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On Canyon Road (Washington Route 821) 12.2 miles south of Thrall Road, on the right when traveling south.
Fiery Floods
Twenty-five million years ago, this area was a land of meandering streams and lush, rolling hills. Then came the first lave flow. Long cracks or vents opened in the earth and lava flooded the land spreading like water. The . . . — — Map (db m38486) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 126,, 10.4 miles east of Main Street when traveling east.
Imagine standing here millions of years ago on the edge of a huge plain fringed by distant mountains. Cypress trees grow in the swamps. Maple, sycamore, ginkgo, sequoia, and fir cover the nearby hills and mountains. Ancestors of rhinoceroses and . . . — — Map (db m38446) HM
Built of cotton wood logs
from Yakima River Canyon
by
1843 Samuel Bedient Olmstead 1881
Union Soldier 1865
Descendant of Captain Richard Olmstead
Hartford Connecticut 1632
Cabin used as a fort during
the Nez Pierce Indian War . . . — — Map (db m235212) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 126,, 10.8 miles west of Vantage Highway/Main Street when traveling west.
It’s hard to imagine, but you are about to enter a fertile valley. Named for the Indians who lived here from time immemorial, the Kittitas Valley was the destination of many American settlers who came to the Washington Territory in the 1860s. Rich, . . . — — Map (db m113496) HM
