Washington State

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Washington State’s Timeline:

http://www.wavcc.org/wvc/cadre/WaStateHistory/course/timeline.htm http://www.statehousegirls.net/wa/timeline/ 
http://seattle.about.com/cs/history/l/blhistoryline.htm
http://www.washington.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=5366 http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/tour/history.html

 

General Historical Information:
http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/substitute/wahistory.html
http://www.theus50.com/washington/history.shtml
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0108286.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/seattle_history/articles/seattles_rise.html  
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0861873.html

 

On-Line Encyclopedia of History:
http://www.historylink.org/

Cool Facts on Washington State:
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaGeography/Facts/Washington.htm

 

Places to visit in Washington’s Regions:
http://www.travel-in-wa.com/TRAVEL/facts.html

History of the Whitman’s Mission:
http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/whitman.htm

Explorer:  James Cook
http://www.washington.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=5035

Explorers: Lewis and Clark
http://www.lewisandclark.org/history.htm
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_time.html
http://staff.washington.edu/~muzi/LC/ftclatsop.html

 

Explorer: Robert Gray
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/gray.htm

 

Explorer: George Vancouver
http://www.washington.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=5359
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/George-Vancouver

 

Mountain Men:
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html

Hudson’s Bay Company:
http://hometown.aol.com/Gibson0817/hbc.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/4832/hudson3.html

 

Dr. John McLoughlin:
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/50th/McLoughlin/mcloughlinchrono.html

 

The Oregon Trail:
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/faq.html
http://flms.ddouglas.k12.or.us/~ludwig/tag/thinkquest/Oregon_Trail/2trv.html
http://flms.ddouglas.k12.or.us/~ludwig/tag/thinkquest/Oregon_Trail/5tmln.html
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html

 

Railroads:
http://www.washington.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=5139
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~davison/ghrr.html
http://www.wsrhs.org/branch.htm
http://www.bnsf.com/about_bnsf/html/history.html

 

Coal Mining:
http://www.cadman.com/communities/blackdiamond/

 

Gold Mining:
http://www.historylink.org/_output.CFM?file_ID=687
http://www.nps.gov/klse/
http://www.us-parks.com/US_National_Historic/klondike_gold_se/klondike_gold_se.shtml

 

Shipbuilding and Trade:
http://abame.freeyellow.com/seattle.htm
http://www.washingtonports.org/port_information/histories/seattle.htm

 

Boeing’s Airplanes:
http://www.historylink.org/_this_week/this_week12_11_03.cfm
http://www.boeing.com/history/flash.html

 

Logging:
http://www.stumpranchonline.com/skagitjournal/AdminFree/LoggingSec.html

 

Grand Coulee Dam:
http://users.owt.com/chubbard/gcdam/html/history.html http://www.grandcouleedam.com/gcda/GCD/grandcouleedam/grandcouleedam.htm