EARLY STATEHOOD
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EARLY STATEHOOD. 1880-1910 : Railroads bring people here. 1889 : Washington becomes a state. Birthday of our state is November 11. Elisha P. Ferry became the first governor of the state. Women’s Suffrage means women’s right to vote. Women fought for their rights.
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EARLY STATEHOOD 1880-1910 : Railroads bring people here. 1889 : Washington becomes a state. Birthday of our state is November 11..
Women’s Suffragemeans women’s right to vote • Women fought for their rights. • Got the vote in 1910 - ten years before the rest of the country • MayArkwright • Hutton
ECONOMY • Economy based on: • Agriculture • Transportation • Logging • Fishing
AGRICULTURE • Families owned and operated lands • 1889 Walter Granger came to Yakima Valley to begin irrigation project • 1893 Sunnyside Canal opened
LOGGING • Thousands of acres in Western Wa. • People used crosscut saws to cut trees. • Timber was transporter to mills.
FISHING • Important industry • Major source of food for Natives. • First cannier build on Columbia River at Eagle Cliffs • 1881 there were 30 canneries in Wa. • Whaling and the Makah Indians
IMMIGRANTS IN WA • Hawaiians - called Kanakas • Irish - potato famine in Ireland, 1840’s. Agriculture, railroad, mining. • Chinese laborers, merchants, businessmen