• After graduating from Columbia College in 1860 and attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Edgar Cullen was commissioned into the 1st United States Infantry as a second lieutenant on May 24, 1862. (green-wood.com)
  • Ten years after his retirement, the Pacific Railroad Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1862. (openasia.asia)
  • The Pacific Railroad Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1862. (openasia.asia)
  • In 1862, the American Civil War began to affect currency in the United States. (monasheealmanac.org)
  • During the Civil War, Gillis served in each of the major blockading squadrons, serving first in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron from 1862 to 1863, followed by the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron from 1863 to 1864, during which time he took part in the engagement against the Taylor's Landing battery on the Pamunkey River. (usna.edu)
  • They were government property and were kept here only a short time during the winter of 1859/60 before being moved to the Los Angeles Quartermaster Depot on their way to Benicia where they were auctioned off at a loss to the Government in 1864. (forttejon.org)
  • In March of 1864, he received his commission as Lieutenant General from President Lincoln and on March 12 he is appointed General in Chief of all United States Armies. (famousamericans.net)
  • It was not until after the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 that a law passed on September 22, 1789, created the federal post office under the new government of the United States. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Wyoming was the first state in the country to approve a constitution that included a provision granting women the right to vote. (britannica.com)
  • Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (webplus.info)
  • Idaho operates under a state constitution that provides for three branches of government: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • One of the original 13 states, Connecticut is known as the "Constitution State. (teachershelp.ru)
  • Washington's state constitution has been substantially amended since 1889, and has authorized citizen initiatives and referenda since 1912. (historylink.org)
  • The Secretary of State, an office established by the state constitution, is responsible for administering and enforcing election laws and certifying elections. (allgov.com)
  • Article Two, Section One, Clause Eight of the United States Constitution requires the President elect to take an Oath of Office prior to assuming the duties of the office. (bluestarmothers.org)
  • and defend the Constitution of the United States. (bluestarmothers.org)
  • With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the United States acquired from Mexico the land that would become California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • The project did not begin with the Federal Government, but with the State of California, which long recognized the benefits to be had by connecting the thirsty Central Valley with the state's water-rich mountains. (nps.gov)
  • In 1919, a plan was submitted to the governor of California, which spurred statewide interest and led to the first of a series of state appropriations to investigate ways to conserve, control, store and distribute the valley's water. (nps.gov)
  • In 1931, California's Division of Water Resources submitted what was known as the State Water Plan to the state legislature, which passed the California Central Valley Project Act in 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression. (nps.gov)
  • Abraham Lincoln was faced with the possibility of California seceding from the Union and with slavery remaining as a state option even if the South were defeated. (jamesmredwine.com)
  • The Pacific Group processes West Coast products from Alaska to Mexico and owns and operates distribution facilities and distributes in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, California, Nevada and Utah. (factorytoursusa.com)
  • Nicknamed the "Golden State," California is the third largest state in area after Alaska and Texas. (teachershelp.ru)
  • Today, California, land of the giant redwoods, has the highest population of any state in the nation and is America's principal agricultural state. (teachershelp.ru)
  • Later, Oregon, Washington, and Northern California grew rapidly as the hubs of trade with China. (openasia.asia)
  • The construction embarked in 1863 to extend the existing railway, which connected Iowa and Nevada, further to California and it was completed in 1869. (openasia.asia)
  • As governor, first in the 1970s and then again, 28 years later in his remarkable return to power, Jerry Brown would propound an alternative menu of American values: the restoration of the California economy while balancing the state budget, leadership in the international campaign to combat climate change and the aggressive defense of California's immigrants, no matter by which route they arrived. (hachettebookgroup.com)
