TRAVEL – EXPLORE – LEARN
In 1803, two young army officers set off west at the behest of President Jefferson to explore the newly acquired territory of Louisiana & find a practical transportation link between this region & the ‘Oregon Country’ territory claimed by the US following the discovery of the mouth of the Columbia River in 1792.
Read more
During World War II, Richland in Washington State was home to the top-secret Manhattan Project that developed the B reactor–the world’s first, full-scale operating nuclear reactor.
Read more
For a period of twenty years from the 1840’s through to the 1860’s Some 53,000 people. made the arduous 2000- mile journey from Independence, Missouri through Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Idaho to the tip of Oregon.
Read more
The fortunes & growth of the Boeing company are inextricably linked to the growth of Seattle from a relatively small conurbation to a major city.
Read more
The US Pacific States of California, Oregon and Washington are home to their own Avenue of the Volcanoes – four huge and picturesque volcanoes clearly visible as you drive south from Seattle to San Fransisco.
Read more