The white cascade

the Great Northern Railway disaster and America's deadliest avalanche

315 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2007 by Henry Holt and Company.

ISBN:
978-0-8050-7705-6
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OCLC Number:
70408053

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"In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard hit Washington State. High in the Cascade Mountains near the tiny town of Wellington, two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found their railcars buried in rising drifts, parked precariously on the edge of a steep ravine. An army of the Great Northern Railroad's men worked round-the-clock to rescue the trains, but the storm was unrelenting. Suddenly the earth shifted and a colossal avalanche tumbled, sweeping the trains and their sleeping passengers over the steep slope and down the mountainside."--From source other than the Library of Congress

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Amazingly well-researched and organized story of the worst avalanche in US history that happened right here near Steven's Pass. And great historical insight into the genesis of that rail line and what the trains did to shape the region in 1910.

Subjects

  • Avalanches
  • Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
  • Railroad accidents
  • History

Places

  • Washington (State)