Oregon Trail
Settlements
Mining & Lumber
Fishing and Whaling
Agriculture
100
Oxen
What animals were the best choice for pulling wagons?
100
Tacoma
What word sounds like the Native American name for Mt. Rainier?
100
The Chinese, African Americans, English, and Welsh.
Who are early miners in Washington Territory.
100
The basic food source for most of the Pacific Northwest's native tribes.
What is salmon?
100
Hauled in sacks by wagon to landings on the Snake and Columbia rivers, and later by rail to Portland.
What is wheat?
200
East to West.
What is the direction pioneers travelled on the Oregon Trail?
200
Walla Walla
What is a wheat-farming community, a supply point for gold mining camps, and the largest settlement in Washington Territory?
200
Walla Walla, Spokane, and Seattle
What Washington cities were greatly affected by gold rushes in Canada, Alaska, and Idaho?
200
Preserved fish using high heat and cans for transport to South America, Great Britain, Australia, and China.
What is canning/What are canneries?
200
Early farms were 160-320 acres while present day farms are over 1000 acres.
What is wheat farming?
300
Fort Vancouver
What is the first place pioneers settled in the Pacific Northwest?
300
Smithfield
What is the original name for Olympia?
300
One of the most successful sawmills in Washington until 1995.
What is Port Gamble?
300
The most economically valuable commodity for pioneers obtained by hunting whales.
What is whale oil?
300
Irrigation and railroads allowed Washington to become the nation's largest producer by 1917.
What is the apple?
400
The Oregon Trail
What is "as smooth as a barn floor swept by the winds"?
400
Doc Maynard
Who moved his store from Olympia to Seattle and is credited with founding Seattle?
400
The nation's leading lumber state by 1905.
What is Washington?
400
Sea animals used by native tribes for food, oil, and blubber.
What is a whale?
400
Farming here made up 45% of value of all Washington Crops and the wealthiest county in Washington was located here.
What is the Palouse region of Washington?
500
Independence, Missouri
What is the starting point for the Oregon Trail?
500
A major shipping port for lumber.
What is Seattle?
500
A major transportation aid for the growth of the lumber industry in Washington.
What is proximity to water?
500
Whale by-product used for carriage springs, hoops for skirts, ribs for umbrellas, and horse whips.
What is baleen?
500
Harsh winters thinned herds and the winter of 1889-1890 killed half of the remaining animals, and 9 out of 10 in Big Bend.
What is cattle?
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