| #850731 in Books | Arcadia Publishing | 2013-02-11 | 2013-02-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.70 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Highway 99 from Blaine to Vancouver, WA|By Paul Sahlin|Having grown up in Tacoma the use of 99 before any I-5 freeway construction began holds many vivid memories. Two lanes of concrete in each direction separated by 3' of dirt with businesses sprouting up on both sides continually from its opening in 1926, not to mention all the intersections and cross roads [and this is just|About the Author|Author Chuck Flood has assembled a collection of over 200 vintage photographs and postcards to present a virtual road trip down Washington’s Highway 99. Though many early businesses are now gone, approximately 80 percent of the old highway
For a century, the route of Highway 99 has been the main transportation corridor in western Washington. Forest and farm products, fish, and families have all been a part of the flow of business and recreational travel between the Canadian border at Blaine and the Columbia River at Vancouver. What is now Highway 99 originated as a loose network of muddy roads connecting early settlements. With the dawn of the automobile age and construction of good roads, travel for busin...
You easily download any file type for your device.Washington's Highway 99 (Images of America) | Chuck Flood. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
