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Map of Dead Horse Cave in Skamania County, Washington

Exploring Dead Horse Cave

September 25, 2023 Steve Carroll Outdoor Adventures

Dead Horse Cave is an extensive cave system outside of Trout Lake, Washington in Skamania County. It is the largest lava tube cave in the continental U.S. with 14,441 feet of passageways.

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Washington State map 1889

Washington Joins the Union: Map of Washington and Oregon from 1889 Letts’s Atlas

June 15, 2023 Steve Carroll Antiques, Blog

This is my newest antique map that I bought from a dealer in the U.K. Right away I liked it[…]

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McNeil Prison Island

McNeil Island: Washington’s own Prison Island

June 11, 2023 Steve Carroll Blog

When people think of a prison island they usually think of Alcatraz Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay. But California isn’t the only state with a prison island. Washington’s Puget Sound is the home to another, older prison island.

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1939-S Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar

January 1, 2023 Steve Carroll Blog

The Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar was a fifty-cent piece struck intermittently by the United States Bureau of the Mint between 1926 and 1939.[…]

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1893 Columbian Expo “Pre-Official” Postal Card, Fisheries Bldg

December 30, 2022 Steve Carroll Antiques

The newest addition to my early pioneer postcard collection is a postal card from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The 1893[…]

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Edward Gallagher's headstone

Vancouver’s Hanging Holiday

October 9, 2022 Steve Carroll Local History, Weird but True

In 1901, Washington State took over the responsibility for the execution of criminals sentenced to death in the state.  Before[…]

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Haunted Walking Tours of Vancouver

Haunted Walking Tours of Vancouver

October 8, 2022 Steve Carroll Local History, Weird but True

They’re back!! Vancouver’s Haunted Walking Tours are back and run every Friday and Saturday at 6:00PM in October. This year[…]

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Downtown Vancouver flooed in 1894.

Vancouver and the Great Flood of 1894

June 29, 2022 Steve Carroll Local History

As the Columbia River continued to rise, so did the destruction of Vancouver, Washington.  At first no-one noticed the water[…]

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a picture of White water at Lava Canyon

Lava Canyon

June 25, 2022 Steve Carroll Outdoor Adventures

FINALLY a nice sunny Saturday in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve literally been dreaming about this day. This Spring it seemed[…]

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Photo of Evan exiting an unnamed cave in the Big Lava Trench.

My Lava Tube Caving Videos

June 24, 2022 Steve Carroll Blog, Outdoor Adventures

One of the things I love to do is hunt for and explore lava tube caves. Here’s a list of my caving videos on YouTube.

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