Washington State
Subtitle: the inaugural decade, 1889-1899
By: Robert E. Ficken.
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Pullman, Wash
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780874222883
Subjects: Washington (State) -- History -- 19th century
Description: In November 1889, Washington--70,000 square miles brimming with timber, coal, salmon, and rich farmland--became the nation's 42nd state. In a sequel to Washington Territory, Robert E. Ficken relates how the turbulent inaugural decade laid foundations for the state's infrastructure and a new century's commercial and social development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments
title: v; label: Introduction
title: vi; label: Chapters; label: 1. More than Magical Transformations
title: 1; label: 2. Another Way of Saying God's Country
title: 43; label: 3. The Promise of Future Greatness
title: 81; label: 4. Every Necessary of Life
title: 119; label: 5. Darkness upon the Earth
title: 157; label: 6. Somewhat of a Black Eye
title: 181; label: 7. As the Flood-tide Follows the Ebb
title: 209; label: 8. The Earnest of Coming Greatness
title: 241