Articles written by Dale Raugust

Oregon's Willamette Valley was the first area to be settled. The Native population had been cleared out by epidemics opening up the area to settlement.

Jun 13, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The Oregon Trail was little more than wagon ruts, and presented the first western travelers with many difficulties and challenges as they journeyed to their new homes.

Jun 13, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Governor Tom McCall of Oregon was ahead of his times when it came to the environment. He proposed innovative regulations to safeguard the environment.

Jun 13, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The Narragansett Tribes Occupied Present Day Rhode Island and was one of the strongest tribes in New England. They enjoyed a life filled with abundance.

Jun 11, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Prior to contact with Europeens, Nativie Americans in New England and thoughout the United States had a rich and varied social life.

Jun 11, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Frontier life was hard and to survive both men and women had to take on specific gender based roles and responsibilities.

Jun 11, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Native Americans and Whites each wanted a mutually beneficial trading arrangnment, but pre contact epidemics played a role in the development of trading relationships.

May 7, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The Populist, Progressive, and Socialist Movements grew in strength during the period from about 1880 to 1916, but were co-opted by the adoption of many of the reforms.

May 7, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The Narragansett government was both monarchical and democratic in style; their religion had multiple gods of different levels of importance.

Apr 17, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Captain James Cook was a British explorer who searched in vain for the legendary Northwest Passage and in the process explored the coastline of Washington and Oregon.

Apr 11, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Prior to the introduction of European ways, Native Americans of the Pacific Coast lead lives culturally distinct from the Indians of the Great Basin or Plateau areas.

Apr 11, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The English got a late start in the exploration of the new world. By the time of the initial English voyages the Spanish, Dutch and French had been at it for decades.

Apr 2, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Prior to the establish of English colonies at Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, the Natives of New England had suffered massive population losses from epidemics.

Apr 2, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The Whitman ministered to the Cayuse tribe; and were killed by the Cayuse because the Indians believed the Whitmans were responsible for the deaths by epidemic.

Apr 2, 2009 - Dale Raugust

After the long hard trip to the junction of the Walla Walla River and Columbia River, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman built a mission and began to minister to the Indians.

Apr 2, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The life of Narcissa Whitman is reflective of the lives of pioneer women, hard working and family oriented; these women are the unsung heros of the frontier.

Apr 2, 2009 - Dale Raugust

In the 1890s, Mine owners and union organizers fought for control of the Coeur d' Alene mines. Suffragist May Arkwright Hutton took up her pen in support of the union.

Apr 1, 2009 - Dale Raugust

A colonial economy is one in which the natural resources of the colonized area is used to support the industialized economy of the colonizer.

Apr 1, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Alexander Ross was a fur trader and adventurer who traveled to the Pacific Northwest in 1810, shortly after Lewis and Clack, and published his observations in 1841.

Mar 31, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The Federal Government subsidized the settlement and economic developement of the west in a number of ways, primarily by giving land both to business and individuals.

Mar 31, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Fur trader and explorer Alexander Ross described the culture of the Native Americans in the costal areas of Washington and Oregon prior to substantial Euopean contact.

Mar 31, 2009 - Dale Raugust

During the early part of the twentieth century Republicans controlled politics in the Pacific Northwest. Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho held office for 33 years.

Mar 30, 2009 - Dale Raugust

In 1879, Spokane and Cheney, Washington, neighboring cummunities contended for the location of the county seat, using elections and the business end of a gun.

Mar 30, 2009 - Dale Raugust

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was organized in 1905 and soon became involved in Free Speech fights in several western cities, including Spokane, Washington

Mar 30, 2009 - Dale Raugust

Although Carl Maxey is often regarded as the first African American lawyer in Spokane Washington, the evidence is clear that he was not.

Mar 30, 2009 - Dale Raugust

George Turner was a prominent Spokane, Washington lawyer and politician from about 1880 to the early 1900s. He served as a Supreme Court Justice and US Senator.

Dec 27, 2008 - Dale Raugust