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Author
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
175 p. : ill., maps ; 16 x 23 cm.
Description
As stated, "When the first group of pioneers explored the rugged Olympic mountain range during the harsh winter of 1889, they encountered both breathtaking beauty and cruel acts of nature. In subsesuent years, numeruous expeditions followed, and with the gripping tales of these trailblazers, collected here for the first time". This book includes never-before published historical photos and features detailed maps of explorers' routes.
Author
Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
xvi, 220 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
In 1889 Washington's then governor, Elisha Ferry, called on men of adventure to cross the Olympic Mountains, a range shrouded in mystery. The Seattle Press, the state's primary newspaper, stepped up to the challenge, sponsoring the Press Expedition. And soon departed a band of men into the mountains during one of the worst winters in recorded history...
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
487 p.
Description
From dispatches of the famous Press Expedition - selected pages of the Seattle Press reproduced in facsimile - to the diary of Private Harry Fisher of the 1890 O'Neil Expedition, Exploring the Olympic Mountains is not only a window on life in the Pacific Northwest, it is also a mirror of late-nineteenth-century values and attitudes toward nature. Extensive annotation and footnotes by historians along with original illustrations and maps guide the...
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
210 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Description
A native of Georgia, Herb Crisler was sent to the Olympic Peninsula by the United States Army in 1918. Captivated by the Peninsula, Herb decided to stay. By 1930 he had become a legend because of mountaineering and motion-picture achievements. His movies of the Olympic back country and its wildlife greatly influenced public support for the creation of Olympic National Park in 1938. He and his wife, Lois, spent two decades filming wilderness few people...
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