#Quinalt Nation

[deanschlichting]

Lake quinalt, Olympic National forest, Washington USA

[tsmom1219]

As sea levels rise, the Quinalt Nation moves to higher ground

Read the full story at Grist. The community on the coast of Washington state has a plan to establish a new village with low-impact development and green infrastructure.

[themightyfoo]

Tradition and Beyond

Marvin Oliver

Stonington Gallery Seattle

[plantsylover]

Quinalt river has the most colorful water

[lapuslazulli]

Birth Control on the Frontier

Notes From The Frontier May 29

Life was hard on the frontier, especially for women. According to the 1850 U.S. census, the first ever conducted nationwide, the average woman had six children, down from 7-8 in 1800. Pregnancy and childbirth were major killers of women and in the western frontier, the mortality rate was three times higher than in New England and more than 50 times what it is today. (Imagine giving birth in a Conestoga wagon on the rutted and rocky Oregon Trail!)

That wasn't the only problem. After the Civil War, the 2.75 million soldiers coming home from the war suffered from epidemic rates of alcoholism and opiate addiction. (See previous post, "Cocaine Candy in the Old West"). Unemployment, PTSD (called "soldier's heart" in the 1860s), and domestic violence were at epidemic rates as well.

Women were desperate to control the number of children they had and there was a voracious market for birth control methods. This, despite the fact that in the 1840s, state legislatures began passing laws outlawing the sale and use of contraceptives until the 1873 Comstock Law banned them federally. By 1880, abortion, too, was criminalized in all states.

By 1850, contraceptive products were massively marketed and advertised in ladies magazines as "female pills," "Mother's friend," "prevention powders," and "regulator tablets." Tablets or tinctures of pennyroyal, rue, foxglove, angelica root, or partridge berry, marketed as "squaw vine," worked in various ways as abortifacients or preventives.

Condoms and crude diaphragms and precursors to the IUD were also invented and on the market by the 1850s. Charles Goodyear's 1839 rubber "vulcanization" process revolutionized condom manufacturing. Birth control douches became popular, as well. All sort of concoctions, some deadly, were used, including bleach, sulfate of zinc, and, starting in the 1880s, Coca Cola and Lysol!

The many forms of birth control of the 1800s varied wildly in their ineffectiveness and many were deadly or left women damaged for life. Despite the dangers, the fertility rate of the nation's female population continued to plummet consistently for the entire 19th century.

Native American women, too, used birth control methods. They were not only empowered by cultural knowledge passed down through generations, but by a natural pharmacopeia of plants and herbs available to them in nature. The Hopi and Tewa used the Indian paintbrush plant to prevent pregnancy and the Navajo, stoneseed. Tea made from false hellebore root was used by both women and men to prevent children in the Paiute, Washo, and Shoshone tribes. The Shoshone also used stoneseed and one-seed juniper berries. Tea from bitter cherry wood was used by the Skokomish, Skagit, Lummi, and Quinalt. Blue cohash was perhaps the most commonly used among many tribes as an abortifacient, as well as to induce labor.

PHOTOS: (Top left) A Victorian-era satirical postcard. About 1890. (Top right) An 1836 pewter douching syringe. Douching became a popular birth control method beginning in the 1830s, although many products were dangerous or deadly. (Second row, left) An 1800s condom. Charles Goodyear's "vulcanized" rubber revolutionized condom manufacturing in the mid-1800s. From Getty Images. (Second row, right) An early, 1880 precursor to the IUD (Intrauterine device). This implement, however, could cause infection, sterility and death. (Bottom two rows) "Female pills," "Mother's friend," "prevention powders," and "regulator tablets" were just a few cryptic names given to birth control products of the 1800s.

https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/birth-control-on-the-frontier

[thedaveandkimmershow]

Once Upon A Time, when Kimmer was six years old, she and her family hopped into their car and, pulling a trailer behind them, headed east.

Round about Idaho, they turned south and, once they were into Utah, stopped at the Golden Spike, the very spot where the two ends of the Transcontinental Railroad finally met.