  • The story of Jerry Brown's life is in many ways the story of California and how it became the largest economy in the United States. (hachettebookgroup.com)
  • The Secretary of State is responsible for administering and certifying elections in California, and that includes monitoring and upgrading the voting equipment and database systems. (allgov.com)
  • As Nolan lies dying in 1863, an officer visits him and updates the map by penciling in Texas, California, and Oregon. (enotes.com)
  • Idaho, for example, includes portions of current day North and South Dakota and the territory of "Dakota" appears as one entity rather than two separate states. (loc.gov)
  • It officially became U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead being included for periods in Oregon Territory and Washington Territory. (definitions.net)
  • The political status of the territory west of the Rocky Mountains had been left unresolved since 1827 when Great Britain and the United States agreed to occupy it jointly. (biographi.ca)
  • Soon after, Sir Richard Jackson* , commander of the forces in Canada, on instruction from Lord Aberdeen, selected Warre and Vavasour to go to the Oregon Territory disguised as travellers to examine how British territory on the Pacific coast might be defended in case of war with the United States. (biographi.ca)
  • The commissioner's report to Congress declared that it was only a matter of time before the territory came under American control. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • However, it was not organized as an independent territory until 1863, having been included in both the Oregon Territory and Washington Territory at various times. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • Two years later, the U.S. created Oregon Territory, which included the future states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and a portion of Montana. (historylink.org)
  • Washington Territory (including Idaho and western Montana until 1863) was separated from Oregon on March 2, 1853, and gained statehood on November 11, 1889. (historylink.org)
  • Olympia has served as the capital of both Washington Territory and State since 1853. (historylink.org)
  • Congress approved the new territory on February 10, 1853, but changed its name to "Washington. (historylink.org)
  • President Franklin Pierce named Isaac Ingalls Stevens as the first governor of the area, which included northern Idaho and western Montana until President Abraham Lincoln established Idaho Territory on March 4, 1863. (historylink.org)
  • But Bierstadt had likely not yet traveled to the Washington Territory in 1870. (seattleartmuseum.org)
  • Bierstadt did not shrink from the challenge of painting an area of the western United States that he likely had not seen-a landscape that he only imagined from his brief experience in the lower Columbia River region of the Oregon Territory, where he had been with Fitz Hugh Ludlow in 1863. (seattleartmuseum.org)
  • Yet, in truth, he probably had not been to the region, since his documented travels in 1863 place him no farther north than the lower Columbia River in the Oregon Territory, on what had been a brief visit to the Pacific Northwest. (seattleartmuseum.org)
  • Some people wrote off the northern counties of Washington Territory as sites for a western rail terminus the after Northern Pacific Railroad (NP) chose Commencement Bay at Tacoma for its western terminus in 1873 but coal excited the local imagination again. (skagitriverjournal.com)
  • However, the network of dams and locks on the Columbia River and Snake River make the city of Lewiston the farthest inland seaport on the Pacific coast of the contiguous United States. (definitions.net)
  • Home to the largest contiguous area of protected wilderness in the continental United States, this beautiful state offers a range of outdoor activities, including hiking, camping, fishing, and wildlife viewing. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • The "Grand Canyon State," Arizona, was the 48th state to join the U.S. in 1912- the last of 48 contiguous (connected) states to join the Union. (teachershelp.ru)
  • The State of Washington occupies the northwest corner of the contiguous 48 United States. (historylink.org)
  • During the summer of 1863, Grant was recovering from a fall from his horse and spent his time with his family in a house near Vicksburg. (famousamericans.net)
  • One drought was so severe in 1863-64 that it devastated California's cattle industry, which was once prominent in the region's history. (nps.gov)
  • He boldly issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and that same year signed the bill funding the Intercontinental Railroad. (jamesmredwine.com)
  • They also foresaw that construction of the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the southern end of the county would spur the growth of small communities along the rail line. (historylink.org)
  • The snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. (openasia.asia)
