A Traveler’s View of Washington Roads
A correspondent writes to the editor from Chicago, critiquing the abysmal state of Eastern Washington's highways and the lack of promotion for the Yellowstone Trail.
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It is a pleasure to read in your paper of the preparations for spring work in Kennewick. I am much interested in the efforts towards obtaining better roads for Eastern Washington and believe any sort of work done upon the roads between Pasco and Ritzville would be an improvement. These were the most wretched country roads we found in our 2500-mile trip last October. I would never advise tourists to follow the ‘Ever-green’ trail if those same conditions exist. It seems wrong that prospective tourists are never told of the well-marked Yellowstone Trail to the Northwest because of the association's lack of advertising and business methods.
“These were the most wretched country roads we found in our 2500-mile trip last October.”
The struggle for infrastructure connectivity in Eastern Washington remains a major political and economic theme. The traveler's frustration with road conditions between Pasco and Ritzville reflects long-standing geographic challenges for regional travel.
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