Title Info: Journeys to the Past: Historical Documents of Washington, 1854-1944

This collection includes 162 documents that provide primary source content for 18 topics in U.S. and Washington State History: Territorial Government, the Indian Rebellion, the San Juan Controversy; Pioneer Life, Industrial Growth, Immigration, Constitutional Convention, Public Education, Women’s Rights, Prohibition, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), World War I, the Columbia Basin Project, the Great Depression, World War II, Transportation, Populists and Progressive Government, and Statehood. Each topic includes a narrative, corresponding historical documents from the Washington State Archives, transcriptions and/or a summary, and questions that can be used as instructional cues.

The Journeys to the Past project was designed in 1983 by Archivists at the Washington State Archives to be used as an instructional supplement in Washington and Pacific Northwest history courses. The material is directed towards the high school level.