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Timeline Project of Pacific Northwest History
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James cook
Died feb. 14-1779
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George Washington Bush
one of the first settler of wasington state -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to discover how the region could be exploited economically. According to Jefferson himself, one goal was to find a "direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce with Asia -
Oregon Trail Started
The Oregon Trail is a 2,000-mile historic east-west wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between -
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Died April 4, 1914
Created Weyerhaeuser Company -
Chief Joseph
Peacemaker for a reservation in Idaho -
William Boeing
founded Beoing Corporation -
Athur Denny
died jan 9-1899
Founded Seattle -
Great Seattle Fire
Burnt down seattle -
Klondike Gold Rush
Keish dicovered the gold -
Grand Coulee Dam
Construction began -
Bill Gates
Founded Microsoft and made computers and programs -
Microsoft
American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions
