Yes and I am still waiting for my 1099-G, it's holding filing my taxes back and it sucks. I already requested them to resend it 2 weeks ago but they've been so fucking slow.

I'm not saying it's easy, but I also think using the phone less is a step in the right direction. And there are already people doing this... you're just not going to find them online.

So Lake WA used to drain through the Black River to the Green and so to the Duwamish…. The Cedar flowed into the Black… Today, the BOEING runway in Renton is the old Black River bed…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_River_(Duwamish_River_tributary). The story is both sad and interesting IMHO, but when they built the ship canal, it dropped the water Level in Lake WA and the Black River mostly dried up… there are remnants….

Calling it “the most dangerous park in the country” broadly and then spending the entire article talking about niche rock climbing issues when the vast majority of visitors are not rock climbers is very click baity. Even if technically true based on statistics.

Stalakwamish River! That’s prolly a better spelling that Stillaguammish!

Google maps didn't have it. Gaia GPS tags it as Glacier Creek.

Vashon Washon

Local history here on the eastside, but more specifically, logging and early settlement/roadbuilding.

White river is 'Cedar'?

I think the main part of the North Fork is hidden behind the cliff in the foreground (trees/plains).

The main creek/river in the picture that is going off into the distance in the top left doesn't really have a name on maps I'm looking at, but it's next to Glacier Creek. It's probably part of Glacier Creek. Seems like it's big enough to be a river!

You say that, but to get the others out of their phones...

Point Roberts has that name even back then

Is someone going to shoot the pig already

Pretty wild that down near Astoria there was “Pacific City”. Pretty big name for present day Ilwaco.

Thanks for sharing!

“Tulalup” instead of Tulalip, Vancouver’s Island, Olympia Range

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Are there any hikes that go down there?

Identity theft is not a joke!

Glad to share it. What is your focus of research?

Wow, amazing. Not sure how I haven’t seen this one before.

Interesting detail, assuming this wasn’t updated after 1857: The Snoqualmie Wagon Road, or Road #7 (7th road ever built in King County) can be seen on this map. The road documentation that I have shows that the Renton-Issaquah (or back then Black River-Squawk) portion was constructed just before 1860. The rest of the road (up to modern Fall City and Snoqualmie) was built in the early-late 1860s.

Since it isn’t a solid black line like the other proper roads, this seems to suggest that much of the route already existed as a trail prior to actual construction. Assuming that, it probably would have tied in nicely with the Cedar River trail, which (as far as I remember) in the 1850s as used by settlers, but I am also pretty sure it was an indian trail beforehand. Even if it weren’t a trail (it’s marked as one according to the legend), it would be an unimproved road.

Thanks for sharing! This is great stuff. Definitely will help with my research. As far as I can conclude right now, this seems to suggest the route was in existence in some form (indian trail, military trail? probably not used by settlers until proper road construction) all the way back in the 1850s.

Oh nice, I’ll add that to my list. I hadn’t heard of Summer Falls before now, thanks!

That makes it sound even more interesting, I look forward to visiting there!

thats a good mind set, definitely need to step out my comfort zone and start doing this

My advice: don't worry about making friends. Find people to help. Join activities. Stare at your phone less. Be open to everyone. Friends will come with time.