- Liberty Bell Group (summitpost.org)
The Liberty Bell Group hosts some of the best rock climbs in the state of Washington. The rock is for the most part excellent rough granite. Loose rock is seldom encountered on the more popular and frequented routes. Climbs range from short 2 to 3 pitch easy Class 5 to Grade V Big Wall type routes on some of the east faces. There are several excellent snow and ice climbs in the group through most of the spring.
- Franklin Pierce (Wikipedia)
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation’s unity, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. Conflict between North and South continued after Pierce’s presidency, and, after Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, the Southern states seceded, resulting in the American Civil War.