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Mount Rainier Looms Over Tacoma and Seattle Feud
A long feature on Mount Rainier National Park describes its history and geology. It notes the 14,408 foot summit, vast glacier systems, and wildflower parks. The article discusses naming controversy between Tacoma and Seattle and includes historical discoveries by Gray, Vancouver, and Broughton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ncle Sam
Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier
Uncle Sam
National Park
Peter the Great
Vitus Behring
Siberia
Atlantic
Alaska
North Pacific
Perez
Hacet
Pacific Coast
Nootka Sound
Columbia River
James Cook
Cook's Inlet
Juan de Fuca's Straits
Columbia
Robert Means
East India Company
Nootka
Puget Sound
Gray
Broughton
Peter Rainier
Tacoma
Seattle
Earth
Rainier
John Muir
John D. Willams
F. E. Matthes
United States Geological Survey
Cascade Range
Mount Shasta
United States
Alps
Mount Whitney
Lark
Japan
Point Success
Liberty Cap
Geological Survey
Columbia Crest
Nisqually
Ingraham
Emmons
Winthrop
Tahoma
Kautz
Cowlitz
Paradise
Fryingpan
Carbon
Russell
Mowich
Puyallup
Pyramid
Pacific
Spray Park
St. Andrews Park
Indian Henry's Hunting Ground
Summer Land
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