History of Washington, Bancroft Works

• The First Settlements of Washington State, 1845-1853
  • Attitude of The Hudson's Bay Company
  • Michael T. Simmons and Associates Proceed Northward
  • Settle At Budd Inlet
  • Puget Sound
  • Highlands
  • Tumwater
  • Bush Prairie
  • Chambers Prairie
  • Neah Bay
  • Marriages and Births
  • The Indians Pronounce Against The White Man
  • Effect of California Gold Discovery
  • The Timber Trade
  • Washington Pioneers 1844-1852
  • Settlers in King County from Oregon
  • Whidbey Island Settled
  • Occupation of the Coast Country
• Building the New Territory, Washington, 1845-1853
  • Public Meetings
  • Settlers Versus The Puget Sound Agricultural Company
  • Representation In The Oregon Legislature
  • Movements Toward The Foundation of the New Territory Of Columbia
  • Memorial To Congress
  • Petitioners of Territory of Columbia
  • If Not a Territory, Then A State
  • Queen Charlotte Island Expedition
  • Indian Captives of Washington from the Vessel Georgiana
  • The Oregon Legislature Petition Congress For A Division Of Territory
  • Congress Grants The Petition
  • But Instead of Columbia, The New Territory Is Called Washington
  • Officers Appointed
  • Roads Constructed
    • Road Builders and Settlers Olympia to the Sound, 1853
  • Immigration
• Governor Stevens, Washington Legislature, Building a New State, 1853-1855
  • Governor Isaac Ingalls Stevens
  • His Life And Character
  • Railroad Surveys
  • Political Parties
    • Gilmore Hayes
    • Joseph Cushman
  • Election
  • First Legislative Assembly
  • Its Personnel And Acts
  • Early Newspapers
  • County Organizations
    • Washington Counties Organized
  • Federal Courts
  • Land Claims And Land Titles
    • Washington Petitions for Land Law Separate from Oregon
    • Hudsons Bay Company Forts
  • Roads, Mails, And Express Companies
  • San Juan Island
  • Indian Troubles
  • Treaties And Reservations
  • Stevens In Eastern Washington
    • Washington Settlers from Oregon
• Washington Indian Wars, 1855-1856
  • Causes Of The Indian Outbreak
  • Discovery Of Gold Near Fort Colville
  • Yakimas Hostile
    • Washington Blockhouses or Stockades erected during Indian War
  • Expeditions Of Major O. G. Haller Into The Snake And Yakima Countries
  • Yakima Campaign Of 1855
  • Movement Of Troops On The Sound
  • Attack On Seattle
    • Attack on Seattle Map
  • War Vessels On The Sound
  • Walla Walla Campaign Of The Oregon Volunteers
    • Mounted Volunteer Companies engaged in the Indian War, Mason's administration
  • Operations Of The Second Oregon Regiment
    • Indian Fight of the 7th, 8th, and 9th of December of 1858
  • Attack On The Cascades
    • Upper and Lower Cascades Map
  • Colonel Cornelius Returns To Portland
• Indian Wars Continue, 1856-1858
  • Action Of The Governor
  • Disposition of Forces
  • New Battalions
    • Southern Battalion of Washington
    • Second Regiment of Washington Volunteers
    • Washington Pioneers and Solders in the Indian War
  • Plan of Campaign
  • Battle of White River
  • On the Sound
  • Martial Law
  • Fighting At John Day River and Grand Rond
  • East of the Cascade Range
  • Stevens in the Hostile Country
  • Failure of his Council
  • Leschi's Betrayal, Arrest, Trials, and Execution
  • Assassination of Quiemuth
  • Termination of Hostilities on the Sound
  • Result
  • War Debt
  • Clark E and Wright's Campaign
    • Wright's Campaign Map
  • Defeat of Steptoe
  • Battles of Four Lakes and Spokane Plains in the Yakima Country
    • Walla Walla Valley Map
  • Walla Walla Country Reopened
• Washington Politics through Four Administrations, 1855-1867
  • Party Politics
  • Election Of Delegate
