransit
Greyhound
Northwest Trailways
Silver Eagle Charters
TAXI:
Super Save
Spokane Cab
Execu Van
EXPLORE AREA:
Map
Parks & Recreation
Finch Arboretum
Manito Park
Palisades Park
Mount Spokane State Park
Riverside State Park
Bike Trails
TOURS:
St Johns Cathedral Tours
Winery Tours
Historial Walking Sites
RECREATION:
Ski Mount Spokane
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Davenport*
Doubletree*
Red Lion River Inn*
Red Lion Parkside*
Holiday Inn Express*
Days Inn Downtown*
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
FACILITIES:
Amtrak
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
SUPPORT SERVICES:
Amtrak Special Accessibility
Amtrak Disability Reservation
Bicycle Shops
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Reservation: 1-800-872-7245Business Class Available Bistro LoungeBaggage Services |
Amtrak Northbound 510/Dp-9:30am 516/ Dp-9:14pm
Southbound 513/Dp-9:18am 517/Dp-8:25pm
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Tides
Weather
Local News
Library
Community & Senior Center
In 1906 East Stanwood was platted and incorporated in 1922, Centerville Post Office was established in 1870 at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River and incorporated on October 19, 1903, merging the two towns in 1960.
FEATURES:
History
Farmers Market
ATTRACTIONS:
Valley Cinemas
Pearson House Museum
EVENTS:
Community Fair
Garden Faire
Harvest Jubilee
Silvana Fair
Snow Goose Festival
TRANSPORTATION:
Island Transit
Paratransit
Community Transit
Notice: Local transit services currently do not meet trains and night transit services is questionable. Check with transit services
TAXI:
629-Ride
Notice: Local taxi services do not meet trains
EXPLORE AREA: Map
Heritage Park Location
HOTEL/MOTEL:
Within walking distance* "Will provide shuttle between station-hotel"
Notice: Local lodging, refuse to pickup clients at station. Make sure you have made local transportation arrangements.
STATION FACILITIES
Amtrak
Private Railcar & Tour Train Siding
Winter Station Advisory: Dress in warm winter clothing and complete body covering rain gear protection. As this station is without weather shelter protection. Also it is recommended to plan a dinner at local restaurant, inorder to stay out of winter weather conditions. If you are unable to find local merchants to allow temporary seating, bring a warm blanket and plastic rain covering. Remmber, many local merchants close at 5pm.
SUPPORT SERVICES:
Amtrak Special Accessibility
Amtrak Disability Reservation
WARNING: This Station has no Public Telephone on Platform and local merchant telephones are out of order.
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