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Vote for your fave State Library jewel!

Vote for your fave State Library jewel!

If you like the State Library, cool historical documents and maps, or if you’re just a fan of online voting, then take part in the March version of the “State Library jewels” online poll below! Over the past week, we’ve spotlighted the 1913-15 scrapbooks of former Grays Harbor Congressman Albert Johnson; a rare 1888 map of the Northern Pacific railroad running through Stampede Pass and the Cascades; and, in honor of Women’s History Month, the manuscripts of Helen W. Clark,…

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Library jewels contender #2: Stampede Pass railroad map

Library jewels contender #2: Stampede Pass railroad map

(Maps courtesy of Washington State Library) Before automobiles and highways came along, trains were the predominant mode of long-distance travel in Washington and beyond. But the rugged Cascades were a barrier preventing a direct rail route connecting Puget Sound to the rest of the U.S.  That changed with one of the most arduous construction projects ever completed in Washington – the building of the Northern Pacific’s route through Stampede Pass, the first of three rail crossings over the mountain range…

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