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2 stories matching steeper

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  1. Toledo's Bicycle Railroad: A Small Town Bets on a Two-Wheeled Future

    Toledo incorporates a railroad company with $80,000 capital and considers a patented bicycle-powered engine to link the town to the Northern Pacific.

    Mar 6, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerToledo, Lewis CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  2. They Climbed Rainier First—and Slept in a Sulphur-Scented Ice Cave

    In 1870, Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump reached Mount Rainier's summit after a brutal 10½-hour climb, then spent a freezing night beside volcanic steam vents.

    Jan 6, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

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