  • Martial Law
    • Kendall, Bezaleel Freeman
  • Stevens Chosen Delegate
  • Death Of Stevens
  • His Character
  • Governor McMullin
  • Fraser River Mining Excitement
  • Its Effect On Washington
  • Services Of Secretary Mason
  • Governor Gholson
  • Henry M. McGill
  • The Capital Question
  • The University
    • University of Washington, 1861
  • Governor Wallace
  • Governor Pickering
  • The Custom House Controversy
  • Inundation Of Port Angeles
• Military Organization, Gold Discoveries, Town Making, 1861-1863
  • Organization Of The First Washington Infantry
  • Companies From California Gold Discoveries
  • Military Road
  • Fraser River Travel
  • Colville Mines
  • The Malheur Country
  • The Similka
  • Meen Mines
  • American Miners in British Columbia
  • Gold Discoveries on the Clearwater
  • On Snake River
  • Protest of The Nez Percé
  • Pierce City
  • Oro Fino
  • Lewiston
  • Very Rich Diggings
  • California Eclipsed
  • Salmon River Mines
  • Political Effect
  • Winter Sufferings
  • Powder and John Day Rivers
  • Florence and Warren Diggings
  • Boise Mines
  • Organization of the Territory of Idaho
  • Washington Pioneers, Biles and Scammon
• Washington Territorial Division, Elections, and Legislature, 1863-1886
  • Effect of Territorial Division
  • Election of Delegate
  • Negro Suffrage
  • Party Politics
  • The Legislature
  • Peace and Progress
  • Steam boating
    • Steamboats, Tug boats and River Craft in Washington
  • Navigation Companies
  • Clearing Rivers
  • Public Buildings
  • Insane Asylum and Penitentiary
  • Legislative Divorces
  • Government Reservations
  • Judicial Affairs
  • Another Delegate
  • Governor Flanders
  • Governor Salomon
  • Governor Ferry
  • Governor Newell
  • Era of Railways
  • More Elections
  • Political Platforms
  • Washington Councilmen. 1879
  • Convention
  • Woman's Rights
  • Legislature
  • Leading Citizens of Spokane Falls, Washington
  • Flanders, Clark and Moore, Washington Pioneers
• Growth of Washington, Constitution Ratified
  • Remarkable Growth Of The Territory
  • Demand for Statehood
  • Enabling Act
  • State Convention
  • Character Of The Delegates
  • Delegates of Washington Convention, July 4, 1889
  • Constitution Ratified
  • Waiting for a Proclamation
  • Meeting of First State Legislature
  • Character of Members
  • First Senators and Representatives of Washington
  • Unexpected Delay of the Presidential Proclamation
  • Election Of Senators
  • Brief Bios of Washington Senators and Representatives
• Washington Resources And Industries
  • Lumber and Ship Building in Washington
    • Vessels lost at Sea, Harbors or Rivers
  • Lumber Industry in Washington
  • Coal Mining in Washington
  • Farming in Washington
  • Fish and Fish Products in Washington
    • Seal and Sea Otter
  • Cattle, Sheep and Horses in Washington
  • Other Resources and Industries of Washington
  • Washington Counties, Towns, and Settlers
  • Tumwater, Vancouver, Port Townsend Washington (lists some settlers)
  • Olympia, New Tacoma, and Olympia Washington (lists some settlers)
    • Railroads of Eastern Washington Map
  • Vanishing Towns and Old Settlements of Washington (lists some settlers)
  • Washington Counties and their Towns (lists some settlers)
  • Churches of Washington
  • Schools of Washington
  • Newspapers of Washington
  • Washington Indian Reservations
  • Trails, Roads and Transportation in Washington
  • Railroads in Washington

Source: Bancroft Works, Volume 31, History Of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, 1845-1889, Hubert H. Bancroft,  1890. The History Company, Publishers, San Francisco

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