Lewis and Clark exploration, which is also known as the Corps of Discovery.This began on May 14, 1804. They departed near St. Louis, on the Mississippi River.
Henry and Eliza Spalding accompanied the Whitman's across the Great Plains to open missions in the Pacific Northwest.
Whitman massacre occurred on November 29, 1847
The Northwest Indians lived in long houses or plank houses to withstand our harsh weather climates.
The first railroad in the Columbia River Basin was built along the Columbia River Gorge.
The Mormons established Fort Lemhi in Idaho, on June 15, 1855
Fabric structures lined the streets of Lewiston during the Clearwater Rush of the early 1860's.
The Pacific Northwest mining boom of the 1860's infused the economy with gold for the purpose of the Civil War.
Stage Coaches were operating from Columbia River towns such as Umatilla and Wallula, to inland towns, such as Walla Walla and Lewiston
This was when the prominent activist Susan B. Anthony toured the Pacific Northwest, along with Portland's Abagail Dunaway.
United States attempted to force Nez Perce to move to a reservation, Cheif Joseph reluctantly agreed. He made this statement upon his surrender, " From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
United States attempted to force Nez Perce to move to a reservation, Cheif Joseph reluctantly agreed.
In the Coeur d' Alene area mines, they started purifying their minerals in smelters, which had a huge impact on the flora, fauna, and air quality for years to come.
During the 1880's, Seattle neighborhoods began to regroup into what was known as income-graded neighhborhoods.
Washington became a state on November 11, 1889
Idaho became a state on July 3rd, 1890
Hapgood Hume and Company discarded seven million pounds of fish into the Columbia River.
In this year, Idaho became the fourth state in the union to give women the right to vote.
The Spokane River was a spawning ground for Chinook Salmon until 1911, when Washington Water Power built a dam on the Little Falls.
