Newspaper articles scanned for this web site are from the newspaper collections held at the University of Washington (http://www.lib.washington.edu/mcnews/). All efforts were made to gather the most complete sets of articles possible. The best scans and copies were used, although some may be a bit hard to read owing to the age of the paper and the quality of the microfilm.

Each file in the index contains all the Wellington-related articles for a particular newspaper by date. A concerted effort was made to keep file sizes to a minimum, but some files may be a bit larger owing to expanded news coverage (e.g. the Seattle newspapers). Some visitors with slow connections may experience a small wait when downloading files.

This website is administrated by Alan J. Stein and designed by Chris Goodman. Thanks go out to Walt Crowley, Alyssa Burrows, and the staff of HistoryLink (http://www.historylink.org) for hosting and providing support in getting this site online.

Special thanks go out to The King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission - Hotel/Motel Tax Revenues which provided the funding needed to get this site online. The commission is instrumental in many local heritage projects, and I deeply thank them for their support.

Any questions/comments about this website and its contents should be sent to Alan J. Stein with the word Wellington typed in the e-mail header.

For more information on the Wellington disaster, I refer you to two excellent sites elsewhere on the web. Bob Kelly has amassed the most comprehensive data on the disaster, including a detailed bibliography. His site, The Wellington Avalanche, can be found at http://home1.gte.net/mvmmvm/index.html. If you're planning a trip into the Cascade Mountains to hike the trail along the old Great Northern Railroad bed, by all means contact the Iron Goat Trail project, via their website at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/cpsha/irongoat/. The work they have done to document and preserve the natural and social history of Wellington, the Cascade Tunnel, and the Great Northern rail line is outstanding.