History & Politics

Rosa Franklin was the first Black woman elected to the Washington State Senate. She served one term in the House of Representatives from 1991-1993....

In the sequel to his popular Washington Territory, author Robert E. Ficken, ably and with characteristically wry humor, describes Washington State'...

A wild ocean snuggled up to a wild land in the furthest corner of our Lower 48 states—the Washington coast is a unique adventure destination and th...

An anything-but-dry history textbook in a take-it-with-you package, Washington’s History is a fascinating walk through the sweeping story of a plac...

Washington Remembers World War II features a dozen gripping personal stories from the global conflict that changed who we are. The book is a tribut...

The bridges of Washington State range from soaring suspension spans to utilitarian trusses, from technological wonders to spectacular failures. Fea...

Slade Gorton's half century in politics began in 1956. Together with Dan Evans and Joel Pritchard, he was a key player in generating a new wave of ...

Nancy Bell Evans came to the Capitol with her husband, Governor Dan Evans, in 1965 as the state's youngest ever first lady. During his three terms,...

Exploring Washington's Majestic State Capitol by Cathleen M. Norman.

When Lillian Walker arrived in Bremerton Washington in 1941 from Illinois she never expected to encounter racism in the Northwest. A charter member...

Billy Frank Jr. was an early participant in the fight for tribal fishing rights during the 1960s. Roughed up, belittled, and handcuffed on the rive...

Washington State is a place of political mavericks. Split tickets are a source of pride and independent voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans....

From his first campaign, and upset victory for the State Senate in 1970, to his last, a 2008 landslide that saw Washington become the second state ...

Misjudged, underestimated and sometimes ignored, Jennifer Dunn broke the gender barrier repeatedly as a single mother of two boys. Once labeled a G...

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited America’s Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Proj...

You can't do justice to Adele Ferguson's laugh with only one adjective. It's earthy, infectious and punctuated with delight. Although it has been 5...

Raised by a widow in Kelso, Washington during the Great Depression, Sid Snyder relied on hard work to overcome his humble beginnings, working in a ...

Kids can now practice their skills in vocabulary, reading, writing, social studies, math, and science while getting to know the state they love! Ea...

Washington Territory's first governor remains as controversial today as he was to his frontier contemporaries during the Pacific Northwest's most t...

The right of citizens to vote is a pillar of democracy--a mainstay denied to Washington women until they united in a campaign to enact change. Suff...

When Governor Chris Gregoire took office in 2005 with the slimmest of electoral margins, she inherited a budget shortfall of more than $2 billion f...