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    The Beauties of the State of Washington: A Book for Tourists
    The Beauties of the State of Washington: A Book for Tourists
    The Beauties of the State of Washington: A Book for Tourists
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    The Beauties of the State of Washington: A Book for Tourists

    By Harry F. Giles

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Beauties of the State of Washington - Harry F. Giles

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Beauties of the State of Washington, by

      Harry F. Giles

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      Title: The Beauties of the State of Washington

      A Book for Tourists

      Author: Harry F. Giles

      Release Date: September 30, 2009 [EBook #30139]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WASHINGTON ***

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      THE BEAUTIES

      OF THE

      STATE OF WASHINGTON

      by HARRY F. GILES—Deputy Commissioner

      STATE BUREAU STATISTICS & IMMIGRATION

      I.M. HOWELL—Secretary of State-Ex-Officio Commissioner.

      THE RHODODENDRON, WASHINGTON'S STATE FLOWER

      "Flowers rich as morning's sunrise hue"

      Copyright by Asahel Curtis

      STATE OF WASHINGTON

      DEPARTMENT OF STATE

      BUREAU OF STATISTICS & IMMIGRATION

      I.M. HOWELL, SECRETARY OF STATE

      EX-OFFICIO COMMISSIONER

      THE BEAUTIES

      OF THE

      STATE OF WASHINGTON

      A BOOK FOR TOURISTS

      BY HARRY F. GILES, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

      OLYMPIA

      FRANK M. LAMBORN, PUBLIC PRINTER

      1915

      TABLE OF CONTENTS.

      FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

      Those marked (Gr.) are groups; (C.) means copyright.

      DEEP LAKE—A TYPICAL SCENE IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS.

      Photo by Curtis & Miller.

      The state of Washington, most northwesterly state in the Union, named for the Father of His Country and popularly called the Evergreen State, brings greetings.

      For all who would behold, at close range, Nature in her most beautiful expression when all component elements have been harmoniously combined, these words of welcome are written. You are invited to come and share the joy that emanates from the satisfaction of living in a country as nearly perfect as any that earth has to offer.

      In the creation of this region nothing was overlooked that might appeal to the most fastidious. An empire within itself, it is provided with all things for ministering both to man's physical needs and to his innermost longings. All forces have contributed towards its glory. More careful preparation was never made for the coming of man in any clime. Mountains that reach to heaven and echo the music of celestial choirs in their innumerable streams and waterfalls; valleys and plateaus that spring into life when pricked by the harrow of the husbandman; forests of big trees, perpetually green, to adorn and protect; the greatest of oceans to temper with its breezes; inland seas and azure lakes to embellish and attract—such are a few of the elements that make the State of Washington and provide beauteous homes for its people.

      SNOQUALMIE FALLS (268 FEET)—THE NIAGARA OF THE WEST.

      Copyright by Romans Photo Co.

      Have you yet discovered that cozy retreat imagined in your youthful impressionable days, where true happiness is bound to reign? You can find it here—a place where wonderful pictures, real and far grander than the famous paintings of your favorite artist, are constantly visible from your kitchen window or from your work shop—and they need no expensive frames to enhance their loveliness and no dusting to prevent their obscurity.

      What are your favorite pastimes? Are you one of the brave mountaineers who must yearly draw near the Almighty, and dare the elements by treading dangerous yet entrancing trails to heights where the world appears at your feet? Do you love to cruise in a little yacht built to accommodate yourself and a few well chosen friends, or motor over scenic highways to places of interest both near and far? Do you regard yourself a mighty hunter and desire so to convince your friends? Or would you be content to angle for the finny denizens of the deep with a certainty that you will not in turn be tantalized?

      The state of Washington affords unusual opportunity for all these. Its mountains, glaciers and waterfalls are not excelled by the most boasted scenes of Switzerland.

      Almost the year round the waters of Puget Sound and the harbors of the southwest invite the small craft. Nearly 50,000 miles of scenic highway, passable for twelve months in succession, are ready for your automobiles. Game, both large and small, feathered and hoofed, will lure you through many a jungle of delicate fern and sweet scented bramble; while countless streams and lakes teem with fish of many species.

      MOUNT ADAMS AND FOREST-COVERED FOOTHILLS.

      Picturesque parks, dazzling sunsets, roaring ocean surf, cozy camping sites, beach parties and clam bakes, college regattas, midwinter fairs, roses at Christmas, golf the year round on turf that's always green—these are a few of the charms that are as common in the state of Washington as sands in the Sahara, or ice at

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