Sale's history is straight and accepted, however I can never forgive his socialist pardon of the ugly "coolie" riots.

From the annals of the Denny family trip to Seattle with first hand accounts of seminal events from the first 50 years of the city's history.

Learn street name origins & more, a wonderful little read.

A comprehensive look at NW native peoples.

Edward Sheriff Curtis' primitive but essential work, produced at the UW in 1913, influenced Flaherty's Nanook of the North and all documentary film.

Not a classic film by any means (it's an Elvis movie!) but check out how the Monorail and Space Needle shine at their debut on the Seattle scene.

The man, the myth, the legend. Our own drunken clown with a cross dressing pal and a heart of gold.

On the surface a bad 70s cop drama featuring an over the hill John Wayne. But in the background is some of the most outstanding shots and imagery of the dark days of the Seattle of my childhood. The finale was filmed outside of Moclips.

Grumpy old Emmett Watson is a pleasant old reminder of days gone by. The old era's last prophet.

See the Seattle of my youth (the early 1980s) as it was then: nasty, brutish, and small. Someday a DVD version with updates on all the kids should really be released.

Pearl Jam led the way in Seattle's musical explosion of the early 1990s. Sounds better with Pagliacci Pizza.

Lonely Planet can take you anywhere on Earth, so they are the first choice for the Down-to-Earth Northwest Native. Covers Washington, Oregon, & Southern BC.

"Dahkobed" Region.

A rite of passage: an overnight backbacking trip in the Olympics. Wild Washington Coast: Shi Shi beach. Goat Rocks. Mt. Aix.

Rites of passage: A spring trip to Cowboy Country. Leavenworth. Gathering peaches in Yakama sun. Toppenish rodeo & pow wow.

While the Siskiyous mark the official and symbolic border of the Pacific Northwest, the Cascade range actually runs out into the secluded NE corner of California. Shasta and Lassen Peak mark the Southernmost volcanoes of the Cascades, are are really worth a trip.

For the 32nd level "Shriner" or "Shou Lin" Northwesterner. A map and companion for the highest country in the North.

Volume III, south to the origin of the name "Cascadia" (from the tumbling river thru the mountains).

Jeff Smoot is as problematic as Becky but in a different way. Between the two of them they can almost provide a good route description. This is the next generation's contribution to the dialogue; it has a good selection of hikes that "take it to the next level" ie, class 3 scrambles plus, enough to get you into rock climbing or just scare the poop out of you.