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Timber Press
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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Featuring more than 1240 stunning color photographs, this comprehensive field guide will remain a trusted, authoritative trailside reference for years to come. It describes and illustrates 1220 species commonly encountered in the Pacific Northwest, both native and nonnative, including perennials, annuals, and shrubs.
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Washington State University Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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"The pioneers who took up homesteads on the raw sagebrush land of the great Columbia Basin were men and women of real fortitude and courage. Their struggles to make homes and raise crops, with the great scarcity of water which then existed, is an epic to match that of other earlier Western pioneers." "The author was a child of ten when the Joseph W. Tice family moved to a homestead north of the present town of Othello, Washington. Other homestead...
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Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Evergreen State! We'll explore Washington's scenic coasts, lush parks, iconic landmarks, and rich history. The Washington by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered in the book. A special section provides quick state facts such as the state motto, capital, population, animals, foods, and more. Take a fun-filled tour of all there is to discover in Washington.
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The civilization of the American Indian volume 173
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
©2010
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English
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This third edition includes the recent economic, political, and cultural developments that affect the native communities, as well as other contemporary issues such as Indian gaming and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. All entries include information on tribal history, location, demographics, and cultural traditions.
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English
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Prior to the onslaught of the Europeans, the Puget Sound Native Americans who lived there enjoyed a bounty of seafood, waterfowl, and berries, which they expertly collected and preserved. Detailing the associated culture, technologies, and techniques, Vine Deloria Jr. explains in depth this veritable paradise and its ultimate demise.
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YAKT Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Two veteran railroaders begin their history with a review of the coming of railroad service to the Pacific Northwest, but quickly move into details of the construction, operation and economic impact of the former Great Northern Railway's (S2(BW-O (Wenatchee-Oroville) branch line, a line that became one of its highest revenue branches. Unlike many books on railroading, this book does not consist only of photos of trains and railroad station buildings....
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Timber Press
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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The only comprehensive guide to insects of the Pacific Northwest, this handy reference is perfect for hikers, fishers, and naturalists. With coverage from southwestern British Columbia to northern California, from the coast to the high desert, it describes more than 450 species of common, easily visible insects and some noninsect invertebrates, including beetles, butterflies and moths, dragonflies, grasshoppers, crickets, cicadas, flies, bees, wasps,...
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Sandra Sweetman
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"The purpose of this project is to capture 'a moment in time' in the more recent years of 2011 and 2012, and to show how people who live in Republic work, and dress, and get around in today's world." -- Introduction
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Cascade Alpine guide volume 2
Publisher
Mountaineers
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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