General Information
Experience Washington Official Website of Washington State Tourism
Find what you need to plan the perfect trip to Washington State from the official website by Washington State Tourism.
www.tourism.wa.gov/
Washington State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
Washington information resource links to state homepage, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions, representitives, songs, birds, flowers, trees.
www.50states.com/washingt.htm
Washington QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
Jul 25, 2008 ... Frequently requested statistics for Washington. ... Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population ...
quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53000.html
Washington State Historical Society
Explore the museum's Hall of Washington History and discover a new view of the past, from frontier towns to modern technology. Includes events, programs ...
HistoryLink.org- the Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State ...
Dedicated to Washington State History. Includes timelines, biographies, slideshows, and links.
www.historylink.org/
CVO Menu - Washington State Volcanoes and Volcanics
includes all the major Cascade Range Volcanoes, plus more; Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark -- includes sightings of three Washington State Volcanoes ...
vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Washington/framework.html
USGS Washington Water Science Center USGS Home Page
Here you'll find information on Washington's rivers and streams. ... stations in the state, many of which form the backbone of flood-warning systems. ...
wa.water.usgs.gov/
Washington State Geology Index Map
Washington State Geologic Maps and LANDSAT images.
wa_geology.home.comcast.net/
Economy of Washington including Washington Agriculture and ...
Economy of Washington including Washington agriculuture, manufacturing, and service industries.
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Washington State Primary Sources
Historical Records, Newspapers & Classics in Washington State History, Rural Heritage, Historic Washington Newspapers, Legislative Building Photographs, and Online Presentations.
http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/Default.aspx
Apples
Washington State Apple Commission
Apple varieties, history of the association, health and nutrition information, facts, kids' section, recipes, grower profiles, map of growing regions, ...
www.bestapples.com/
Apple Journal-- Washington Orchards
Apples first found their way to Washington state in 1826 on a Hudson's Bay Company sailing vessel. The captain of the ship, George Simpson, was given the ...
www.applejournal.com/wa00.htm
Simply Washington
Faces and places of Washington. tourism, outdoor recreation, coffee houses, businesses, colleges and universities,state history, Native American heritage, early exploreres, high-tech innovators, and international trade.
Wildlife / Salmon
Washington Wildlife
www.WesternWatersheds.org
WDFW -- Salmon Recovery in Washington State
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is the state leader in providing the science that will make wild salmon recovery a reality. ...
wdfw.wa.gov/recovery.htm
Coastal Indians
Pacific Northwest Coastal Indians
A HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST COAST ... Ship based fur trade, the Indians had the upper hand. March 20, 1799, William Sturges spends a night in a Haida village ...
www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, ...
content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/
Plateau Indians
Questions and Answers about the Plateau Indians
Dec 24, 2004 ... Questions and Answers about the Plateau Indians ... The Wellpinit School District serves ALL students on the Spokane Indian Reservation. ...
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The daily life and culture of the Plateau Indians was very interesting ... The Plateau Indians had special celebrations for their children as they grew up. ...
pio.wsd.wednet.edu/SAMMgrant/NativeAm/life/life.htm
Columbia Plateau Indian Tribes - Whitman Mission NHS
Feb 1, 2004 ... The Plateau Indians live in the area between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains and north of the Great Basin. ...
www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/2or2.htm
The Whitman Conflict
Mary Marsh Cason's version of the Whitman Massacre
The following letter is from the original account of Mary Marsh Cason's version of the Whitman Massacre. The copy of which I'm provided is by no stretch of ...
gesswhoto.com/whitman.html
PBS - THE WEST - Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Sketch of the Whitman Compound by a survivor of the massacre .... Two years after the attack, Tiloukaikt and several others involved in the Whitman Massacre ...
www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm
Jul 3, 2002 ... In the early 19th century, the missionaries were the first white men to settle in the Pacific Northwest. They came to Christianize the ...
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/old_west/92928
STORY OF AN INDIAN MASSACRE BY AN EYEWITNESS OF THE TRAGEDY
Below we published an interesting letter written in 1855 by Miss Elizabeth Sager , a cousin of C.A. Sager of Promise City and E.M. Sager south of town. ...
