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Seattle's first circus arrives on August 24, 1869.

On August 24, 1869, the Great Eastern and Royal European Circus, the first circus to visit Seattle, performs in Pioneer Square in front of approximately 400 people. One reporter deemed it "the most ta...

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Seattle pioneer David Denny kills a huge elk near Green Lake on September 2, 1869.

On September 2, 1869, Seattle pioneer David Denny (1832-1903) kills what is likely the last elk in Seattle.

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Schwabacher Bros. & Company opens Seattle branch in Autumn 1869.

On October 11, 1869, the firm Schwabacher Bros. & Company first advertises merchandise purveyed in their Seattle store. The store, which is to become a longstanding and important Seattle enterpris...

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Erhart Seifried, known as Green Lake John, files a homestead claim on Green Lake (Seattle) on October 13, 1869.

On October 13, 1869, Erhart Seifried (1832-1899) files a claim under the Homestead Act for 131.66 timbered acres on Green Lake, which now (1999) define the north Seattle neighborhood of Green Lake. Se...

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William Ladd makes first purchase of site of future West Seattle business district on November 1, 1869.

On November 1, 1869, the U.S. Government sells William Ladd 160 acres located at a portion of a future business districts of West Seattle. The following year I. C. Ellis acquires 280 acres from the Fe...

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Baker Boyer Bank opens in Walla Walla on November 10, 1869.

On November 10, 1869, Baker Boyer Bank opens for business in Walla Walla. Founded by brothers-in-law Dr. Dorsey Syng Baker (1823-1888) and John F. Boyer (1824-1897) with profits from their years as m...

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Tumwater incorporates on November 25, 1869.

On November 25, 1869, Tumwater in Thurston County is officially incorporated when the Washington Territorial Legislature completes passage of an act providing for its incorporation as a town. Original...

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Cattle cross Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle in December 1869.

In December 1869, M. S. Booth drives 200 head of cattle across Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle.

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Legislature incorporates the Town of Seattle for the second time on December 2, 1869.

On December 2, 1869, the Washington Territorial Legislature reincorporates the Town of Seattle. Seattle was incorporated once before, in 1865, but the Territorial Legislature disincorporated the town ...

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Bathtub with indoor plumbing is introduced to Seattle in 1870.

In 1870, Seattle gets its first bathtub with indoor plumbing

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A large cougar is shot in Seattle near Lake Union on about January 1, 1870.

On about January 1, 1870, C. Brownfield shoots and kills a "large panther" in "Pioneer Valley" in Seattle, near Lake Union. The animal, very likely a cougar, is 8 feet 9 inches long and weighs 300 pou...

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James A. Perkins, co-founder and first permanent resident, arrives in Colfax in 1870.

In 1870, James A. Perkins and Thomas Smith establish Colfax in a deep forested valley where two branches of the Palouse River meet. Colfax is the first non-Indian settlement in the fertile rolling hil...

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