Mountains to Sound Greenway Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
greenway in Washington State, USA
About Mountains to Sound Greenway
The Greenway has seen extensive human activity for the past 200 years. Logging has occurred throughout the region since the 1880s and a major lumber mill operated in the town ofSnoqualmiefrom 1917 to 2003. Coal mining became a major industry east of the mountains inRoslynandCle Elumand Alaska's gold run in 1897 poured Seattle full of adventurers looking for supplies before heading north. East of the mountains, Native Americans, part of the Yakima Tribe used to grow native crops. Once white settlers came, they displaced the native people and began growing their own crops and well as creating cattle ranches. The Snoqualmie Valley used to be well known for its crops of hops in the 1880s and is still considered to be very fertile land. Trails have existed over Snoqualmie Pass for centuries, bu
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