The heavy snow that shut down traffic over Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens Pass a few weeks ago inspired a former member of Congress from Seattle to reach out to Governor Jay Inslee with a bold solution ...

“Give me enough Swedes and whiskey, and I’ll build a railroad to hell.” James J. Hill, founder and chairman of the Great Northern Railroad, may well have completed his railroad to hell in 1893 when ...

The Cascade Mountains are full of stories. Some harrowing, some tragic. This story has a bit of both. The Iron Goat Trail winds along the Great Northern Railway grade and remnants of the original ...

There was once a community near Stevens Pass that The New York World newspaper called the “wickedest place on earth.” First of all, Stevens Pass is not named for Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens. It ...

Drive 60 miles east from Everett, Washington, on U.S. Highway 2 and you'll reach the treacherous Stevens Pass in the magnificent Cascades. While the mountain road is known for heavy snowfall and ...

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