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In 1941, the WPA Guide to Washington described Rainier as "the social center for farmers and loggers of the vicinity, although its closed mills and vacant houses mark it as a ghost lumber town." [8] Rainier was officially incorporated on October 23, 1947. [9] In 1948, Rainier opened its town hall at 102 Dakota Street South; it housed the ...
The road to Sunrise from Banshee Peak ridge (14 October 2024). The Sunrise Historic District, also known as the community of Sunrise, Washington, is located at approximately 6,400 feet (2,000 m) on a ridge overlooking the northeast side of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park.
Rainier was founded in 1851 on the south bank of the Columbia River by Charles E. Fox, the town's first postman. First called Eminence, its name was later changed to Fox's Landing and finally to Rainier. The name Rainier was taken from Mount Rainier in Washington, which can be seen from hills above the city. Rainier was incorporated in 1881. [5]
Longmire, which is effectively encompassed by the Longmire Historic District, is a visitor services center in Washington State's Mount Rainier National Park, located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of the Nisqually Entrance.
Scientists fear Washington’s Mount Rainier could trigger a swift debris flow caused by melting snow and ice. ... The eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in November 1985 devastated the town ...
Rainier Tower is a 41-story, 156.67 m (514.0 ft) skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract of Seattle, Washington, at 1301 Fifth Avenue. It was designed by Minoru Yamasaki , who designed the World Trade Center in New York City as well as the IBM Building , which is on the corner across the street from Rainier Tower to the southeast.
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Mount Rainier from Ricksecker Point, 1932 Tacoma—seat of Pierce County Mount Rainier hazard map. Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 921,130, [1] up from 795,225 in 2010, making it the second-most populous county in Washington, behind King County, and the 59th-most populous in the United States.