Wash.) KOMO (Television station : Seattle
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Don McCune and the Exploration Northwest film crew retrace the Trail to the Klondike and the story of the Yukon Gold Rush in this television production by KOMO-TV, Seattle, Washington. Five episodes now combined together retrace the Klondike gold rush trail. Beginning in Skagway, Alaska, the film crew makes a 5-day trip in 1969, starting with a strenuous climb over the famous Chilkoot Pass, followed by a 10-day film trip in 1970 traveling 540 miles...
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Part I: Don McCune looks at the changes in the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest as exemplified by Weyerhauser's Camp Vail near Tenino, Washington and Mount Rainier. Includes photos and 1930's Weyerhaueser motion picture film of early steam logging, highlighting the importance of the railroad in the logging industry, and interviews of some veteran loggers.
Part II: Nostalgic flashback to the days when high-riggers ruled the big forests,...
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Puget Sound maritime history: Take a trip into the maritime history of Puget Sound aboard the steam ships Virginia V. and W.T. Preston, both active when the "mosquito fleet" served the Puget Sound waterfront. Hundreds of steamboats connected the many towns of the Puget Sound long before roads were built. Emmy-winning episode.
Classic powerboats: Board the cruiser Happy Gold for a power boat race from Olympia, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. See the...
4) Backpacking
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Backpacking the Olympics: An 8-day trek across the Bailey Ridge in Washington's Olympic Mountains starts at Sol Duc Hot Springs. Crossing Low Divide, the party travels the route of the 1890 Press expedition. The trail ends near Lake Quinault.
Backpacking the Pacific Coast Trail: Hikers marvel at the grandeur seen along the segment of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Canadian border to Washington's Stevens Pass Highway, named by Indians "Land of the...