Book: Washington Territory Established in 1853, Washington remained a Territory for 36 years until admitted into the Union in 1889. Divided by the Cascade Range and lacking an effective internal transportation system, Washington Territory made no practical sense as a political and economic entity until railroads finally unified the region in the mid 1880s. Ficken's Washington Territory will long serve as the definitive economic and political history of territorial Washington.
Details of Book: Washington Territory Book: Washington Territory
Author: Robert E. Ficken
ISBN: 0874222613
ISBN-13: 9780874222616
, 978-0874222616
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Jun 2003
Publisher: Washington State University
Number of Pages: 304
Language: English