The BURG

I always get a feeling of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies Smiling At Me" when I see the beautiful Blue Mountains, spotting them as I drive back and forth to Walla Walla.

This feeling is felt many times by many people over the years. Many people tell me so.

The poet Joaquin Miller, operating the Mossman Express between Walla Walla and Lewiston in 1861, was so impressed with their evanescing hues that he declared 'The Blue Mountains are the most beautiful in the world.' But one must look at them every day to really see them.

Undoubtedly, an expedition of David Thompson (1811) Thompson's French-Canad...