Harry Ritter is Emeritus Professor of History at Western Washington University, where he taught from 1969 to 2010. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he received his doctorate in history from the University of Virginia. He is also the author of Alaska’s History: The People, Land, and Events of the North Country. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.

• Prologue: The Northwest of the ImaginationNative CulturesMaritime and Overland Exploration of the NorthwestFur Traders, Pathfinders, and MissionariesPioneer SettlementFrom BIg Trees to Big Sky: The Early Days of Washington TerritoryThe Iron Horse and the Vision of Economic EmpireThe Twentieth Century and BeyondRelated ReadingIndex

Harry Ritter is Emeritus Professor of History at Western Washington University, where he taught from 1969 to 2010. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he received his doctorate in history from the University of Virginia. He is also the author of Alaska’s History: The People, Land, and Events of the North Country. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.

• Prologue: The Northwest of the ImaginationNative CulturesMaritime and Overland Exploration of the NorthwestFur Traders, Pathfinders, and MissionariesPioneer SettlementFrom BIg Trees to Big Sky: The Early Days of Washington TerritoryThe Iron Horse and the Vision of Economic EmpireThe Twentieth Century and BeyondRelated ReadingIndex

Harry Ritter is Emeritus Professor of History at Western Washington University, where he taught from 1969 to 2010. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he received his doctorate in history from the University of Virginia. He is also the author of Alaska’s History: The People, Land, and Events of the North Country. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.

• Prologue: The Northwest of the ImaginationNative CulturesMaritime and Overland Exploration of the NorthwestFur Traders, Pathfinders, and MissionariesPioneer SettlementFrom BIg Trees to Big Sky: The Early Days of Washington TerritoryThe Iron Horse and the Vision of Economic EmpireThe Twentieth Century and BeyondRelated ReadingIndex