{"product_id":"washington-territory-9780874222616","title":"Washington Territory","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert E. Ficken\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Washington State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Washington State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - Pacific Northwest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1853, Washington remained a territory for 36 years, until admitted into the Union in 1889. Only three other territories created in the American West after 1850 languished longer in dependent status. Because of a dividing geographical barrier (the Cascade Range) and the lack of adequate internal transportation and communication systems, Washington Territory made no practical sense as a political and economic entity. Western Washington was actually a satellite of San Francisco and Eastern Washington of Portland, until railroads finally were completed along the Columbia River and across the Cascades in the mid 1880s. Essentially, Washington was not \"eligible\" for statehood until very late in its territorial period when railways unified the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough modern scholars have produced worthy biographies and specialized studies for this intriguing period, until now only one previous attempt at a comprehensive history has appeared--H.H. Bancroft's imperfect all-in-one volume, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Washington, Idaho and Montana\u003c\/i\u003e (1890). Robert E. Ficken's \u003ci\u003eWashington Territory \u003c\/i\u003ewill long serve as the definitive economic and political history of territorial Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969773191319,"sku":"9780874222616","price":1692.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780874222616.webp?v=1782924053","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/washington-territory-9780874222616","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}