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Washington State Research Topics
People of Washington
Dixy Lee Ray
- http://eruptionbook.com/dixy-lee-rae/#lightbox[group-31936]/1/
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/biographies/DixyLeeRay.aspx
Mother Joseph
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1671
- http://www2.providence.org/phs/archives/history-online/MJSH/Pages/Pioneer.aspx
- http://www.rosemerena.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mother-joseph-of-the-sacred-heart.pdf
- http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/pnf/articles/s1/i-3a/mother_joseph/motherjosepth.html
- http://www.pbs.org/video/mother-joseph-sacred-heart-gsqtil/
George Washington Bush
- http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/State-owes-much-to-George-W-Bush-a-black-1079278.php
- http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=5646
- http://www.bushprairiefarm.com/bush-farm-history.html
- http://www.start-wa.com/
Chief Seattle
- http://www.chiefseattle.com/History/chiefseattle/chief.htm
- http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/seattle.html
- http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=5071
- http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Chief_Seattle
Chief Joseph
- http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/joseph.html
- http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chiefjoseph.htm
- http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=c_joseph
Bill Gates
- http://www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Gates-Bill.html
- http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors/a/Bill_Gates.htm
Thea Foss
William Boeing
- http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=8023
- http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/William_Edward_Boeing.aspx
- http://www.boeing.com/boeing/companyoffices/gallery/founders/index.page?
Narcissa Whitman
- http://www.nps.gov/whmi/historyculture/narcissa-biography.htm
- http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Sp-Z/Whitman-Narcissa.html
- http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.ht
Nez Perce
Bertha Landes
- http://kuow.org/post/was-big-bertha-seattles-best-mayor
- http://www.historylink.org/File/5343
- http://www.historylink.org/File/1980
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/biographies/BerthaKnightLandes.aspx
- https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OKLuBbC1LFo
Wing Luke
- http://www.historylink.org/File/2047
- http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/wing-luke-the-man-behind-the-museum/
- http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/wing-lukes-vision-lives-in-new-museum/
- http://db.wingluke.org/images/scrapbook/1997_024_016_343.jpg
- http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/luke-wing-chong-1925-1965
John Nordstrom
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1677
- http://about.nordstrom.com/aboutus/companyhist/companyhist.asp
- http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/company-history
- http://www.ilctr.org/promoting-immigrants/immigrant-entrepreneur-hof/nordstrom/
- http://www.nndb.com/people/444/000166943/
Sacagawea
- http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/sacagawea
- http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sacajawea.aspx
George Vancouver
Places in Washington
Grand Coulee Dam
- https://kids.kiddle.co/Grand_Coulee_Dam
- http://users.owt.com/chubbard/gcdam/
- http://www.gonorthwest.com/Washington/northeast/Dam/Grand-Coulee-Dam.htm
- http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/pubs/factsheet.pdf
- https://www.nwcouncil.org/history/GrandCouleeHistory
- http://depts.washington.edu/depress/grand_coulee.shtml
Space Needle
- http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=722
- http://www.spaceneedle.com/history/
- http://easyscienceforkids.com/space-needle-facts/
- http://facts.net/space-needle/
Olympia Capitol Building
- http://www.dlmark.net/capwash.htm
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5443
- http://www.k12.wa.us/AboutUs/OldCapitolBldg.aspx
- http://www.des.wa.gov/services/facilities/CapitolCampus/Tours/VirtualTour/Pages/tour.html
- http://leg.wa.gov/LIC/Documents/Statistical%20Reports/Facts_About_the_Leg_Building.pdf
Mount St. Helens
- http://www.mountsthelens.com/mount_st_helens_national_park.html
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1900s/mount_st_helens_eruption.php
- http://www.mshslc.org/
Olympic National Park
- http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/index.htm
- http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/olympic/faq/
- http://www.olympicnationalparks.com/discover/park-history/
- https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/historyculture/index.htm
Mt. Rainier National Park
- http://www.softschools.com/facts/us_national_landmarks/mount_rainier_volcano_facts/1192/
- http://www.nps.gov/mora/naturescience/index.htm
- http://www.nps.gov/mora/http://www.basicplanet.com/mount-rainier-volcano/
Columbia River
- http://www.softschools.com/facts/rivers/columbia_river_facts/2119/
- http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Ce-Cr/Columbia-River-Basin.html
