MultiGenre Pacific Northwest History Topics

Classics in Washington History Books online about Washington State

Historic Events

Musicians

Artists

Transportation

Photographers

Business & Industry

  • Technology
    Coastal Indians Languages
    COASTAL TRIBES Athabascan Chemakuan Chinook Wakashan Sahaptin Coastal Salish
    Chinook    
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    Hoh  
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    Klallam          
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    Makah Olympic Peninsula      
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    Ozette      
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    Queets  
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    Quileute  
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    Quinalt          
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    Cathlamet    
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    Chehalis          
    X
    Chemakum  
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    Clakamas    
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    Copalis          
    X
    Cowlitz          
    X
    Duwamish          
    X
    Humptulips          
    X
    Kwalihaikwa
    X
    		         
    Lummi          
    X
    Muckleshoot          
    X
    Nisqually          
    X
    Nooksack          
    X
    Puyallup          
    X
    Samish          
    X
    Satsop          
    X
    Skagit          
    X
    Skokomish          
    X
    Skykomish          
    X
    Snohoomish          
    X
    Snoqualmie          
    X
    Squaxin          
    X
    Stillaguamish          
    X
    Suquamish          
    X
    Swinomish          
    X
    Twana          
    X
  • Makah tribe from the Olympic Peninsula
  • Plateau Indians Chinook Molale-Cayuse Sahaptin Interior Salish
    Cayuse  
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    Chelan      
    X
    Coeur d'Alene      
    X
    Columbia      
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    Colville      
    X
    Kalispel      
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    Kittitas    
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    Klickitat    
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    Kootenai      
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    Lakes      
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    Methos      
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    Nespelem      
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    Nez Perce    
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    Okanogan      
    X
    Palouse      
    X
    San Poil    
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    Spokane      
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    Wallula    
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    Wanapam      
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    Wenatchii      
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    Wishram
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    Yakima    
    X

  • Prominent Pacific Northwest Women
  • Prominent Male Minority Leaders
  • National Monuments

  • Historical Sites

    Historical Figures - Explorers, Missionaries, Pioneers and Settlers

  • Modern Pioneers Actors

    Geological Events & Features

  • Water

  • Dams & Hydroelectricity

  • Rivers
  • Ice Storms

  • Islands

  • Draught
  • Tornados



    Asia Society - Pacific Northwest Programing Collaborative http://www.asiasociety.org/regional/seattle.html

    Bureau of Reclaimation - Water Conservation in the Pacific Northwest Region http://ogee.hydlab.do.usbr.gov/rwc/pn/pn.html

    Columbia River Web Sites http://www.cqs.washington.edu/webgrp.html

    Gardening in the Pacific Northwest http://www.slugsandsalal.com/

    History of the Northwest Coast - web site by B. Hallman
    http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html

    National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Alaska Region, Seattle http://www.nara.gov/regional/seattle.html

    Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest http://www.wnps.org/cps/nativeinfo.html

    PNW Links Threasa Mudrock UW http://faculty.washington.edu/mudrock/   (great links)

    Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array -Central Washington University http://panga.cwu.edu/

    Pacific Northwest Railroading http://www.teleport.com/~amacha/

    Pacific Northwest Reference Shelf  http://www.slugsandsalal.com/  

    Pacific Northwest Postal History Society http://www.orednet.org/~jwhite/pnwphs.htm

    Pacific Northwest Virtual Village http://www.tscnet.com/region/

    Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission - Links http://www.psmfc.org/other_sites/organizations.html

    Salmon Recipies http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/salmon/cook.htm

    University of Washington Fish Collection http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/

    University of Washington Libraries - Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/default.htm

    University of Washington Geophysics Program - Northwest Earthquake and Volcano info http://www.geophys.washington.edu/welcome.html

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Northwest Division http://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/

    U.S. Department of the Interior, Kennewick Man Site http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/kennewick/

    VanNatta Logging History Museum http://www.aone.com/~robert/histlog.html (great links)

    Washington State Maps http://www.wamaps.com/

    Woman's History Month - King Co. Wa. http://www.co.king.wa.us/exec/whm/index.htm

    Organizations and Historical Societies

    Alaska Historical Society - Fairbanks http://www.alaska.net/~ahs/

    Center for the Study of the PNW – University of Washington http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/

    Center for Puget Sound History and Archeology - Bellevue CC http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/cpsha/default.html

    Coombsweb - Australian National University - great links http://coombs.anu.edu.au/?resfacilities/demographypage.html

    Idaho State Historical Society - Bosie http://www.state.id.us/ishs/Museum.html

    League of Snohomish County heritage Organizations http://www.snonet.org/loscho/

    Oregon Historical Society - Portland  http://www.ohs.org/

    Pacific Northwest Historians Guild - great links http://dev.bcc.ctc.edu/cpsha/guild/

    Seattle Area Archivists - PMB#311, 4756 Univeristy Village Place NE, Seattle, WA 98105

    Seattle Public Library - Pacific Northwest History Sites on the Web http://www.spl.lib.wa.us/.../.../.../humanities/history.html

    Steilacom Historical Museum Society http://www.steilacoom.org/museum/

    Washington State Historical Society - Tacoma  http://www.wshs.org/

    History Day  

    Washington History Day http://www.cwu.edu/~history/historyday/educator.html

    Courses

    History Bursting with Telling: Asian American in Washington State - curriculum project http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/curaaw/main.html  

