HistoryLink.org is the continually evolving online encyclopedia of Washington state history. We provide a free, authoritative, and easily accessible reference for the benefit of all. With a few noted exceptions, all articles on this site are original works prepared exclusively for HistoryLink.org by staff historians, contract writers, volunteers, and consulting experts.
Our writers are Washingtonians, writing about Washington, tunneling through our state’s rich archival resources, and serving up Washington’s history. We are guided by a distinguished board of scholars, educators, and community leaders. HistoryLink.org is history — events large and small; domestic, civic, and international. Things that happened in our state and then rippled out across the planet. National and global happenings that touched our corner of the great Pacific Northwest.
