downstream the Chehalis River
- Geology and coal resources of the Centralia-Chehalis district, Washington (pubs.usgs.gov)
The Centralia-Chehalis coal district includes about 570 square miles in south western Thurston County and northwestern Lewis County, Wash., midway between Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Oreg., and forms a part of the subbituminous and lignite coal fields of southwestern Washington. It adjoins the Morton coal field on the east and the Toledo coal field on the south. It includes a part of the extreme western foothills of the Cascade Range and a part of the eastern border of the Coast Ranges.
- Thurston County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Thurston County is located in Western Washington, on the southern end of Puget Sound, often called the “South Sound.” It is the eighth smallest county in the state, with a total land mass of 727 miles, but also the eighth most populous county, with a population of 207,355 counted in the 2000 United States Census.
northbound on Interstate 5
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Matthew 12:43 KJV
southbound on Interstate 5
- Thurston County, Washington (Wikipedia)
Thurston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 294,793. The county seat and largest city is Olympia, the state capital.