  • The sparse coverage of F&S in those early months is surprising when you realize that it became the first standard-gauge railroad line to operate in the state, north of Seattle. (skagitriverjournal.com)
  • Portrait photography never had a chance for me, so I sought my subjects from the housetops, and finally the hilltops and about the surrounding country….The opening of the Pacific Railroad in 1869 rendering easy access a region rich in scenic effects and interest, I determined to photograph it. (iphf.org)
  • first lieutenant, 1st Infantry, United States Army. (green-wood.com)
  • He joined the Twelfth Vermont Infantry, Company K. By 1863 his camp realized Jackson was not the combative type, and he was assigned a new position to sketch camp life and map the countryside. (iphf.org)
  • The arguments Peel presented to the British authorities for the retention of Vancouver Island if the 49th parallel were adopted as the boundary came at a critical time in the negotiations leading up to the Oregon Treaty signed by Great Britain and the United States on 15 June 1846. (biographi.ca)
  • The Oregon Treaty with the United States in 1846 gave the future province to Britain, but apart from declaring Vancouver Island a colony in 1849 and handing it over to the fur-trading Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to administer, nothing much ensued. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Great Britain and the United States jointly occupied the region between 1818 and 1846, when Britain ceded the Pacific Northwest area below the 49th parallel to the United States. (historylink.org)
  • They arrived at Fort Vancouver (Vancouver, Wash.) on 25 Aug. 1845 and proceeded to reconnoitre much of the country from the Willamette valley to Fort Victoria. (biographi.ca)
  • Now 98% of all hazel nuts grown in the United States are from our lush Willamette Valley in Western Oregon. (factorytoursusa.com)
  • Without 1858, Canada today might not extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Nebraska extends northwards to the Canadian border and both Washington and Oregon extend eastward to the Rocky Mountains. (geographicus.com)
  • A further expansion ensued in 1847 under the imprint of Ensign, Thayer, and Phelps - the first of the lineage to extend to the Pacific. (geographicus.com)
  • Idaho ( (listen) EYE-də-hoh) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. (definitions.net)
  • Forming part of the Pacific Northwest (and the associated Cascadia bioregion), Idaho is divided into several distinct geographic and climatic regions. (definitions.net)
  • By then, however, much of the British and U.S. debate over the fate of the Pacific Northwest had been well underway. (outdoorproject.com)
  • Idaho, popularly known as the "Gem State," is an impressive state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States . (americanbeautiful.com)
  • The size and quality of the original nut has been developed through the years with the Pacific Northwest climate and cultivation. (factorytoursusa.com)
  • Whatever the circumstances surrounding the sale of the canvas to Low-either it was a commission or a lucky match of picture to patron-the painting ultimately landed in the hands of a man who was connected to the Pacific Northwest by virtue of his shipping business, as few others in America could have been in the early 1870s. (seattleartmuseum.org)
  • The James H. and Irvin V. Gillis Naval Papers span from 1866 to 1898 and are the product of the United States Navy careers of Commodore James Henry Gillis and his son, Irvin Van Gorder Gillis. (usna.edu)
  • President Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) was elected to the Office of the Vice President of the United States in 1848 and, due to the untimely death of President Zachary Taylor in 1850, Fillmore became the 13th President of the United States. (loc.gov)
  • While the maps are not considered especially rare, they were the personal property of Millard Fillmore and represent the largest map collection belonging to a President of the United States. (loc.gov)
  • The state has a bicameral legislature, a governor who serves a four-year term, and various other statewide elected officers. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • Washington has a bicameral legislature (a legislature with two branches) and is divided into 49 legislative districts, each of which elects one state senator to a four-year term, and two representatives to two-year terms. (historylink.org)
  • Bush's work appeared in exhibits across the country and her portraits can still be found in prominent collections - the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Henry Art Gallery, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Washington State Supreme Court. (historylink.org)
  • Upon his retirement, a banquet honoring him was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, hosted by the Brooklyn Bar Association and attended by 450 prominent figures in New York's political and legal circles including the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and former New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes. (green-wood.com)
