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Featuring the men and women who lived and worked at Grand Coulee in the wake of the Great Depression and the Native people whose lives were changed alongside historians and engineers, the film explores how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the project's legacy.

The Klickitat River is a 75 mile long wild & scenic tributary of the mighty Columbia Rvier. Located in south central Washington State, this is the home of excellent summer-run steelhead fishing--Publisher description.

2 documentary programs. The Oregon Trail is an account of America's longest and most famous pioneer trail, covering the reasons for going, the landscape crossed, and the experience as described in immigrants' diaries. The Pony Express describes the gamble that bankrupted the men who started it, and lasted only 19 months, but made a legend of its riders and provided a vital link between California and the Northern states at the start of the Civil War....

An introduction to the history of the American West from the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans to the present day.

"The story of the Filipino pioneers who emigrated to the United States and subsequently to the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s and 30s. They came to Bainbridge Island, Washington, to work the land, mostly on Japanese-American owned strawberry farms. It is the story of their relationship with other island residents, including Canadian First Nation migrant workers. It is the story of the land, and how the Filipino community became its stewards during...

Presents portraits of the outstanding women who helped settle the Western frontier.

Takes viewers down the sidelines, on the field, and into the locker room with exclusive access to all the vivid sounds and images of every game in the memorable 2013-2014 season of the championship.Team-coupled with exciting extra content detailing stores from the year, media day at Super Bowl XLVIII, and the thrilling Lombardi Trophy Presentation.

From its place in ancient Native American legends as Tahoma, the "great white mountain," and Tacobet, "nourishing breast," to its position as a symbol of the Northwest today, Mount Rainier has always been a dominant presence in this region. In 1999 we will celebrate the foresight of those who, a century earlier, created Mount Rainier National Park. With that single act they protected for future generations the wild beauty of the area's alpine meadows,...