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A man of legendary stature in the climbing world, author Fred Beckey has literally followed in the footsteps of the early adventurers in his pursuit of this history of the Northern Cascade Range. Covering the mountain area between the Columbia and Fraser rivers, this volume brings together the experiences of a wide range of explorers, from the Native Americans who walked the first mountain trails to the Forest Service employees who traveled and mapped the land extensively. In between there were traders and trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company; men searching for railroad passes, wagon routes, or gold; and also a hardy group of geologists and topographers. All these groups were in pursuit of an increased knowledge of the terrain that would allow them to map (and perhaps profit from) the beautiful and mysterious northern Cascades. <p>A RANGE OF GLACIERS is rich in colorful detail. The author has made extensive use of the journals, letters, and official reports of both the famous and the less well known explorers of these mountains. Beckey has given us not only the records of where they traveled and what they found, but also their expressions of the wonder, hardships, camaraderie, disa

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Author

Beckey, Fred W., Beckey, Fred

Publisher

University of Washington Press ; Combined Academic

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780875952437

Category

history

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14