Reference Links

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Books

Ball, Durwood. "Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861."

Burns, Robert. "Jesuits and the Indian Wars of the Northwest."

Converse, George. "A Military History of the Columbia Valley: 1848-1865."

Coulter, Brewster & Webber, Bert, eds. "The Pig War: The Journal of William A. Peck, Jr."

Cummings, Al. "San Juan: The Power-keg Island."

Eckrom, Jerry. "Remember Drums: A history of the Puget Sound Indian Wars."

Frazer, Robert. "Forts of the West."

Fridlund, Paul. "The Conquest: Washington's Story."

Glassley, Ray. "Pacific Northwest Indian Wars."

"Guie, H. Dean." Bugles in the Valley: Garnett's Fort Simcoe."

Haller, Granville. "San Juan and secession."

Hemphill, John. "West Pointers and early Washington."

Hunt, Garrett. "Indian Wars of the Inland Empire."

Kelly, Plympton. "We Were Not Summer Soldiers: The Indian War Diary of Plympton J. Kelly 1855-1856"

Kip, Lawrence. "Indian War in the Pacific Northwest: The Journal of Lieutenant Lawrence Kip"

Knuth, Priscilla. "Picturesque frontier: The Army's Fort Dalles."

Kowrach, Edward. "MIE. Charles Pandosy, O.M.I A Missionary of the Northwest"

Laveille, Fr. E. "The Life of Father De Smet, S.J."

Manring, Benjamin. "Conquest of the Coeur d' Alenes, Spokanes and Palouse."

McWhorter, Lucullus. "Tragedy of the Wahk-Shum: The death of Andrew J. Bolon, Yakima Indian Agent."

Michno, Gregory. "Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western battles and skirmishes, 1850-1890."

Miller, Christopher. "Prophetic Worlds: Indians and Whites on the Columbia Plateau."

Murray. Keith. "The Pig War."

Schlicke, Carl P. "General George Wright: Guardian of the Pacific Coast."

Schoenberg, Wilfred. "A History of the Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest: 1743-1983."

Sheller, Roscoe. "The name was Olney."

Shannon, Donald. "The Boise Massacre on the Oregon Trail."

Stevens, Isaac. "A true copy of the Record of the Official Proceedings at the Council in the Walla Walla Valley 1855."

Trafzer, Clifford & Scheuerman, Richard. "Renegade Tribe: The Palouse Indians and the Invasion of the Inland Pacific Northwest."

United States Congress. "Annual Message from the President and  Report of the War Department, 1858."

Utley, Robert. "The Battle of Spokane Plains"

....."Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865."

Vouri, Michael. "The Pig War: Standoff at Griffin Bay."

..... "Outpost of Empire"

Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars,...

 

 

Links

Visit Washington State

Washington State Historical Society

National Park Service

HistoryLink.org

Pacific Northwest Historians Guild

 

 

 

 

 

Civil War Preservation Trust

 

 

 

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