Road to Rainier Scenic Byway
Johnstone, Donald M. / The South Pierce County Historical Socie
The Road to Rainier Scenic Byway has grown from a Native American forest trail, hundreds of years old, to a modern forest highway carrying 1.5 million travelers a year. In 1833, a European tourist first reached a glacier, and soon others followed, seeking the wonders of Mount Rainier. In 1903, the railroad reached Eatonville, and national park visitors, who started as a few thousand, became tens of thousands. With a market for timber, hundreds...
