The Historic Pacific Highway
in Washington

Resources & Credits

I wish to thank the following websites and authors for the information they provided in making this site possible.

WSU Libraries

Washington State Historical Society

Historical Road Maps & Guides

Whatcom County Town Histories

Highways of Washington State

Bridgehumter.com

Establishing the Pacific Highway South

Columbia River Reader

Thurston County Historical Markers

City of Tumwater

Home Town Debate Willapa Harbor Herald

Lewis County GenWeb Project

Cowlitz County GenWeb Project

Yelm History Project

Thurston Talk

Columbia River Images

Olympia Historical Society

Anyplace America

Skagit River Journal

Historical Musings by Tim Ransom

Surrey History

Historylink

Whatcom talk

Washington Lidar Portal

Bureau of Land Managment

Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records

Washington Digital Newspapers

Library of Congress - Chronicling of America

The Columbia River - A Photographic Journey

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Books

The Washington Historical Quarterly 1921

Fort Nisqually 1986 - Cecelia Svinth Carpenter

"Washington A Guide to the Evergreen State 1940"

"International Pacific Highway System 1938"

"That Ribbon of Highway III"

"Cowlitz Corridor 1952"

Automobile Blue Books 1913. 1915 and 1919

Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region by Harlan Bretz 1916

Told by the Pioneers

Origin of Washington Place Names - Edmund Meany 1923

Maps

1925 Metskers map of Washington (hard copy)

Old gas station maps of the 30’s 40’ and 50’s

Old Anderson map of Clarke County 1909

Quadrangle map of Cowlitz County 1913 (hard copy)

1922 Clark County map (hard copy)

1899 Clark County map (hard copy)

Historic Map Works

Washington State Historical Maps

NETR Online Historical Aerials

U.S. Department of Agriculture 1909 to 1911 maps

Historical Quadrangles of Washington

The USCG Store

Historical Topographic Map Collection

King County Road Services map Vault

Miscellaneous

Google Maps

Google Earth