    History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest - HSTAA 432 University of Washington - Professor John Finley - http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/index.html

    Lewis and Clark Trail - Washington State University http://www.vpds.wsu.edu/WAHistCult/trail.html

    University of Oregon - History of the Pacific Northwest http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~history/courses/syllabi/468568.htm

    Research Tools and Bibliographies

    Agriculture and Irrigation - Bibliography - WSU
    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/agriculture.html

    Cities and Urbanization - Bibliography - WSU
    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/cities.html

    Columbia River System and Salmon - Bibliography - WSU http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/columbia.html

    Ecofeminism Web Ring http://www.geocities.com/toto?s=76000014
              List of sites http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=ecofem;list

    Forests - Bibliography - WSU http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/forests.html

    Grazing - Bibliography - WSU http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/mining.html

    Horus - University of California, Riverside - Links to History Resources http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/horuslinks.html

    Indegious Peoples - Bibliography - WSU
    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/peoples.html

    Library of Congress - WPA Life Histories from Washington http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wacat.html

    Mining - Bibliography - WSU http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/mining.html

    Natural History - Bibliography - WSU http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/history.html

    Oregon Trail Homepage http://www.isu.edu/~trinmidi.Oregontrail.html (site down 10/29)

    Pacific Northwest and Canada - Shoreline CC http://shoreline.ctc.edu/history/nwbib.htm

    Photographic Resources - Bibliography - WSU http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/photos.html

    Railroad Land Grants - Bibliography - WSU
    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~forrest/railroad.html

    Seattle Municiple Archives http://www.pan.ci.seattle.wa.us/seattle/leg/clerk/archhome.htm  

    Seattle Public Library - Seattle History Collection http://www.spl.lib.wa.us/humanities/seattlecollection.html

    Tacoma Public Library - Northwest Room http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/NWRoom/nwroom.htm

    University of Kansas - Research Links for Historians http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/

     

    Some sites with Primary Sources in Washington

    If additional information (topics) is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet.

    Mostly General Information

    Access Washington is the homepage for Washington State. You'll find lots of information about the state government.

    JUST FOR KIDS! is a part of the Washington Homepage site. You can access interesting facts about Washington State, find out the state's official bird, song, flower and more.

    50States.com - locate songs, bird, maps, and other facts about Washington State. If you are looking for famous people from our state, click on biographies.

    History

    Visit the Whitman Mission NHS Homepageto learn about early history of the Washington territory.

    Have you ever wondered about the names of some towns and cities in Washington, such as Puyallup or Wenatchee? You can find out about the origin of the names at Washington Place Names, a database from Tacoma Public Library.

    1895 Atlas Washington - What did Washington State look like 100 years ago? Print state and county maps from 1895

    Boom Towns & Relic Hunters of Northeastern Washington - a comprehensive ghost town website dedicated specifically to the history of Northeastern Washington, its pioneers, Native Americans, and ghost towns.

    Welcome to the History Lab - The Time and Place for History

    Geography

    Across Washington Project - This website offers online projects designed to join together students in learning about Washington state while using the Washington State EALRs as a guide to instruction and projects.

    Washington Forest Protection Association for Teachers - The environmental education program at WFPA offers two programs for teaching about environmental education and Washington forests:

    • Project Learning Tree presents a balanced approach to environmental education - includes activity guides for teachers to use in their classrooms.
    • Forests of Washington activity guides include two separate guides: Ecosystems & People and History. The Forests of Washington activities are specific to Washington State and provide teachers with the material they need to educate about the complex issues surrounding Washington's forests.

    HRW WORLD ATLAS - Washington - a topographical map from Holt Rinehart and Winston.

    CCRH Homepage- Investigate the Columbia River and its history.

    Washington State Climate Map - Interactive site that gives information on climate in regions and cities of Washington.

    Visit these sites to find out about our volatile volcanoes:

    Economics

    Raised in Washington and Grown in Washington contain excellent information about the state's farming industry (which includes aquaculture), brought to you by the the P-I News for Kids section of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Be sure to visit The Importance of Export.

    Washington State Tourism Home Page has information about tourism and general facts about the state.

    Civics

    At the Washington State Legislature Kid's Page, learn how a bill becomes a law, discover the symbols of our state, connect to the Department of Natural Resources Kids' Page, learn how to participate in the Page Program for the State Senate, and more.

    Return to Top Videos, CD-ROM, Laserdiscs, etc. Search the ESD 101 IMC Media Online Booking for Washington State videos and laserdiscs. Teachers can book online. Students - ask your teacher to send for the material you need.

    Return to Top Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about Washington State, look for these numbers:

    • 979 - Pacific Coast States
    • 979.9 - Washington State

    Return to Top Keywords and Phrases for Searching Do you need additional information? Use these words and phrases to search Electric Library, the library/media center catalog, CD-ROM or print encyclopedias, and the World Wide Web:
    • Washington State
    • Columbia River
    • Cascade Mountains
    • Pacific Northwest 
    • Names of communities, such as Spokane
    • Names of important people, such as Gary Locke
    • Names of landforms, such as Mount St. Helens
    Community Resources-People and Places The following community contacts may help you with your topic:  

    North Central Washington Museum - offers a variety of exhibits interpreting regional history, including the late 19th century entry into the area by miners, trappers, and settlers, the homesteading era and the growth of the community.

    MAC Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture - its purpose is to preserve and make available materials that contribute to an understanding of the history and culture of  Eastern Washington and the Inland Empire.