Bøker av Archie Satterfield

From Olympia to Puget Sound and bustling Seattle, up to Bellingham and through the breathtaking Cascades, across lush rolling farmland heading to Spokane, delightful and unusual rambles abound in the Evergreen State. With longtime resident Archie Satterfield as your guide, discover the mountainous views along Chuckanut Drive, the state's first highway built for viewing scenery; step out of time in quirky towns like Old-West themes Winthrop; and enjoy some state history, be it the colorful legend of Molson or the lore around one of the West's most tenacious Indian chiefs, Spokane Garry.Cross the state on Highway 20, one of America's prettiest country highways, and see it all-mountains, desert, National forests, tulip fields, swaths of farmland, and countless towns dotting the way.Dip into the heart of the Cascades on the Mountain Loop Highway and camp, picnic, hike, or watch bald eagles near the famed Granite Falls.Follow the Skagit River through the beautiful Cascades and tour the hydroelectric dam that powers Seattle.Amble the beautiful wheat-growing hills of Palouse County and and take in the flavor and ambience of small-town life.Wind your way along spectacular Snake River canyon, home of a waterway that Lewis and Clark canoed on their journey to the Pacific Coast.Backroads & Byways of Washington is the shortest route a visitor can take to explore like a native and the best guide for natives delving more deeply into the history and magic of their home state.

The Great Stampede was what the miners called the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. But what happened to the Klondike after the gold rush ended? What happens to a land of boom when the boom goes bust?

Chilkoot Pass is indeed the most famous trail in the North, and Satterfield has written a book that is ideal for hikers and armchair travelers. It is history, adventure, and an excellent companion to the Klondike Gold Rush National Park¬ all in one. At no other time or place in recorded history did so many people voluntarily subject themselves to so much agony, misery, death and glory than in 1897-98 when countless thousands of stampeders crossed the Chilkoot pass on their way to the Klondike gold fields.

It is a landmark day, along with Armistice Day in 1918, the stock market crash in 1929, and the day President John F.

Travelers to Southeast Alaska and the Yukon Territory in Canada now have a historical guide to the Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park. Divided into two main sections, Archie Satterfield's invaluable book begins with a detailed history of the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98. The second part is a modern-day travel guide to the new international park. A must-read for hikers, paddlers, history buffs and armchair travelers, Klondike Park reconnects the past to the present for readers with a taste for adventure

With natives as your guides, this new series steers you down the most scenic and historic byways in the areas they cover, with plenty of intriguing points of interest and places to eat, stay, and shop along the way.