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Memorials Found
This week in my travels around the Puget Sound, I added a search for an Indian War Memorial. To me war is never a good thing. Both sides end up losers or in other words the victor may think he won but in the end the toll is too great. This war in 1855-56 did not have to happen. Men who thought they were superior and wanted land disrespected the Indigenous People. There is a lot of shame on both…
Mrs. Cook's Cow Shed Landmark
You read that right. A Cow Shed is a landmark! Back in 1882 a road survey identifies it’s starting point as Mrs. Cook’s Cow Shed. In the survey of Road 103 or aka the J.K. Valentine Road our landmark is on the third line. The shed stood at the section corners of 2,3,10 & 11. The petition states this 4 way section corner was in the SE corner of the shed. I thought this description was so funny…
The First Road to VineMapleValley
Today we are taking a deeper dive into where the first VineMapleValley Wagon Road was located and the state of road building over 140 years ago. I think you will be surprised at what I found.In the beginning The Maple Valley Wagon Road was first mentioned in our settler’s origin story from 1879. That story was told in a letter dated May 24, 1916 from C.O. Russell to W.D. Gibbon. Photos of…
A Railroad, A Flood and A Water Pipeline Bridge
Time flew by really fast since I wrote an article in July about the Milwaukee Railroad’s construction north of Landsburg. I have been pretty damn busy after being recruited for some other projects.However, with the record breaking floods of this winter of 2025, I decided I needed to share the information I had gathered on the 1911 Flood. This flood sent Renton running for high ground and whipped…
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Cedar River Trail Beginnings in 1907
In my research looking for the Lost Drummer Bridge I found an article in the Seattle Times from July 28,1907. This article was an amazing bit of documentation on how the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad was building along the Cedar River in the Maple Valley area. The Black Diamond History Blog did a nice job in 2018 of transcribing this article. Here is a link for your viewing pleasure –…
A Clipper Ship Obsession
Back in July of 2021 about a year into the pandemic I stayed close to home and researched the salvaging of a magnificent and famous clipper ship. The salvage process happened in the 1920s on a beach near my home. Here is a link to my article to get you caught up – Demise of a Clipper Ship My article on this clipper, The Glory of the Seas, covered her birth in Boston on October 21, 1869, her long…
Waterfall Aficionados
My daughter, Sho and I love to seek out waterfalls. The new ones are getting a bit further out. So, yesterday, we went further out on the highway to Crystal Mountain and the Sunrise Entrance of Mt Rainier National Park. I had located two lesser known waterfalls in this area, so off we went. The first one was Snoquera Waterfall. We found the correct US Forest Service Road and parking lot. This…
Drummer Bridge - Where are you?
What an adventure this search for the Drummer Bridge has been! Did I find a piece of this lost bridge and road? Despite looking we never did find a piece of it. As it turns out it wasn’t that easy with a lot of false starts. However, in the end we do have a pretty clear idea of WHERE over 130 years ago this bridge existed. Before I get into the weeds I have to say that the best part of this…
The Love Connection - Not Just Any Old Road
Does this sound like a tantalizing article? This all started when I used the survey from the Road 103 Extension to help us figure out where our lost bridge 305 was built in the early 1890s. This extension was proposed in 1896 by Charles Valentine and Elizabeth Goldtrip labeled as “both unmarried”. This road would come from the top of the cliff as an offshoot of Road 103 that was built in…
How Crows Conquered the World
One of my favorite fellow nature observer is Brian Mertins. Today he released an informative video that covers this subject about Crows and how they are flourishing in our world. Sounds like a subject right up Batgurrl’s Crow alley & Crows of Arroyos founding purpose…. Crow research!!Here are the key points Brian covered in the video below: Why high intelligence alone doesn’t explain the crow’s…
Old Road or River Channel?
Across the Cedar River we Go
Northern Pacific RR Timbercruiser Books
Yesterday I saw an estate sale, close to me, had two Northern Pacific Railroad books. Could not pass up a chance to get new reading material from the past. I spent a bit of time searching for them at the sale. Was beginning to think they were already sold when I got an idea to look at the sale’s online photo for a location clue. Bingo! That got me back into the office area. There they were on…
Survey Clues for the Lost Bridge
Today we are going to get serious about where the heck our Washed out Bridge was located. First some links for those who need to get caught up on this search for the Drummer (#305) Bridge. Crazy for an Old Bridge Change of Plans and Chance Meeting Surprise found at King County Archives More Maps plus Rails in the River You might have noticed I am obsessed with Bridges and Maps. Guess it is…
More Maps plus Rail in the River
Today I am going to get us back on the trail of our Washed Out Bridge 305 – aka the Drummer Bridge. We did a bit of time travel last week and got ahead of how the search unfolded with the last post on the visit to the King County Archives. In the weeks after Judi and I had our serendipitous meeting we had a huge data dump between us. She emailed me over 30 files and I likewise sent her a ton of…