Description
Although Asahel Curtis earned his living as a commercial photographer, his major center of attention was once outdoor the camera lens. He had a long lasting passion for Mount Rainier, mountaineering its spectacular heights on more than one occasions. He was once a Yakima Valley farm owner, a dedicated member of Washington’s just right roads movement, and a founding father of the Seattle Mountaineers Club. The primary full-length biography of this premier photographer/booster/mountaineer,Developing the Pacific Northwest examines his work, his circle of relatives and business relationships, his involvement with eastern Washington irrigation and cooperative marketing, and his beliefs about resource development.