Download or read book Washington Territory written by Robert E. Ficken and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1853, Washington remained a territory for thirty-six years until admitted into the union in 1889. Divided by the Cascade Range and lacking an effective internal transportation system, Washington Territory made no practical sense as a political and economic entity until railroads finally unified the region in the mid-1880s. Ficken has written the definitive economic and political history of territorial Washington.