The Race to the Summit
Seattle and Yakima men compete to see who can finish the mountain pass wagon road first.
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We learn from Geo. F. Smith, that the wagon road forces from each side will meet in three weeks, when wagons will be able to go through without any trouble. The force on both sides consists of about 100 men, who are pushing the work with commendable dispatch. There is considerable strife manifested between the Seattle boys and the Yakima men, to see which party will gain the summit first. The Yakimas say they intend to win. This is a praiseworthy strife. We would like to see both parties reach the summit simultaneously. We are especially gratified to know the work is so nearly accomplished. The road will be much needed and largely used before any other means of transit will supercede it.
“There is considerable strife manifested between the Seattle boys and the Yakima men, to see which party will gain the summit first.”
The effort to bridge Seattle and the east side of the mountains via Snoqualmie Pass remains a perennial civic obsession, though we have long since traded wagon teams for asphalt and traffic jams.
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