TY - BOOK AU - Crutchfield,James A. TI - It Happened in Washington: Remarkable Events That Shaped History T2 - It Happened in the West Series SN - 9781493015894 AV - F891.6 -- .C788 2016eb U1 - 979.7 PY - 2015/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Globe Pequot Press, The KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- AVALANCHE AT OZETTE -- CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON THE WASHINGTON COAST -- THE CLAIMING OF THE COLUMBIA -- LEWIS AND CLARK REACH THE PACIFIC COAST -- LOST IN THE WILDERNESS -- ALEXANDER ROSS AT FORT NEZ PERCE -- THE CHRISTENING OF FORT VANCOUVER -- THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION -- EXPLORING WASHINGTON WITH JOHN C. FRÉMONT -- "FIFTY-FOUR FORTY OR FIGHT" -- THE WHITMAN MASSACRE -- THE GREAT RAILROAD SURVEY -- GRANT'S LIFE AT FORT VANCOUVER -- THE BATTLE OF SEATTLE -- INDIAN WARS -- LIEUTENANT MULLAN'S WAGON ROAD -- THE PIG WAR -- THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY SURVEY -- EXPLORATION OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA -- SEATTLE'S DEPARTURE POINTCAMPAIGN -- EDWARD CURTIS MEETS SUCCESS -- THE CREATION OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK -- MR. WEYERHAEUSER'S SURPRISE -- THE CAPTURE OF HARRY TRACY -- THE GREAT YACOLT FIRE -- WILLIAM BOEING'S VISION -- THE SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE -- A WASHINGTON CONSERVATIONIST GOES TO COURT -- HARNESSING THE MIGHTY COLUMBIA -- THE SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR -- WHEN MONEY FELL OUT OF THE SKY -- THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS -- THE SAGA OF KENNEWICK MAN -- MURDER MOST FOUL: THE GREEN RIVER MURDERS -- WASHINGTON FACTS AND TRIVIA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR N2 - It Happened in Washington takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Evergreen state's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4093082 ER -