Goose Prairie
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Location in Washington
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Washington | ||
| County : | Yakima County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 53 ′ N , 121 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Height : | 990 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 98937 | ||
| Area code : | +1 509 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1520150 | ||
Goose Prairie is an unincorporated area in Yakima County , Washington state . Goose Prairie is about 41 miles northwest of Yakima . It was founded by Tom Fife in 1886, who named it after a goose that visited the meadow one evening and stayed the night.
Fife bequeathed part of its land to the Boy Scouts ; the Grand Columbia Committee maintains Camp Fife , a summer camp in honor of Fife.
Next to the camp there are a number of huts and a diner on the meadow, which is only open during the weekends in the summer holidays.
Goose Prairie was once the summer getaway of William O. Douglas , United States Supreme Court Justice . Eric Sevareid interviewed Douglas on Goose Prairie for the CBS documentary Mr. Justice Douglas , which aired on September 6, 1972. The Yakima Valley Museum has a 16mm film of the show in its collection that can be viewed online.
Kay Kershaw and Isabelle Lynn also ran the Double K Mountain Ranch here ; they played a key role in the designation of the nearby William O. Douglas Wilderness .
climate
The climate region is characterized by large seasonal temperature differences with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes extremely cold) winters. According to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification , this is called a humid continental climate (abbreviated to "Dfb").
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Postal Service: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code . 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Camp Fife History
- ↑ Lessons From Goose Prairie
- ↑ Harry M. Majors: Exploring Washington . Van Winkle Publishing Co, 1975, ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6 , p. 126.
- ↑ "Outdoor Location" . Lubbock Avalanche Journal , September 3, 1972.
- ↑ WOD Interview (press the button "access this item" to watch)
- ^ Preview of Double K Mountain Ranch records 1958-1972
- ^ Climate Summary for Goose Prairie, Washington
literature
- Kathleen Tresham Anderson: Birds, Bats & Bailing Wire . Lulu.com, 2009, ISBN 0-557-06178-4 .
- William O. Douglas: Of Men and Mountains . Harper & Brothers, New York 1950.
- Bruce Allen Murphy: Wild Bill: The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas . Random House, New York 2003, ISBN 0-394-57628-4 .
- Jack Nelson: We Never Got Away . Franklin Press, Yakima, WA 1965.
Web links
- GOOSEPRAIRIE (blog; English)
- Official site of Camp Fife (English)
- Yakima Memory (photos from the collection of the Yakima Valley Museum ; English)
- Isabelle Lynn and Kay Kershaw at the Double Kay Mountain Ranch in Goose Prairie (Washington) / Chinook Pass (English)