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Every time I'm reminded that Washington was only granted statehood after the Civil War, I realize how young an area this is and how little we truly know about i
by btmiller 8y ago
Every time I'm reminded that Washington was only granted statehood after the Civil War, I realize how young an area this is and how little we truly know about it. We live in the wild out here and every day we seem to discover a new way that it'll kill us all.
- Avshalom 8y agoYoung my ass. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Washington_(state) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Washington_(state... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celilo_Falls https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celilo_Falls I don't say that with particular malice but the human history of north America has been pretty intentionally lost, that's not the same as youth though.
- mirimir 8y agoYeah. The Americas have been populated for maybe 20-40 thousand years. And heavily, according so some sources.