washingto state

  • juan perez

    juan perez

    juan perez explores the nortwest coast for spain.
  • Period: to

    washington

  • american explorers

    american explorers

    american explorers meriwether lewis and william clark follow the columbia river through washington.
  • first amarican

    first amarican

    fort okanogan becomes the first american fur trading post in washington.
  • becomes state

    becomes state

    washington becomes the forty-second state.
  • 1897-1898

    1897-1898

    seattle becomes a "gateway to Alaska during the Klondike gold rush
  • mount rianier

    mount rianier

    mount rianier becomesthe fifth national park in the u.s.
  • the needle

    the needle

    the space needle observation tower opens for the world's fiar in seattle.
  • helen's

    helen's

    mount st. helens erups. the volcanic activity kills 57 people and causes a great amount of damage