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The region was part of Oregon Territory from 1848 to 1853, after which it was separated from Oregon and established as Washington Territory following the efforts at the Monticello Convention. [1] On November 11, 1889, Washington became the 42nd state of the United States.
Granted statehood in 1889, Washington was named in honor of George Washington; it is the only U.S. state named after a president. The state’s coastal location and excellent harbors have...
Article History. Tour Washington state, birthplace of guitarist Jimi Hendrix, Microsoft, and Nobel Prize-winner Linda Buck Learn more about the state of Washington—the only state named after a U.S. president—and its geography, people, economy, and history. (more) See all videos for this article.
Today inWashington History. Elisha Ferry is inaugurated as Washington's first state governor on November 18, 1889. The SS Dix collides and sinks off Alki Point, with a loss of 39 lives, on November 18, 1906. Seattle's Venetian Theater, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, opens on November 18, 1926.
The state was formed from the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in the Oregon Treaty of 1846. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889.
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This is a brief chronology of the milestones of Washington history. Part 1 begins at prehistorical times and goes to 1850. Search the HistoryLink.org database for detailed essays on these events.
The following is a timeline of the history of Washington state in the United States. Pre-European. 13,000–11,000 BCE - The Missoula floods inundate and scour large portions of the state from Eastern Washington to where the Columbia River enters the Pacific Ocean. 9,230 BCE - Human activity at Marmes Rockshelter begins. [1]
Washington was a state at long last, but the controversies generated by its Constitution would enliven state politics throughout its history. The questions posed by the Grange and others would echo in the halls of the Legislature and be heard on every campaign stump for decades to come.
1889 Washington is admitted as the 42nd state in the union. The great fire destroys 25 blocks in Seattle. 1893 Great Northern Railroad completed to Seattle. 1897 The first shipment of gold from the Klondike reaches Seattle. 1899 Mount Rainier National Park was established. 1909 Seattle hosts a World’s Fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.