Taylor Landing Cache Traditional Cache
Arabesque: Time to archive this cache. Thank's to all who found it and all who put in new logs and fixed the container when I could not. I had about a dozen folks that are not cachers log finds as well!
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Cache is located by a well used boat ramp. Please use the parking coordinates given. Easy walk for all to enjoy.
Even though the exact history of Taylor Landing is unclear to me, the history of the river flowing past Duvall is interesting. By standing and looking into the river, one can imagine what it was like first hearing then seeing the steamers as they made their way up the river. Watching as they made land at Duvall, unloaded and reloaded goods and people, then left. Each steamer has a history and I do not pretend to downplay any of them. I can only give you some names of steamers and the yearn to research further the details of each. Each added to Duvall in their own way, each took with them a memory of Duvall. The first steamer to ply the waters of the Snoqualmie River past Duvall was the 85 foot Steamer Mamie owed by Fred Pinkerton in 1884. This was during a time that Seattle had a population of only 5000 people! The smallest steamer on the Snoqualmie River was the Echo at only 50 feet, while the largest was the Black Prince at 90 feet long. There was also the Steamer Nellie and the Steamer Cascade. Each of these steamers was in between the size of the Echo and the Black Prince. The last steamer to make the trip was the Steamer Lucerne in 1917. The Lucerne was used to haul potatoes from the Carnation milk farms down river to the railroad. The Skagit Chief would come up the Snoqualmie River to pull out deadheads. Not groupies, but logs that have one end floating, one end sunk and in the river bottom. These were a great nuisance to river travel. There was also a ferry serving Duvall. It was nothing more than a scow that had gangway ends to allow passengers and teams easy access to the shore. The cost for a trip across the river was 15 cents for passengers and 50 cents for a whole team, wagon, and driver.With that, enjoy the cache and take with you a memory of the past.Cache is in a Lock & Lock container.Please park at N47° 44.612 W121° 59.190Fishermen Muggles frequent the cache area so it is best to park and walk in.
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