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Territorial Timeline
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1881
The transcontinental line of Northern Pacific Railroad reached Spokane
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1881
The Washington Territorial Legislature created Garfield County and named it after the former President
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1881
The Territorial Legislature passed a Memorial to Congress for Statehood
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1881
Territorial Legislature passed “An Act for the Better Preservation of the Records of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory"
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1881
The Territorial Legislature passed “An Act to Prevent the Smoking or Inhaling of Opium”
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1881
The Territorial Legislature passed the Code of 1881
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1883
Memorial sent to Congress
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1883
The Territorial Legislature created Asotin County.
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1883
The Territorial Legislature granted women’s suffrage
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1883
The Territorial Legislature created Kittitas, Lincoln, Adams, Douglas, Franklin and Skagit counties
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1883
First transcontinental railroad line from Puget Sound to the East via the Columbia River route was completed
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1884
President Chester A. Arthur appointed Watson C. Squire governor
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1884
Governor Watson C. Squire's Justification for Statehood
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1884
Annual Report of Coal Mines for the Year 1884
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1885
Prohibition
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1885
Letter from General Nelson Miles to the Assistant Adjutant General, Division of the Pacific
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1885
Proclamation by the President relating to the "Anti-Chinese Riots"
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1886
Military Headquarters - General Order No. 12
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1887
President Grover Cleveland appointed Eugene Semple governor
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1887
The Northern Pacific Railroad crossed the Cascade Mountains and reached Tacoma
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1887
Memorial sent to Congress for the Admission of Washington Territory as a State
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1888
Women’s Suffrage granted by the Territorial Legislature then struck down by the Court
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1888
Territorial Legislature passed a “Memorial to Congress” calling for the exclusion of Chinese laborers from the United States
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1888
Law passed by the Territorial Legislature enabling cities and towns to incorporate if approved by a District Court judge
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1888
The Territorial Legislature created Okanogan County
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1888
Stampede Tunnel through the Cascades completed
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1888
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana elected President, facilitating Washington’s entry into the Union
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1889
The Ellensburg Convention
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1889
President Benjamin Harrison appointed Miles C. Moore governor
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1889
Enabling Act for Statehood passed Congress
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1889
Summer Fires Destroyed the Downtown Districts of Seattle, Vancouver, Ellensburg and Spokane
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1889
Constitutional Convention met in Olympia
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1889
Election to ratify the State Constitution
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1889
Washington admitted as a state
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1889
Inauguration of Governor Ferry, First Governor of the State of Washington
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The Sailing Years of the Pacific Northwest: 1540-1799
The Overland Exploration of the Pacific Northwest: 1800-1820
The British in the Pacific Northwest: 1821-1840
The Americans are Coming: 1841-1850
Northern Oregonians Vote to Split: 1851-1855
Washington Territory’s Growing Pains: 1856-1860
Washington's Booming Years: 1861-1870
Washington Comes into its Own: 1871-1880
The March to Statehood: 1881-1889