Northwest History

Pacific Northwest/Washington State History

• Maps
• Museums, Historical Societies, and National Park sites
• Newspaper archives
• Photographs
• The West sites with information

• Centennial Stories:100 Years in the Pacific Northwest
  History of Seattle 1896-1996 through the eyes of the Seattle Times newspaper
  • Alaska Gold Rush
  • Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
    
• Center for Columbia River History
• Center for the Study of Pacific Northwest History see especially Related Sites
  
• European exploration on the NW Coast with biographies
• Geology of Washington - Burke Museum
• HistoryLink History of Seattle and King County - searchable, in encyclopedic format with Links
  • Great Seattle Fire
    
• History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest UW Center for the study of the Pacific Northwest online course
  • IWW (Wobblies) in Washington
• History of the Northwest Coast Native first person accounts 1774-1914, with map, interesting details
  
• KingCounty Snapshots - a photographic heritage of Seattle and surrounding communities
• Museum of History and Industry with Links, online Photo Collection plus a new project Nearby History, such as Camp George Jordan
  
• Pacific Northwest History: UW digital collection/historical photographs
  • Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
  • Grand Coulee Dam
  • Labor and industry
  • Localities, including homesteads
  • Seattle
  • Social Issues collection internment camps, etc.
• Pacific Northwest History UW site with extensive links, see especially Washington
  
• Seattle Black History PI special report
• Seattle Municipal Archives photographic collection of over 11,000 images from 1895-1937.
  
• Tacoma Public Library "Northwest Room" includes photographs and essays
  
• UW Libraries, Special Collections, Manuscripts and University Archives
  • Permanent online exhibits
    • Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
    • Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North
    • Northwest of the West: the Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast
    • Japanese American Exhibit
  • links to other NW resouces
    
• Washington History - info provided by State Library and State Archives
• Washington Local History Network with links
• Washington State Digital Library Resources photographs, newspapers, and documents
• Washington State Historical Society with timeline of state history and ability to search for articles in Columbia magazine
• Washington State Library
  

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• Maps
  
• Early Washington Maps - Washington State/UW digital collection on history and development of area
• Historical Maps of the US at UTexas
  
• Historical Maps at other web sites
• Mapping the Pacific Coast - historical maps and history of early explorations - exhibit with audio exceprts
  
• Virtual Atlas of the Pacific Northwest
  

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Museum and Historical Societies

• Bellevue Historical Society with some photos
• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture with educational resource links
  • Geology of Washington
• Issaquah Historical Society with online links
• Fort Vancouver National Park
• Klondike Goldrush Natioanl Park
• Marymoor Museum of Eastide History with photos and links
• Museum of History and Industry
• Museum of Flight
• Pacific Northwest Historians Guild with links
• Washington State Historical Society with timeline of state history and search for articles in Columbia magazine
• Whitman Mission National Park
  • Park Handbook - complete text online with info on
    

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Newspaper Archives:

• East Side Journal 1918-1975 Kirkland, WA
• Seattle Times Archives
• SeattleTimes Centennial series
• Washington historic newspapers online

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Photographs

• KingCounty Snapshots - a photographic heritage of Seattle and surrounding communities
• Museum of History and Industry online Photo Collection
• University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection
• Washington State Digital Library Resources photographs, newspapers, and documents

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The West including information on the Pacific Northwest

• The American West Maps of the major overland trails, photos of frontier towns, population data on Native American tribes, and other information
  
• Center of the American West University of Colorado, see especially Tracking the Changing West with information on population and environment, and maps
  
• History of the West: 1860-1920 (American Memory photograph collection)
• The West with information on Oregon trail, indians, etc

Educational Resources

• Mr. Donn's Washington State resources
• Washington State and Seattle area resources (Edmonds School District)