Stories surrounding the lure of gold and adventures in finding it comprise an important chapter from the annals of early Washington State history. A few remaining old-timers still gather around tables in small town coffee shops to reminisce about the good old days or the time granddad came west to discover gold and a better way of life. Only a generation removed, these gentlemen talk with familiarity about nineteenth century gold strikes at places such as Liberty and Blewett, Rich Bar on the Similkameen, and Ruby Creek in the North Cascades. Through infinite labor and privations, the tide of hardy adventurers reached the promised land. The tide of emigration spread all over the mountain ranges and valleys of the West and in 40 years produced more than $2,000,000,000 in gold and silver, actual money, created and added to our country's resources. It enabled our people to settle a vast country. These grand and beneficent results of precious metal mining stand without parallel in human history.

Gold Mining In Washington State - Yesterday And Today

Engineering & Transportation

Ken Martin

Engineering

Golden Treasures Pub

Peter Banks is one of rock music's legendary guitarists - probably the best player you have never heard. He was a founding member of the influential group YES, and later the pioneering rock group Flash. In his book BEYOND AND BEFORE Banks talks frankly about the struggle to achieve musical success within early YES. He comments on his contemporaries and peers Jimi Hendrix, Robert Fripp and Pete Townshend, and includes many amusing anecdotes influenced by the exciting, supercharged atmosphere of 'Swinging Sixties' London. Not only is this book a documentation of the formative YES years and a history of the origins of 'progressive rock', it gives an insight into the daily tribulations and survival techniques of a contemporary musician in the late twentieth century. It is a testimonial to dedicated musicians, given by a man who has spent over thirty years as a foot soldier in the motley, shambling, and demoralized army of 'Rock.' Told with wit, insight, perspicacity, and even bigger words that Banks wishes he could spell, BEYOND AND BEFORE is a must for 'prog-rock' enthusiasts.

Beyond and Before: The Formative Years of Yes

Banks, Peter

James, Billy

Humor & Entertainment

Peter Banks is one of rock music's legendary guitarists - probably the best player you have never heard. He was a founding member of the influential group YES, and later the pioneering rock group Flash. In his book BEYOND AND BEFORE Banks talks frankly about the struggle to achieve musical success within early YES. He comments on his contemporaries and peers Jimi Hendrix, Robert Fripp and Pete Townshend, and includes many amusing anecdotes influenced by the exciting, supercharged atmosphere of 'Swinging Sixties' London. Not only is this book a documentation of the formative YES years and a history of the origins of 'progressive rock', it gives an insight into the daily tribulations and survival techniques of a contemporary musician in the late twentieth century. It is a testimonial to dedicated musicians, given by a man who has spent over thirty years as a foot soldier in the motley, shambling, and demoralized army of 'Rock.' Told with wit, insight, perspicacity, and even bigger words that Banks wishes he could spell, BEYOND AND BEFORE is a must for 'prog-rock' enthusiasts.

Beyond & Before: The Formative Years of Yes

A Dream Goes on Forever: The Continuing Story of Todd Rundgren

"The people that buy my records are of that age group that missed the Beatles; well, I'm their Beatles." - Todd Rundgren 
To understand Todd Rundgren is to understand change; a continual artistic metamorphosis that goes through various radical stages, yet somehow remains not far from its original roots. (Roots derived from the music of the mod British rockers of the '60s, such as the Yardbirds, the Beatles and the Who; the incomparable writing style of Laura Nyro; as well as the sounds from his own back yard - Philadelphia soul music.) 
A true dichotomy in music; Todd Rundgren has continued to amuse and bemuse fans and critics alike for more than three decades, with his enchanting songs and music, innovative productions and incessant persistence in dealing with the music business strictly on his own terms. A Dream Goes On Forever - The Continuing Story Of Todd Rundgren (volume one) examines the history of one of America's true rock icons; from his early days of pop stardom with the Nazz; to the 'whiz kid' productions, which included the likes of Badfinger and Grand Funk; from the million seller hits; to his psychedelic explorations; from his idiosyncratic ideologies and philosophies; to the highly acclaimed conceptual ensemble Utopia. 
The unbelievable story of rock's lost genius is now ready to be told. Utopia is here!

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Gold Mining In Washington State - Yesterday And Today

Beyond and Before: The Formative Years of Yes

Beyond & Before: The Formative Years of Yes

A Dream Goes on Forever: The Continuing Story of Todd Rundgren

A Dream Goes on Forever: The Continuing Story of Todd Rundgren