Cascalouse State Park Trail among name candidates

Washington State Parks has started a project for renaming the John Wayne Trail which crosses Whitman County on the former right-of-way of the Milwaukee Railroad, according to an announcement made by Randy Kline, state parks planner who is heading the project.

The change is sought because the John Wayne title is not consistent with state park’s policy for naming trails based on geographic locations, culturally significant events or other relevant features.

The John Wayne Trail title is normally used to describe the eastern part of the cross-state trail with the Iron Horse Trail or Iron Horse St...