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Spokane WA Spokesman-Review
Rest in peace
The John Wayne Pioneer Trail

1981-2018

Deemed confusing, no longer relevant. Plus, The Duke himself spent “no significant time” in Eastern Washington.

The John Wayne Pioneer Trail is no more.

On Thursday the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to rename the cross-state trail. The new name is the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.

Part of the rationale for renaming the trail was that it had two names.

The cross-state trail was called the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. However, the trail was contained within the state’s thinnest, and longest, state park. The Iron Horse State Park is between 100 and 200 feet wide and runs nearly continuously from North Bend to the Idaho border near Tekoa. The roughly 10-foot-wide John Wayne Pioneer Trail was contained within the middle of Iron Horse State Park, according to a Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission spokeswoman.

“This overlapping trail-naming scheme has created some confusion,” said Steve Brand, the parks director of planning.

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