By Marianne Lincoln It is a hidden place on private property now, but when the Naches Trail hosted wagons from Eastern to Western Washington in the 1850’s, the spring near the Trail’s end was a valuable resource. Officially, the Naches Trail ended at the Mahon Farm. Most of that farm later became the Brookdale Golf…
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Trail’s End Development reveals historical markers for site
By Marianne Lincoln The Brookdale Golf Course at 17th aka Chesney Road and Brookdale Road is now a housing development called Trail’s End. That trail is called the Naches Trail and is the northernmost branch of the Oregon Trail that brought settlers across the newest territories of the United States in the 1800’s. Most notably,…
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