At last - the summit of the Pass
History of Stevens Pass
.Stevens Pass is named after John Frank Stevens, the first non-indigenous person to discover it. Native Americans familiar with the area knew of the pass, although very little is known about Native American routes through the mountains.
In 1890, Stevens conducted a thorough survey for the Great Northern Railroad. He had heard about a pass from natives, located the pass, and determined it to be the best suited for a railway crossing of the North Cascades.
He wrote that there was no indication that the pass was used — there was no sign of any trails, blazes, campsites, or old campfires, for at least ten miles (16 km) in either direction and that the area was thickly forested and covered with almost impenetrable brush. Stevens wrote, "the region promised nothing to the prospector, while Indians and Whites crossing the mountains used either Snoqualmie on the south or the Indian Pass on the north.
At last - the summit of the Pass
History of Stevens Pass
.Stevens Pass is named after John Frank Stevens, the first non-indigenous person to discover it. Native Americans familiar with the area knew of the pass, although very little is known about Native American routes through the mountains.
In 1890, Stevens conducted a thorough survey for the Great Northern Railroad. He had heard about a pass from natives, located the pass, and determined it to be the best suited for a railway crossing of the North Cascades.
He wrote that there was no indication that the pass was used — there was no sign of any trails, blazes, campsites, or old campfires, for at least ten miles (16 km) in either direction and that the area was thickly forested and covered with almost impenetrable brush. Stevens wrote, "the region promised nothing to the prospector, while Indians and Whites crossing the mountains used either Snoqualmie on the south or the Indian Pass on the north.