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The View from Steptoe Butte

Marian Murdoch
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July 24, 2011, 10:55:24 PM
(you can stop laughing at the name now)

Just got back a couple of hours ago and I'm dead tired. Lots of driving in a short, weekend trip to Eastern Washington. Steptoe Butte is an tall basalt formation in the middle of farmland that offers amazing views.
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jkleb
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Reply #1 - July 26, 2011, 04:59:00 AM
Wow, that's a long way up for it to be so flat everywhere else.
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Reply #2 - July 27, 2011, 11:42:03 AM
How high up are you?
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Marian Murdoch
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Reply #3 - July 27, 2011, 11:47:51 AM
The elevation is listed at 3,612 feet.

"The butte was used as a reconnaissance point by the US troops of Colonel E.J. Steptoe and was thereby named after the Colonel himself. General Steptoe lost a battle with the local Indians and his career at nearby battlefield monument at site of battle in Rosalia (a good picnic spot with good view of surrounding area). Now all similar geological features are called steptoes." Source
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