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Site of 1854 Medicine Creek Council, Nisqually Delta, Thurston County, 1998
Civics Inquiry

What specific events or people, unique to the county or city where you go to school, have had significant impact on the history of Washington state?

Images

Loggers in Clallam County, 1909, photo by Asahel Curtis
Owhi in full dress, Nespelem, Colville Indian Reservation, 1903
Grays Harbor promotional brochure, 1910s
Aerial view of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, including USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Saint Paul (CA-73), USS Hornet (CVS-12), USS Rochester (CA-124), USS Bennington (CVS-20), and USS New Jersey (BB-62), Bremerton, Washington, July 1974
Kittitas County History Labyrinth, Ellensburg Public Library, 2005
Highway to Columbia River, Klickitat County, September 1941 Photo by Russell Lee
Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Skamania County, 1940s Postcard
Wahkiakum County ferry Oscar B, 2023 Photo by Pete Forsyth
Vineyard outside Walla Walla, September 2007 Photo by Colleen E. O'Connor

HistoryLink Articles

Curriculum

Each of Washington’s thirty-nine counties has a unique informational feature essay on HistoryLink.org. This set of features can be found by searching for the topics “Counties” or “Cities & Towns” on the HistoryLink search page. By searching the Thumbnails on the HistoryLink.org website, an educator can easily find basic and historically relevant information that is unique to his or her specific county, city, or town (if an essay on the relevant area has been published).

Students should be informed and historically savvy members of their communities. These materials will help students understand that current events influence the role of a county, city, or town in developing history, and that most of HistoryLink.org’s entries are updated when necessary and possible.

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Maps

Douglas County map, 1909-1910
Map of the Duwamish/Green River in King County, Washington, February 20, 2016
Site diagram, Hanford Engineer Works, Richland, ca. 1943