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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E27_paradise-inn_Ashford-WA.html
Paradise Inn. . Advertised as a place "where the flowers and the glaciers meet," Paradise Inn opened on July 4, 1917. Here tourists arrived wearing long skirts and woolen traveling suits, "seeking a renewal of spirit in the vast world out-of-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CB0_changing-course_Ashford-WA.html
Not long ago, the waters of Kautz Creek filled this creek bed. Today only a small stream flows here. Kautz Creek has moved. Along with record rainfall, early November 2006 brought debris flows to several areas of the park. Not far from here, on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAZ_a-recovering-forest_Ashford-WA.html
Does this forest look different than the forest on the other side of the river? Multiple mudflows have raced down Mount Rainier's slopes snapping off trees like toothpicks. When the mud stopped flowing, it set like concrete over tree roots, suffoc…
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Along this short trail, discover clues to one of the most powerful geologic forces that has shaped Mount Rainier. Mudflows have thundered down this valley, topping trees, damaging bridges and leaving behind thick layers of mud and debris. St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM167Z_an-ancient-community_Ashford-WA.html
Enter an ancient forest and find yourself sheltered by giant trees reaching more than 200 feet into the sky. Western hemlock and western red-cedar, some as old as 850 years, are the dominant trees in Mount Rainier's old-growth lowland forests. The…
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