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KIRO Newsradio historian Feliks Banel delivers his All Over The Map feature Friday mornings on Seattle's Morning News

All Over The Map

The Nutty Narrows Bridge in Longview debuted 60 years ago, and several squirrel-specific bridges are now part of the city's lore. (Courtesy Cowlitz County History Museum)

Longview was carefully planned and built in the 1920s on reclaimed land where the Cowlitz River meets the Columbia. (Courtesy Cowlitz County History Museum)

The Hotel Monticello was one of the first buildings in Longview; a statue of founder and namesake R.A. Long is visible in the foreground. (Courtesy Cowlitz County History Museum)

A view of the Hotel Monticello, named for an earlier community in the area, from the late 1920s. (Courtesy Cowlitz County History Museum)

Longview founder and namesake Robert A. Long. (Courtesy Cowlitz County History Museum)

Longview, Wash. celebrates 100 years with festivities and squirrel bridges