downstream on the Skagit River
- Concrete — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
The town of Concrete in northern Skagit County is located on the Skagit River at the mouth of the Baker River. Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Range, Concrete is known as the gateway to the North Cascades. A few homesteaders began settling the area in the 1870s and 1880s, and more arrived over the next couple decades as two communities grew up, Baker on the west side of the Baker River and then Cement City on the east side…
- United States Secretary of State (Wikipedia)
The United States Secretary of State (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State. The office holder is the second-highest-ranking member of the president’s Cabinet, after the vice president, and ranks fourth in the presidential line of succession; first amongst cabinet secretaries.
upstream on the Skagit River
- Concrete, Washington (Wikipedia)
Concrete is a town in north-central Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, and had a population of 801 at the 2020 census.