- https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PZ4Vjg40b1U
- http://fwee.org/environment/what-makes-the-columbia-river-basin-unique-and-how-we-benefit/
Pike Place Market
- http://pikeplacemarket.org/history
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7053
- http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/washington/pike-place-ma rket.php
- http://www.visitseattle.org/things-to-do/sightseeing/pike-place-market/
- http://pikeplacemarket.org/sites/default/files/paperclip/attachments/451/original/Quick_Facts.pdf?1406921432
- http://pikeplacemarket.org/sites/default/files/paperclip/attachments/452/original/Quick_History.pdf?1406921455
Fort Vancouver
- http://www.nps.gov/fova/
- http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=5251
- http://www.stateparks.com/fort_vancouver_national_historical_site_in_washington.html
- https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rlseIq5ngYA
Ballard Locks
Events in Washingon
Great Seattle Fire
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=715
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5115
- http://www.djc.com/news/ae/11151119.html
- https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V38Uj8BysyE
- http://www.tatestrickland.com/seattle-fire/
- https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/55klondike/55klondike.htm
Alaska Yukon Pacific
- http://content.lib.washington.edu/aypweb/context.html
- http://content.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/aype/links.html
- http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2314757&date=19960218
- https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tj25AY9S3yk
- https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/klse/hrs/hrs3e.htm
- http://content.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/aype/fair.html
Japanese Internment
- http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/centennial/june/internment.html
- https://safeshare.tv/x/pZoL-O9Y9Aw
- http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Puyallup_(detention_facility)/
- http://www.softschools.com/facts/history/japanese_internment_camps_facts/888/
- http://www.historylink.org/File/8748
- https://safeshare.tv/x/4rz57qrKG40
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/
- https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fHsLlTPpqeg
- http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/Machine/machine3.htm#1
- http://www.pugetsoundtransportation.com/tnb/
Lewis and Clark
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7062
- http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/section4/washington.htm#Ecola State Park
Mount St. Helens
- https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1900s/mount_st_helens_eruption.php
- http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mountsthelens/home/?cid=stelprdb5199437
- http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/washington/mt-st-helens.php
- lhttp://www.mt-st-helens.com/history.html
Seattle Word’s Fair
- http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=2290
- http://www.expomuseum.com/1962/
Klondike Gold Rush
- http://www.nps.gov/klse/historyculture/index.htm
- https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3xzGhYy0AgE
- http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/55klondike/55facts1.htm
- http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/55klondike/55facts3.htm
- http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/55klondike/55facts4.htm
- http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=687
Seattle General Strike
- http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/centennial/march/labor.html
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=861
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efM5EsZPfbA
Makahs
- http://www.bigorrin.org/makah_kids.htm
- http://makah.com/makah-tribal-info/
- http://www.makah.com/whalingtradition.html
- http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5310
- http://www.historylink.org/File/5301
- https://nwtreatytribes.org/makah-tribe-continues-pursuit-of-treaty-whaling-right/
- https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/noaa-study-could-set-stage-for-resumption-of-tribal-whaling/
Industries of Washington
Apples
Washington State Ferries
- http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/index.cfm?fuseaction=our_history
- http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/
Microsoft
- http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/visitorcenter/students.aspx
- http://channel9.msdn.com/series/history
- http://www.piesoftwareinc.co.uk/textonly/microsoft.html
Salmon
Boeing
- http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Boeing_Company.aspx
- http://www.boeing.com/history/video-series/index.page?gclid=CKnP7O-qjswCFYNsfgodqEoN_Q#/video_series/weekend-warriors-birth-of-the-b-52
- http://www.boeing.com/history/
- http://www.britannica.com/topic/Boeing-Company
- http://www.boeing.com/company/
Timber
Additional Washington Information
- History: http://www.historylink.org/this_week/index.cfm
- Experience Washington: http://www.experiencewa.com/v5/home/default.aspx
- http://www.50states.com/washingt.htm
- State Symbols: http://www.leg.wa.gov/symbols/Pages/default.aspx