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Washington's Timberlands
"Washington's Timberland (Part I)," HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History (May 2024).
Washington’s Timberlands (Part 1)Washington’s forests changed during the nineteenth century. When the century began, forests dominated most of the region. They were homelands for diverse and sovereign Indigenous nations