A few maps
Here is the region as it currently looks. I still have a bit of detail work in a few places, but this is pretty close to how it looks by 1936. Note that the urban and industrial areas are largely confined to waterways. Also, the farmland only exists in the flood plains of the rivers, as the soil isn't very suitable elsewhere (either too marshy and brackish in the NE area, or stripped of nutrients from Ice Age glaciation and flooding) The rivers flow into the natural harbor of Olympic Bay, which opens up into Puget Sound. The town of New Market itself is near the center of the map, where the White and Nisqually rivers flow into the bay.
The three main waterways from West to East:
Cedar River - Not actually a river, but an inlet. The port facilities are at the mouth to the NE. At the end of the inlet, there is an industrial complex, and some housing
White River and Pine Lake:
Lakewood is to the south, and New Market is to the north. The large sawmill complex is just south of New Market along the river.
Nisqually River: Most fertile agricultural area in the region. There are several incorporated towns in the area, so I'll follow this map with one that shows the town boundaries.
1) New Market
2) Jefferson
3) Nisqually
4) Whitman
5) Sultan
Bitter Lake:
The transportation system is really too simple at this point to be of much interest. Other than local streets, there are the Northern Pacific Railroad and State Highway 99, which both follow a parallel course entering the region from the south, travel though New Market, and exit to the east just south of Bitter Lake.
That's the region in a nutshell. Next up, a few of the smaller communities scattered around the region.
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