Recommended Websites
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Pacific Northwest History
Historical Societies, Libraries, Exhibits, Museums
Archives: Washington Secretary of State -
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/
Information about the State Archives Center and the Regional Archives System.
Chief Seattle's Speech : Historylink.Org -
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1427
Historical context for Chief Seattle's 1885/87 speech.
East Side Journal Index -
http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/cpsha/esj
Index to articles about the communities on the east side of Lake Washington, from 1918 to 1975.
HistoryLink -
http://www.historylink.org
An interactive Web site, which chronicles the history of Seattle and King County, Washington.
King County Snapshots -
http://content.lib.washington.edu/imls/kcsnapshots/index.html
19th and 20th century images portraying people, places, and events in King County's urban, suburban, and rural communities.
Murray's People -
http://www2.tacomapubliclibrary.org/v2/nwroom/morgan/Intro.htm
Biographical essays by Murray Morgan, on people prominent in Northwest history.
National Register of Historic Places -
http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome
Allows you to look up sites on the National Register of Historic Places by county and state.
Pacific Northwest History -
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/pnw.html
Links to many sites, including the Klondike Gold Rush, Japanese American internment camps, Oregon Trail, Lewis and Clark expedition. Includes British Columbia.
Pieces of the Past: Des Moines History Online -
http://www.dmhs.org/POP/index.html
Explore the past of Des Moines, Washington through historical photos, a museum catalog, local landmarks and more.
Sammamish Valley News Index -
http://www.kcls.org/erout/goto.cfm?f=&d=68
Sammamish Valley News front page articles. Covers 1963-1994 newspapers in the Redmond Library collection.