  • The nine members of the state supreme court are chosen via statewide elections to serve six-year terms. (historylink.org)
  • Gillis was admitted to the United States Naval Academy on May 10, 1848 as a member of the Class of 1853. (usna.edu)
  • The collection consists of over 200 items that include maps of individual states and regions in the United States, as well as maps of various locations in Asia, Europe, Russia, and South America. (loc.gov)
  • Many believed it was only a matter of time until the United States extended its reach north to Russian America, the future Alaska. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • 1990 - The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church in the Philippines. (webplus.info)
  • This spirit of greed, and of taking the larger portion - by force or deception or both - is an unmissable presence looming over the sad history of Native American lands usurped by successive governments of the United States of America. (grahamhancock.com)
  • On April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America. (bluestarmothers.org)
  • Question: Which of these U.S. states was the first in the country to grant women the right to vote? (britannica.com)
  • At about this time, the Civil War broke out and Grant applied to serve as an officer when a call for troops went out. (famousamericans.net)
  • On July 4, 1863, after a siege lasting months, the confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered his 30,000 men to Grant. (famousamericans.net)
  • She had spirit, I was bull-headed, and the quarrel grew (Time Exposure, 81-83). (iphf.org)
  • On October 22, 1863, he took command at Chattanooga, Tennessee and was victorious in the Battle of Chattanooga, forcing the Confederates to retreat into Tennessee. (famousamericans.net)
  • Taylor and Shoudy were again candidates in the 1882 election, but this time Shoudy was victorious. (historylink.org)
  • The nickname of the 49th state, Alaska, is the "Last Frontier. (teachershelp.ru)
  • Washington borders Canada to the north, along the 49th parallel, and Oregon on the south, along the Columbia River and 46th parallel. (historylink.org)
  • Juneau is the state's capital, and the state flower is the pale-blue forget-me-not. (teachershelp.ru)
  • The map details states and territories west of the Mississippi River and shows several state and territorial boundaries that were, as of the time of publication, unresolved. (loc.gov)
  • The victories and settlements of the Mexican-American War increased the expanse of the territorial United States. (forttejon.org)
  • Washington Territorial Legislature establishes Kittitas County on November 24, 1883. (historylink.org)
  • On November 24, 1883, the Washington Territorial Legislature establishes Kittitas County out of the northern portion of Yakima County. (historylink.org)
  • This list incorporates the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) position statements approved by CSTE for national surveillance. (cdc.gov)
  • Acknowledgment: CDC acknowledges the local, state, and territorial health departments that collected the data from a range of case ascertainment sources (e.g., health-care providers, hospitals, laboratories) and reported these data to CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. (cdc.gov)
  • ch 7) 1898 Hawaii is annexed by the United States. (timetoast.com)
  • 1898 - Spanish-American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first major battle of the war. (webplus.info)
  • It borders the states of Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. (definitions.net)
  • one of the north-western States of the American Union, surrounded by Washington and Oregon in the W., Nevada and Utah in the S., Wyoming in the E., and Montana, from which it is separated by a branch of the Rocky Mountains, in the NE. (definitions.net)
  • This viaduct was constructed in the year 1875, according to designs furnished by the author, for the purpose of passing the Dom Pedro Segundo State Railway over the valley which forms the bed of the river Retiro, a small confluent on the left bank of the river Parahybuna. (gutenberg.org)
  • Senatorial Excursion Party over the Union Pacific Railway, E. D. (upenn.edu)
  • Issued by Ensign, Bridgman and Fanning, this map covers from Atlantic to Pacific and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. (geographicus.com)
  • Thomas Jefferson saw the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806 as a means of expanding the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific and discovering the untold resources of our country. (jamesmredwine.com)
  • George Taylor of Selah ran as the Democratic candidate for the state legislature, and Ellensburg founder John Shoudy (1842-1901) ran as the Republican candidate. (historylink.org)
  • Jefferson did this at a time when most Americans still feared, or too much admired, Great Britain. (jamesmredwine.com)
