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The Wellington Avalanche

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History of Skykomish Area and the Rail Road
This Site is a quickly put together set of links to the current history of Skykomish, Welmington (Tye), and the Stevens Pass - Wenatchee Corridor Inspiration for the site is due entirely to Matt Cawby
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Skykomish historical society - Hank Barber steps down, Patty Carlson Replaces. museumsusa
Skykomish historical society - Fall, 2006 Newsletter (pdf format) Skykomish Historical Society Fall 2006 Newsletter
Skykomish historical society - Summer, 2006 Newsletter (pdf format) Skykomish Historical Society Summer 2006 Newsletter
Sky History Society skyhistory/society.htm
Town of Skykomish Site town.skykomish.wa.us
The Wellington Avalanche

Stevens Pass, Washington
March 1, 1910
home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/index.html
After the avalanche home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/picts/postavalanche.html
Research about Wellington home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/research.html
Wellington Photographers home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/photographers.html
1980 photos of BN trains in Skykomish www.snowcrest.net/photobob/bn.html
Living Wilderness Photos Around Washington www.livingwilderness.com/images.html
Books about the avalanche home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/books.html
Some avalanche destruction scenes home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/picts/destruction.html
Before the slide home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/picts/pre1910.html
Skykomish thumbnails and history www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1623
Textual history www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib001/CASCADE_GN.TXT
Textual history www.answers.com/topic/cascade-tunnel
1910 The Wellington Disaster on March 1 is the worst Railroad Disaster in American History when more than 96 people are killed just west of Stevens Pass in a massive avalanche. Stephens Hospital sold April 10 and becomes Monroe General Hospital. Savoy Hotel constructed on West Main Street. Cornerstone laid for the Reformatory May 28. Cornerstone laid for the Monroe Union High School building in September. Skykomish Historical Society www.geocities.com/skyhistory/
The U of W has a digital collection. Enter "Wellington" and search "All Collections". Linking to the resulting pages produces no results, one must use the library′s search software. content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/advsearch.exe
Skykomish historical society www.geocities.com/skyhistory/society.htm
UW Office of News and Information www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=25096
Pioneer Tunnel Research Grant News article, 6/21/2006 www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/06/21/100wir_b5uwlab001.cfm
Cosmic Research Lab - Sierra Club cascade.sierraclub.org/node/559
The UW Proposal for Pioneer Tunnel Research Grant www.dusel.org/DEEPSeminarSeries/Cascades_Apr22.pdf
Lee Picket Photographs (more general photography of the region) content.lib.washington.edu/pickettweb/index.html
More history of the avalanche www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5127
Donations of pictures happily posted here
Mail to Clarke Isackson