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The Blewett Fire closed U.S. 97 Wednesday afternoon, despite being only 15 acres. The blaze was uncontained as of press time, and had started shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Largest Washington fires:
It should not be confused with Old Blewett Pass, which is about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the current summit at the slightly lower elevation of 4,064 feet (1,239 m). [5] Swauk was renamed to Blewett Pass in the 1960s after the completion of a new highway alignment for US 97, with locals preferring to keep the old name. [ 6 ]
The project was finished on August 17, 2006, and improved a 32-mile (51 km) segment near Blewett Pass, a 18-mile (29 km) section in the Colville Indian Reservation and a 20-mile (32.19 km) segment between Riverside and Oroville. [52] [53] Prior to October 5, 2006, US 197, an auxiliary route of US 97, ended at US 97, co-signed with SR 14, in ...
Stevens Pass, located in the Cascade Range The U.S. state of Washington , located in the Pacific Northwest , has several major mountain ranges that are traversed various passes . The state is divided by the Cascade Range , which have the highest passes, and is also home to the Olympic Mountains , Selkirk Mountains , and Blue Mountains .
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Fred Beckey describes the Wenatchee Mountains as the area between the Wenatchee and Yakima rivers and Stevens Pass.Among the range's significant features he describes are Mount Stuart, the second highest non-volcanic peak in Washington and one of the largest single granitic mountains in the United States, the Cashmere Crags, the Lost World Plateau, Edward Plateau, and Dragontail Plateau, the ...
Blewett is a ghost town in Chelan County, Washington, United States. The small mining town was established on the west side of Peshastin Creek in the foothills of the Wenatchee Mountains in the mid-1870s. The first mining claims were filed in 1874, and a stamp mill followed by 1878. A wagon road to Cle Elum was completed in 1879.
[53] [75] In 1919, the state government rerouted the Sunset Highway between Ellensburg and Wenatchee, proposing a new branch through Blewett Pass in lieu of the ferry crossing at Vantage, which became part of the North Central Highway. [76] [77] [78] The Blewett Pass highway was completed in May 1922, replacing a more dangerous wagon road ...