  • While the United States is fighting Great Britain during the War of 1812, Nolan gets caught up in a sea battle aboard the unnamed American ship of the line on which he is a prisoner. (enotes.com)
  • Cullen was re-elected in 1894, at which time he was nominated by both the Republicans and the Democrats. (green-wood.com)
  • 1894 - Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C. (webplus.info)
  • Irvin Van Gorder Gillis, son of James Henry Gillis, was an officer in the United States Navy, book purchasing agent for Guion Moore Gest, and a member of the Naval Academy Class of 1894. (usna.edu)
  • A member of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1894, the younger Gillis served aboard U.S.S. Porter (Torpedo boat : TB-6) leading up to and during the Spanish-American War. (usna.edu)
  • ch 4) 1854 Charles Dickins's Hard Times is published. (timetoast.com)
  • The office of Secretary of State was originally conferred by the governor as a three-year appointment, confirmed by the state Senate. (allgov.com)
  • Today, the Secretary of State is elected every four years, in the same election that selects the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Treasurer. (allgov.com)
  • The law meant to eliminate bribery, fraud, secret funding, and other examples of election corruption by requiring candidates and their committees to file financial statements with the Secretary of State, showing donations and expenditures. (allgov.com)
  • In 1949, legislation forced lobbyists to submit their financial statements to the Secretary of State as well. (allgov.com)
  • This created the Political Reform Division under the Secretary of State as well as an independent state agency, the Fair Political Practices Commission. (allgov.com)
  • For the first 11 years of statehood, the Secretary of State kept the books of the State Library in his office, and the Secretary of State is still responsible for maintaining the State Archives. (allgov.com)
  • The Political Reform Act of 1974 is enforced by the Secretary of State, so tracking of donations and expenditures by lobbyists and parties is made available online. (allgov.com)
  • Born in Illinois, Bush trained at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Art Students League in New York, before moving to Seattle with her parents and younger brother in 1887. (historylink.org)
  • Bush's death record states her birth year as 1861, but that would place it before her parents' marriage in December of that year. (historylink.org)
  • Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: as Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington, Apr. (uchicago.edu)
  • Ch 5) 1870 Red Cloud, cheif of the Ogala Sioux, states his peoples case in washington D.C. (timetoast.com)
  • At the Lincoln State Monument, see the courthouse where, in 1881, Billy the Kid awaited hanging before his daring escape. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Its residents began petitioning for statehood in 1881, and Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, with the signature of President Benjamin Harrison. (historylink.org)
  • Ever since Lewis and Clark looked upon the Pacific Ocean in 1805, Americans were determined to cross the continent. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • The first European explorers and traders visited in the late 1700s, and Lewis and Clark followed the Snake and Columbia rivers to arrive at the Pacific Ocean, near present-day Long Beach, in November 1805. (historylink.org)
  • Idaho is a state located in the northwestern region of the United States. (definitions.net)
  • In this story, we will track the earliest railroads of northwestern Washington and show why the F&S was pivotal in rail history even though its existence was brief. (skagitriverjournal.com)
  • The rail lines at this time extended westward no further than Jefferson City, Missouri and Shreveport, Louisiana, west of which only wagon trails continued on to the Pacific. (geographicus.com)
  • The Chinese market triggered the westward expansion of the United States. (openasia.asia)
  • On it are letters indicating Indian, Mississippi, and Louisiana Territories and a patch showing Texas extending west to the undefined Pacific coast. (enotes.com)
  • NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published weekly as numbered tables. (cdc.gov)
  • An esteemed portrait painter and nationally renowned miniaturist, Ella Shepard Bush (1863-1948) founded Seattle's first art school and was a cornerstone of the city's early arts community. (historylink.org)
  • Albert Bierstadt was a great adventurer and made many trips to the United States' western frontier regions, which is why one enthusiastic New York reviewer believed this painting represented the artist's faithful "portrait of a place. (seattleartmuseum.org)
  • Framing a portrait of George Washington is the current flag of the United States. (enotes.com)
  • Following shakedown, Roe conducted exercises along the east coast and in the Pacific. (navy.mil)
