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Tom Lineham double checks a map in his book, "Mill Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, USA: A Walking History," while strolling along the street on a recent morning. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)Photo Gallery
Picture Vancouver’s primary crosstown boulevard — busy with traffic, tightly lined by businesses and homes — as a primitive wagon road linking the original Fort Vancouver to a sprawling farming community miles to the northeast.