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Terri Andre: Follow the Yellowstone Trail through Washington

  • Museum at Keewaydin/East Benton County Historical Society 205 West Keewaydin Drive Kennewick, WA, 99336 United States (map)

It’s the 1920s, also known as the “Roaring Twenties.”  Along with jazz music, flappers, and economic prosperity, Americans are taking to the road as easier access to auto ownership allows everyday Americans to enjoy family vacations.  The Yellowstone Trail was a very popular route on the Great American Road Trip; this “good road” from Plymouth, MA to Seattle, WA brought record numbers of tourists traveling west.

 A new Ford 5 passenger touring car could be bought for $393 and gas was .25 per gallon. The price of the auto was similar to that of a horse and buggy – but the auto only needed to be “fed” when it was in use! 

Travel the Yellowstone Trail through Washington’s villages, towns and cities – along the “Good Road” from Plymouth, MA to Seattle, WA.  Explore tales from Spokane, the “Green Bridge”, the (now defunct) town of Attalia, Tourist Car Camps, and more as the Trail culminates in the bustling city of Seattle!

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