Keyword(s): Karen L. Johnson
Resembling a long rope frayed at each end, the Oregon Trail stretched across much of nineteenth century North America, linking the populated East Coast with the remote western edge of the continent. A...
On September 8, 1864, Governor William Pickering (1798-1873) sends the first official telegram from Washington Territory. The telegraph line from south of the Columbia River has just reached Olympia. ...
In August 1939, photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) visits Washington to document the lives of migrant farmworkers. Known as a humanitarian, artist, and one of the preeminent and pioneering d...