After that, they continued south to experience Bryce Canyon. After that, they continued south to experience.Zion National Park. After that, they continued south to experience The Grand Canyon.

As a six year old, Kimmer loved the experience. It was amazing. It was indelible.

Decades later, her father passed away. That was last year. And to indulge the memory of that six year old experience, to indulge the memory of her father once upon a time, we're retracing part of that journey.

Oh, The Grand Canyon's not in the cards for us this year, but we are starting in Zion National Park at the bottom left corner of Utah. Over the coming days we'll travel up and right as we continue to Bryce Canyon with a little bit of BBQ dinner and country music thrown in. Then we're onto Capitol Reef National Park. Then we're in Moab for a coupla nights, our home base from which we'll travel to Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park.

With us on this journey are two items. The first is a thirty-two year old photograph of Kimmer and her dad after hiking the Lake Quinalt area. It's her favorite photograph of the two of them. And if it's not her favorite... it's certainly mine.

The second item, believe it or not, is a blanket. And not even a blanket we brought with us. A Pendleton blanket. A wool Pendleton blanket. One that was left behind by a previous campervan customer for someone else to use.

For us... to use.

And the thing about the Pendleton is that it was one of Kimmer's Father's prized camping possessions. So it's a very meaningful turn of events that this memory, as well, is joining us on this trip.

A lot of good memories...

And a lot of new ones in the making.

☺️

[bobpalmertonart]

Three years ago this early March we hiked in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Original pastels of Lake Quinalt, Ruby Beach, the Hoh Rainforest and Hoh River. What a landscape! (at Olympic National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CadgomorYKl/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lhannusch]

Day 8, Seattle to Lake Quinalt Lodge Another hotel breakfast. The concierge level was an absolute zoo - there was even a bouncer at the door controlling access. After a quick breakfast, we said goodbye to Bob and Will.

The guys headed to the airport, and I went to pick up a new, much smaller, car. It was a Cadillac sedan, and our 3 suitcases barely squeezed into the trunk, but we (or more precisely the valet) got them in. Bags situated, we took off for Lake Quinalt and Olympic National Park and Forest. The first half to two-thirds of the drive was brutally slow, but it was fine as soon as we headed back north. Betsy got in a nap and Lola got in some good phone time during the 3-1/2 hour drive. When we finally arrived, we checked in and then grabbed lunch in the Roosevelt Dining Room. After lunch, the girls went to the lake while I got settled in and rested. At 7, we boarded a pontoon boat for a sunset tour of the lake. The tour guide was very entertaining; not only did he have lots of information to share about the lake and general area, he shared lots of stories about the people living on the lake. We didn’t see much wildlife - some ducks and a bunny, maybe an osprey - but the sunset was really nice.

The guide let Lola drive the boat a bit. I had given her some Dramamine, and she was sleepy. She really did not appreciate it when someone told her to smile (as I was taking her picture).

Back on shore, we ordered take-out pizza from the hotel bar. We ate in our room (why not; hard to beat the view), then got ready for bed. I noticed an amazing orange crescent moon above the lake. Then it was bedtime. More adventures await tomorrow.

[thatsnakeman]

Early morning on Lake Quinalt in Olympic National Park. Every day should start like this. [OC] [864x864] via /r/EarthPorn http://bit.ly/2JzyuZz

[deanschlichting]

Worlds largest spruce tree, picea sitchensis, quinalt rainforest, Olympic National Forest, Washington USA

[wildyoungboy]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK SOLO - 50.3 miles - Day 2 - past Lake Quinalt.

[plantsylover]

Evening vs morning

[the-world-travelers-blog]

Early morning on Lake Quinalt in Olympic National Park. Every day should start like this. [OC] [864x864].

[gianlucab81]

Quinalt Rain Forest #olympicnationalpark #quinaultrainforest #quinault #woods #rainforest #trees #nature #landscape #washington #washingtonstate #wa #olympicpeninsula #trailhead (presso Olympic National Forest)

[bloodthirstyfemme]

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