You think our commutes from the Eastside to Seattle are hard now? Consider this. Back in the day when The Tolt/Carnation area was being settled, the commute was much much worse. Did you know a commute from Seattle to the Tolt area included a ferry, pack horses, and an Indian canoe? From Historylink.org:
Getting to Tolt from Seattle was no easy task, but many prospective farmers did. W. A. Templeton, writing in 1953, remembered as a child taking the ferry across Lake Washington, riding pack horses to Redmond, and then following 20 miles of trails to Tolt. Once at the river, goods were transported across in a large Indian canoe.
Can you imagine?
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