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PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES
#32 - WASHINGTON

Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1892
Lithographer: Donaldson Bros.

Washington - Mount Tacoma; Indians Hop-Picking; Big Lumber

Reverse - Text
Left section: GRIND YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section:
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, together with Oregon, comprised a territory long held in dispute by the United States and Great Britain. There was a joint occupation of this section by both nations until 1846, when the American Government, by treaty, acquired undisputed possession. Its history is identical with Oregon. The earliest modern explorer of the Washington Coast was Juan Perez in 1774. In 1778, Captain James Cook, a celebrated English navigator, made careful explorations along the coast. In 1787 Captain Barclay Law, and in 1788, Captain Meares explored the Strait under the British flag, and fur-traders cruised along the coast, buying sea-otter furs from the Indians. In 1789 Captain Robert Gray, an American sea captain, entered several Washington harbors, and two years later, discovered and named Gray's Harbor, then he ascended for twenty-five miles the great river, to which he gave the name of his ship, the Columbia.
In 1805 Lewis and Clark, with an exploring party of American soldiers, descended the Clear Water, Snake, and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Ocean and wintered on the coast. The first settlement was at Turnwater in 1845. The growth of Washington was very slow until the construction of the railroads. These made connections with the East and also southward to California. Ever since a very prosperous development has taken place.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Mount Tacoma; Indians on their Way to Hop-Picking;
Big Lumber.