Washington's Highway 99 / Chuck Flood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flood, Chuck., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile travel--Washington (State)--History--Pictorial works.

Automobile travel.

Historic buildings--Washington (State)--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Roads--Washington (State)--History--Pictorial works.

Roads.

Roadside architecture--Washington (State)--History--Pictorial works.

Roadside architecture.

United States Highway 99--History--Pictorial works.

United States Highway 99.

Washington (State)--History, Local--Pictorial works.

Washington (State).

Washington State Route 99 (Wash.)--History--Pictorial works.

Washington State Route 99 (Wash.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Blaine to Everett

Everett to Seattle

Seattle to Tacoma

Tacoma to Olympia

Olympia to Vancouver.

OCLC:

885210216