  • On 29 March Sir George Simpson* prepared a memorandum recommending the strengthening of British military and naval forces in Red River and Oregon and on the Pacific coast to provide more protection to British and Hudson's Bay Company interests. (biographi.ca)
  • Find out what you need to bring on a road trip along the scenic Pacific Coast Highway. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • In 1852 he was transferred to the Pacific Coast and this duty left him homesick and isolated and missing his young family. (famousamericans.net)
  • The painting was possibly a commission from a New York shipping magnate who had made his enormous fortune on the Pacific coast. (seattleartmuseum.org)
  • Low was one of the wealthiest men in New York, an importer of tea and other products from China, owner of a line of clipper ships dispatched to the Far East and the West Coast of the United States and a noted collector of American art of the time. (seattleartmuseum.org)
  • She led NOAA's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and was instrumental in calling attention to "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. (nasonline.org)
  • To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada-United States border with the province of British Columbia. (definitions.net)
  • The state's north, the relatively isolated Idaho Panhandle, is closely linked with Eastern Washington, with which it shares the Pacific Time Zone-the rest of the state uses the Mountain Time Zone. (definitions.net)
  • The Idaho Panhandle in the north is known for its close ties with Eastern Washington and its use of the Pacific Time Zone. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • Between 1853 and 1860, the population of Whites in present-day Washington and Oregon ballooned from about 17,000 to just over 63,000. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • One of the most highly cited ecologists in the world, Lubchenco is Distinguished University Professor and Adviser in Marine Studies in the department of integrative biology at Oregon State University and recently completed a term as the first U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean for the U.S. Department of State. (nasonline.org)
  • Americans at the time referred to the land as the Oregon Country, and the British called it the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company. (outdoorproject.com)
  • Arguably more picnic areas than any other park in the state, all of which enjoy the shade of giant Douglas firs and Oregon white oaks. (outdoorproject.com)
  • The new area of jurisdiction included the present-day states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana. (historylink.org)
  • State voters also elect members of congress from the 10 congressional districts, as well as two U.S. senators to represent the entire state. (historylink.org)
  • Twenty-nine federally recognized, sovereign individual and confederated tribes occupy substantial areas in Washington, and there are an additional seven unrecognized tribes. (historylink.org)
  • A number of science and technology firms are either headquartered in Idaho or have factories there, and the state also contains the Idaho National Laboratory, which is the country's largest Department of Energy facility. (definitions.net)
  • Several technology firms have either their headquarters or factories in the state, contributing significantly to the state's revenue. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • Services are provided to students from the United States and Canada at no cost to them. (factorytoursusa.com)
  • In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. (webplus.info)
  • This meant expensive civilian contracts with drayage companies or even more expensive government owned wagon trains managed, operated and maintained by large numbers of employed civilians, paid at the prevailing wage - which out west was several times higher than eastern wages. (forttejon.org)
  • Together, the Sacramento and San Joaquin flow into the Suisun Bay, then west into San Francisco Bay and out the Golden Gate to the Pacific Ocean. (nps.gov)
  • It consists of 66,582 square miles (176,600 square kilometers) between the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Idaho border at 117 degrees east, longitudinally. (historylink.org)
  • Without 1858, it is very possible there would have been no British Columbia, but rather an American state. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • The state motto is Esto Perpetua. (definitions.net)
  • With the state motto of "Liberty and Independence," Delaware is often called the "First" or "Diamond State. (teachershelp.ru)
  • At the time of the first Continental Congress in 1775, Goddard ' s service provided inter-colonial service through 30 post offices operating between New Hampshire and Virginia. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The United States sent a special commissioner to the area to protect its citizens from what was perceived as harsh treatment by the HBC . (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Called the "Centennial State," because it became the 38th state when the U.S. turned 100 in 1876, Colorado is most closely associated with the Rocky Mountains and has numerous peaks over 14,000 feet. (teachershelp.ru)
