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USA Today calls Burke-Gilman Trail ‘nation’s pride’ + Remembering the 1970s NIMBY fight against it

The USA Today published a list of the best urban trails in the nation last week. Near the top of their list is, of course, Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail. The paper describes it like this: This former rail trail is a … Continue reading

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Seattle’s first bicycle

The first bicycle to ever make it into Washington Territory arrived on this day in 1879, according to History Link: On November 14, 1879, the first bicycle ever seen in Washington Territory arrives in Seattle aboard a steamer from San … Continue reading

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