Goose Prairie, Washington

Coordinates: 46°53′42″N 121°16′01″W / 46.89500°N 121.26694°W

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Goose Prairie, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°53′42″N 121°16′01″W / 46.89500°N 121.26694°W / 46.89500; -121.26694
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Yakima
Elevation	3,248 ft (990 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	98937^[1]
Area code	509
GNIS feature ID	1520150^[2]

Goose Prairie is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States. Goose Prairie is 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Yakima. It was founded by Tom Fife in 1886 who named it after a goose that visited the meadow one evening and stayed the night.^[3]

Fife donated a portion of his homestead to the Boy Scouts; the Grand Columbia council operates Camp Fife, a summer camp named in Fife's honor.

Besides the camp the meadow contains a number of cabins and a diner only open on summer holiday weekends.^[4]

Goose Prairie was the summer home of the 20th century United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.^[5] Eric Sevareid interviewed Douglas in Goose Prairie for the CBS Reports documentary Mr. Justice Douglas broadcast Sept. 6, 1972.^[6] The Yakima Valley Museum has a 16mm film of the program in its collection which can be viewed online.^[7]

It is also where Kay Kershaw and Isabelle Lynn operated the Double K Mountain Ranch; they played a key role in the designation of the nearby William O. Douglas Wilderness area.^[8]

References

^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goose Prairie, Washington
^ Camp Fife History
^ Lessons From Goose Prairie
^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
^ "Outdoor Location" Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sept. 3, 1972.
^ W.O.D. Interview (press "access this item" to view)
^ Preliminary Guide to the Double K Mountain Ranch Records 1958-1972

External links

GOOSEPRAIRIE (blog)
Camp Fife official website
Yakima Memory (photos from the collection of the Yakima Valley Museum)
Isabelle Lynn and Kay Kershaw At The Double Kay Mountain Ranch in Goose Prairie Washington/Chinook Pass

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