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wawallaw/oregon.html
Sager Story - Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Apr 18, 2005 ... Catherine Sager Pringle, Elizabeth Sager Helm, and Matilda Sager Delaney. Taken at the 50th anniversary commemoration, November 1897. ...
www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/whmitg/3whmi4.htm
(Note: This site contains a picture of the 3 surviving sisters.)
PBS - THE WEST - Across the Plains in 1844
Across the Plains in 1844. by Catherine Sager Pringle (c. 1860). Contents Chapter I - On the Plains in 1844 · Chapter II - Waiilatpu Massacre, 1847 ...
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/sager1.htm
A Survivor's Recollections of the Whitman Massacre - Google Books Result
by Matilda Sager - 1920 - Frontier and pioneer life - 46 pages
Cover title: The Whitman massacre.
books.google.com/books?id=GwlyNVYyQGAC...
PBS - THE WEST - Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were both from upstate New York. Narcissa Prentiss was born in 1808 in Prattsburgh, New York, into a devout Presbyterian family. ...
www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm
PBS - THE WEST - The Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman 1836 ...
The Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman 1836 - 1847. [Show Table of Contents]. ON BOARD STEAMBOAT SIAM March 15, 1836. Dear, Dear Mother: ...
www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/whitman
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DIARIES AND JOURNALS OF NARCISSA WHITMAN 1836. ON BOARD STEAMBOAT SIAM March 15, 1836. Dear, Dear Mother: Your proposal concerning keeping a diary as I ...
www.isu.edu/~trinmich/00.ar.whitman1.html
Fort Vancouver
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Feb 2, 2009 ... Official National Park Service expanded site with an extensive history of the fort. Located in Vancouver, WA.
www.nps.gov/fova/
Early Treaty-Making in WA State
"The Treaty Trail, A Treaty Trail lesson plan, Examining Artifacts ...
The Treaty Trail: Isaac Stevens' Treaty Councils 1854-1856. • Flash Movie • Site Introduction. • Tribal Homelands ... Washington State History Museum ...
stories.washingtonhistory.org/TreatyTrail/teaching/artifact-encounter.htm
Washington State Historical Society
Nez Perce Treaty Trail
http://washingtonhistoryonline.org/treatytrail/treaties/timeline/treaty_7.htm
Washington Secretary of State - Washington History: Historical ...
Washington Secretary of State. Keywords. Washington History ... Native Americans: Treaties: Medicine Creek Treaty, 1854 · Native Americans: Treaties: Point ...
www.secstate.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Governors Office of Indian Affairs
Welcome to Washington State Governor's Office of Indian Affairs. ... Treaties. What this image is. Map Link to map · Access Washington ...
www.goia.wa.gov/Treaties/Treaties.htm
Curriculum Materials for Washington State SchoolsThe State Of Georgia (5 Peters, 1), March 18, 1831. This is the complete text of ... Boxberger, Daniel L. Handbook of Western Washington Indian Treaties. ...
www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Treaties/Treaties%20VII.html
Curriculum Materials for Washington State Schools
III. History of Treaty Making and Reservations on the Olympic Peninsula ... sailed into the waters off the coast of what is now the state of Washington, ...
www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Treaties/Treaties%20Main.html
Governors Office of Indian Affairs
Welcome to Washington State Governor's Office of Indian Affairs. ... Treaties. What this image is. Map Link to map · Access Washington ...
www.goia.wa.gov/Treaties/Treaties.htm
HistoryLink.org- the Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State ...
The Treaty of Point No Point was signed on January 26, 1855, ..... Major Support for HistoryLink.org Provided By: The State of Washington | Patsy Bullitt ...
www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5637
Pig War
The “Pig War”, as the confrontation on San Juan Island came to be called, had its origin in the Anglo-American dispute over possession of the Oregon Country ...
www.nps.gov/sajh/Pig_War_new.htm
San Juan Island National Historical Park - The Pig War (U.S. ...
Dec 17, 2007 ... James Douglas and; Capt. Geoffrey Phipps Hornby, RN. It was through these four that the Pig War crisis unfolded in July 1859. ...
www.nps.gov/sajh/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm
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Mother Joseph
HistoryLink Essay:Mother Joseph of the Sisters of Providence ...
Mother Joseph of the Sisters of Providence gained posthumous recognition in 1980, when the U.S. Senate accepted her statue, a gift from Washington state, ...
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