Special thanks to Harold Moon for the narrated tour of the entire watershed in his marvelous 1948 Willy's jeep, and also to Doug Eitemiller for digitizing the watershed boundary in the Digital Elevation Model.
Background Reading:
[Bledsoe] 1908 Timber Survey, Bledsoe Archives. Probably conducted by the State or Federal Government. No further identification.
Glauert, Earl T. and Merle H. Kunz, ed. Kittitas Frontiersmen. Ellensburg WA: Ellensburg Public Library, 1976. Ross quote from Fur Hunters of the Far West. London: Smith, Elder and Company, 1855.
Henderson, Eugene M. The Pine Tree Express. [Lacey WA?] : E.M. Henderson, 1990.
Jordan, Josee. You're At Liberty Here : Mines and Miners of the Swauk. Yakima WA: Franklin Press, 1967.
Lyman, William Denison. History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties. [Unknown]: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919. Johnson quote from an unpublished paper, presentation attended by Lyman.
Mathews, Daniel. Cascade - Olympic Natural History. Hong Kong: Everbest Printing, for Raven Editions, 1994.
Reynolds, Doug and Dan Beck. Biomes of the Pacific Northwest, field class notes, August 23-29, 1996.
Smith, Geoge Otis. Mount Stuart Folio No. 106. Library edition. [Unknown]: United States Geological Survey, 1904.
Case #784, Superior Court of Kittitas County, State of Washington, August 1891. (Bledsoe)
Tabor, R. W., et.al. Geologic Map of the Wenatchee 1:100,000 Quadrangle, Central Washington. Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigations Series, Map I-1311. [Denver CO?]: U.S.Geological Survey, 1982.
Thomson, John Prentiss. Ellensburg Blue. [Ellensburg WA?]:Ellensburg Altrusa Club Project, 1961.
Tozer, Warren Wilson. The History of Gold Mining in the Swauk, Peshastin, and Cle Elum Mining Districts of the Wenatchee Mountains, 1853 - 1899. [Pullman, WA?]: Washington State University, 1965.
[USFS] United States Forest Service. Table Mountain Watershed, Watershed Analysis. Cle Elum Ranger District, Wenatchee National Forest. Computer printout, version 1.0, September 25, 1995.
Waitt, Richard B., Jr. Late Cenozoic Deposits, Landforms, Stratigraphy, and Tectonism in Kittitas Valley, Washington. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1127. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1979.
AREA TOPO MAPS:
USGS 15 min series, Liberty Quadrangle
USGS 15 min series, Thorp Quadrangle
USGS 7 ½ min series, Liberty
USGS 7 ½ min series, Swauk Prairie
USGS 7 ½ min series, Swauk Pass
USGS 7 ½ min series, Reecer Canyon
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