Washington State is a place of political mavericks. Split tickets are a source of pride and independent voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans. Washington was first to have a voter-approved state
In November 1889, Washington - 70,000 square miles brimming with timber, coal, salmon, and rich farmland - became the nation's 42nd state. In a sequel to Washington Territory' (WSU Press, 2002), Rober
The Washington State University community encompasses a wide variety of people, including past and current students, parents, professors, staff, and the residents of surrounding neighborhoods. This ph
Many students at Pullman's newly opened Agricultural College, Experimental Station and School of Science of the State of Washington were simply grateful for the opportunity to earn a college degree, b
In Native Trees of Western Washington Washington State University's Kevin W. Zobrist examines regional indigenous trees from a forestry specialist's unique perspective. He explains basic tree physiolo
This collection of twelve articles on politics in the state of Washington presents a discussion of the unique characteristics of electoral and constitutional policies in the state and explores the eff
The bridges of Washington State range from soaring suspension spans to utilitarian trusses, from technological wonders to spectacular failures. Featuring over 200 maps, illustrations, and black &
A nationally recognized leader in library development and automation, Maryan Reynolds worked for the Washington State Library for over 30 years. In this text, she presents a history of that library fr
Published by the Washington State Historical Society in conjunction with the centennial anniversary of women's suffrage in the state and a related traveling exhibit, this illustrated volume summarizes
Many of the 11 studies here originated in the Pettyjohn Distinguished Lecture Series on the history of Washington state and the northwest US, held annually during the 1980s and 1990s at Washington Sta
Peters (geology, Washington State U.) has enjoyed a lifelong fascination with science, particularly geology, since she was a child. Originally begun as a column for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News about
Taking part in a combined ethnographic and archaeological research project awarded to Washington State University, anthropologist Smith (1913-99) reviews regional ethnographies, studied park records,
In this edited version of her dissertation in anthropology, published as part of an award she won while at Washington State U., Galvin examines the experiences of widows in Nepal, with a focus on kins
This economic and political history of territorial Washington identifies factors such as dividing mountain ranges (The Cascades) and lack of adequate internal transportation as explanations for Washin
On the back woods/back water region of the southwest corner of Washington State. Martin is a priest, librarian, commercial fisherman, and a previously published author. The county grew on fishing, tim
This volume accompanied a 2007 exhibition on the campus of Central Washington University displaying works of art from 58 of the school's alumni who graduated between 1954 and 1979. Found object works,
Established in 1853, Washington remained a Territory until admitted into the Union thirty-six years later in 1889. Few other territories in the American West languished longer in dependent status. Bec
Bullock recounts the six-month struggle between the Western Miners Union in Roslyn, Washington and the owners of the Roslyn-Cle Elum coal mine in 1934, early in the presidency of Franklin Delano Roose
This work for general readers and railroad buffs chronicles the growth of railroads through the wheat farming regions of eastern Washington and northern Idaho during the late 19th and early 20th c
"Seattle residents were bitterly disappointed in 1873 when the Northern Pacific selected rival Tacoma as the future Puget Sound terminus for Washington Territory's first transcontinental railroad. Thi
This biography chronicles life and impact of Ezra Meeker, a mid-19th century hops farmer in the Washington Territory’s Puyallup Valley. There is much information on the collaboration between his compa
The 22 essays in this collection were originally presentations given during the conference on Civility and Democracy in America held in Spokane, Washington in March 2011. They address the complicated
In mid-1900s Washington, most orchardists grew apples for the fresh fruit trade, and had little access to markets for their low-grade leftovers. Immense piles of culls were left to rot or dumped into
Ezra Meeker braved the Oregon Trail in 1852, eventually becoming a hop farmer and broker. He platted the town of Puyallup, Washington and served as its first mayor. By the 1880s he had built a fortune
Hockaday, a journalist in Seattle, describes the work in Washington and Oregon during the first decade of the 20th century of landscape architect John Charles Olmsted, stepson of the legendary Frederi
A Wenatchee, Washington counselor, who won an award from the Center for Columbia River History, offers a photo essay on the history of the region known as the Upper Columbia. The 167 b&w plates in
Rau, a retired geologist, is a great grandson of Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, pioneers in the 1850s who ended up in Puyallup, Washington. He interweaves his narrative about their experiences with exce
Practially growing up with a camera in hand, Jim Fredrickson of Tacoma, Washington, took his first picture of a steam locomotive in 1936. In a few years, railroad men were regularly seeing the "kid wi
Valle follows the Martinez family for a year working in Oregon and Washington and wintering in south Texas. Original version was a set of reports in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin . Annotation copyri