  • With an area of 83,570 square miles (216,400 km2), Idaho is the 14th largest state by land area, but with a population of approximately 1.8 million, it ranks as the 13th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. (definitions.net)
  • It is the fourteenth largest state in the United States by land area, spanning approximately 83,570 square miles. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • Purchased from Russia for $7 million in 1867, Alaska is the largest state in area and is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. (teachershelp.ru)
  • In area, Washington ranks as the 20th largest state and embraces dramatically varied western and eastern natural environments divided by the Cascade Mountain Range. (historylink.org)
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/radiosonde ) 1948: Nathuram Godse shot Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, to death with a Beretta pistol at Birla House in Delhi. (wikimedia.org)
  • after her death in 1863 m. (biographi.ca)
  • After all of the above transitions have occurred, a percentage of the cohort in all states transitions to Death to account for non-HAV related deaths. (cdc.gov)
  • The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network conducts a robust death verification process when augmenting the United States transplant registry with external sources of data. (bvsalud.org)
  • In contrast, the rest of the state operates under the Mountain Time Zone. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • Arkansas is the only state in which diamonds have been mined, although today the mine operates only as a tourist attraction. (teachershelp.ru)
  • Despite its size, Idaho has a relatively sparse population, ranking as the thirteenth least populous and seventh least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. (americanbeautiful.com)
  • By the early 1880s, the number of settlers had increased considerably with two nuclei of population developing: Yakima City in the southern end of the county and Ellensburg (at the time spelled Ellensburgh) in the northern end. (historylink.org)
  • Clearly we have been living through the same process again for years now, albeit with Japan and the United States united against China rather than China and the United States united against Japan. (warisacrime.org)
  • Even in his final years, even in the United States, Tokugawa spoke against the threats of war, advocating peace in terms that it's hard to find any flaw in. (warisacrime.org)
  • Present-day Washington has been home to numerous Native American tribes for at least 12,000 years. (historylink.org)
  • In 1844, the family moved to Georgia and nine years later the family moved to Troy, New York, where they remained for quite some time. (iphf.org)
  • Since that time, presidential inaugurations have been held (with few exceptions) on the 4th of March every four years through and including the year 1933. (bluestarmothers.org)
  • 8) Life years and QALYs: QALYs are calculated by weighting time spent in each health state by the state's utility value and summing over an individual's lifetime. (cdc.gov)
  • 2 years of age, adolescents, and adults, transition probabilities between health states, and the effectiveness of HAV vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • WASHINGTON - The National Academy of Sciences is presenting its 2017 Public Welfare Medal to renowned environmental scientist and marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco in recognition of her "successful efforts in bringing together the larger research community, its sponsors, and the public policy community to focus on urgent issues related to global environmental change. (nasonline.org)
  • In 2017, the Federal Reserve Bank estimated Washington's gross state product at more than $524 billion. (historylink.org)
  • A march from Selma on March 7, 1965, attempting to reach the state capital of Montgomery 54 miles away ended in a brutal police confrontation called "Bloody Sunday. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • The capital is Montgomery, and state flower is the camellia. (teachershelp.ru)
  • The Notary Public and Special Filings Section is the state entity that commissions Notaries Public to then notarize and witness certain transactions throughout the state. (allgov.com)
  • One of the earliest maps that Fillmore acquired was David H. Burr's 1829 "Map of the County of Erie" from Burr's Atlas of the State of New York published in the same year. (loc.gov)
  • Following shore duty in Washington, he received command of the training ship U.S.S. Minnesota (Frigate) in December 1882 for a two-year tour. (usna.edu)
  • The model assumes that infections can only occur among those in the cohort in the Susceptible, not immunized state who were not vaccinated in the current year or anyone in the Susceptible, immunized state who lost immunity before the current year. (cdc.gov)