People
She traveled with the Corps of Discovery and acted as a translator.
Who is Sacagawea
This region has high volcanic peaks and many glaciers
What is the Cascade Range
This industry grew of a need to build cities, buildings, docks, and wooden sidewalks.
What is logging.
These people lived along the Columbia River and were the middlemen of trade with other Natives.
Who are the Chinook
This war fought in 1859 was for the ownership of the San Juan Islands.
What is the Pig War
They came to Washington from New York as missionaries.
Who are Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
This region has a high elevation and therefore is cool in the summer and a much colder winter
What is the Rocky Mountains
This industry is what most early settlers were part of but came to an end by the 1840s.
What is the fur trade
These people lived along the Columbia River basin and were a nomadic group.
Who are the Cayuse
The fishing industry changed greatly with the introduction of this.
What is canning or canneries
He was the first territorial governor of Washington.
Who is Isaac Stevens
This region is the wettest part of the state and has only a few small towns
What is the Coastal Range
This was found across the state and brought new workers to the Pacific Northwest.
What is gold
These people harvested gray whales
Who are the Makah
Because few roads that existed and those that did were not very good, these were used for transporting goods.
What are waterways
These people became millionaires overnight with the Hercules Mine in the Silver Valley
Who are Al and May Arkwright Hutton
This region is the largest and is filled with large winding rivers and fertile farming land.
What is the Columbia Plateau
Coal mining was important to Washington's economy well into the 1900s. Coal was first discovered here.
What is the Puget Sound Lowlands and the Cascade Mountains.
These people were the largest of the Coastal tribes and lived on the Puget Sound.
Who are the Salish
The growth of this industry caused conflict between Native Americans and ranchers settlers when they crossed onto Native lands.
What is the cattle industry
THese two gentlemen led the Corps of Discovery across the United States
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
This region is full of valleys and low hills and has miles of bays.
What is the Puget Sound Lowlands
The introduction of this made agriculture in central Washington possible.
What is irrigation
This group of Plateau people lived in permanent villages but also moved seasonally to take advantage of natural resources.
Who are the Nez Perce
Native Americans had no immunity to this disease and so an epidemic broke out when settlers brought this disease to the Whitman Mission
What is measles