Phil's History: First Class - Frontier Washington

Well, our groups have weighed in on the important dates from the early history of Washington. We broke them down into five categories: Geology, Explorers, "Politics," Settlement, and Indians.

Some of the interesting dates include early geologic events such as the retreating glaciers, the c. 1450 Columbia River landslide, and the c. 1700 earthquake. I think these are interesting and I could add another: Rainier's massive eruption 5,000 years ago which created the Osceola Mudflow. Here is a map of areas which were covered by the lahars from that eruption.