Washington State offers the traveler dramatic scenery but also a wonderfully diverse cultural and historical landscape. From the Pacific Coastline to the Space Needle in Seattle to the high desert of eastern Washington this huge state offers the traveler a virtual cornucopia of Pacific Northwestern experiences they won't soon forget.
The Washington State History site , historylink, is a great resource to learn about Washington History.
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Washington State
The area now called Washington State has been inhabited for over 11,000 years.
The first people in the region were likely the descendants of Asians who had crossed a land bridge to North America at the end of the last ice age.
At the time of the Europeans' arrival, there were two major native groupings. One was located on the Columbia Plateau to the east of the Cascade Mountain Range and included such tribes as the Cayuse, Nez Percé, Okanogan, Palouse, Wenatchee and Yakima. Those Indians were semi-nomadic and sometimes had difficulty feeding themselves during long periods of adverse weather. The other group lived close to bodies of water — major rivers, Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. They included the Chinook, Clallam, Clatsop, Makah, Nisqually, Puyallup, Quinault, Salish and Snohomish.
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The first people in the region were likely the descendants of Asians who had crossed a land bridge to North America at the end of the last ice age.
At the time of the Europeans' arrival, there were two major native groupings. One was located on the Columbia Plateau to the east of the Cascade Mountain Range and included such tribes as the Cayuse, Nez Percé, Okanogan, Palouse, Wenatchee and Yakima. Those Indians were semi-nomadic and sometimes had difficulty feeding themselves during long periods of adverse weather. The other group lived close to bodies of water — major rivers, Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. They included the Chinook, Clallam, Clatsop, Makah, Nisqually, Puyallup, Quinault, Salish and Snohomish.
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