Groovy Adventures : National State Parks Directory : National Historic Park : Washington
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- Klondike Gold Rush- Seattle Unit - National Historical Park - Located in Seattle, Washington. In 1897 news of a gold strike in the Canadian Yukon reached Seattle, triggering a stampede North to the Klondike Gold Fields. From 1897 to 1898, tens of thousands of people from across the United States and around the world descended upon Seattle's commercial district.
- San Juan Island National Historical Park - Located in Friday Harbor, Washington. Orca whales and bald eagles abound here, as do more than 200 species of birds navigating the Pacific flyway. But the park was created in 1966 based upon an idea: that individuals and nations can solve their problems peacfully without resorting to violence. For it was here in 1859 that the United States and Great Britain nearly went to war over a pig shot by an American farmer.