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 business and pleasure began to shift away from ships and railroads to trucks and family cars. Roadside services developed within a... Read More
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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 business and pleasure began to shift away from ships and railroads to trucks and family cars. Roadside services developed within a... Read More
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 business and pleasure began to shift away from ships and railroads to trucks and family cars. Roadside services developed within and between towns to cater to the new type of travelers--as many as 1,300 "gas, food, and lodging" businesses lined Highway 99, ranging from primitive auto camps to luxury hotels and from simple burger stands to roadside eateries shaped like giant tepees and igloos.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 11th February 2013
State: Washington
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738596181
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
Author Bio
Chuck Flood has a longtime interest in historic highways, roadside Americana, ghost tow ns, pioneer trails and archaeology. After retirement, he delved into research and writing about places and things that are disappearing from the landscape. A member of the Lincoln Highway Association, the Archaeological Conservancy, the Oregon-California Trails Association and the Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society (among others), he has authored several books in Arcadia Press's Images of America series--Washington's Highway 99, Washington's Sunset Highway and Oregon's Highway 99--along with numerous articles for magazines and periodicals, with several more in various stages of completion.
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 business and pleasure began to shift away from ships and railroads to trucks and family cars. Roadside services developed within and between towns to cater to the new type of travelers--as many as 1,300 "gas, food, and lodging" businesses lined Highway 99, ranging from primitive auto camps to luxury hotels and from simple burger stands to roadside eateries shaped like giant tepees and igloos.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 11th February 2013
State: Washington
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738596181
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
Chuck Flood has a longtime interest in historic highways, roadside Americana, ghost tow ns, pioneer trails and archaeology. After retirement, he delved into research and writing about places and things that are disappearing from the landscape. A member of the Lincoln Highway Association, the Archaeological Conservancy, the Oregon-California Trails Association and the Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society (among others), he has authored several books in Arcadia Press's Images of America series--Washington's Highway 99, Washington's Sunset Highway and Oregon's Highway 99--along with numerous articles for magazines and periodicals, with several more in various stages of completion.
