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Washington State Legislature passes law prohibiting the sale of alcohol on the University of Washington campus in Seattle on March 19, 1895.

On March 19, 1895, the Washington State Legislature unanimously passes a law prohibiting the sale of alcohol on the University of Washington campus in Seattle and within two miles of the campus, with ...

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Gold prospectors travel north by the hundreds through Puget Sound to Alaska and the Yukon beginning in April 1895.

Beginning in April 1895, prospectors flow north by the hundreds through the ports of Puget Sound to strike it rich in gold fields in Alaska and in the Yukon Valley of Canada. The travelers feed busine...

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Explosion in the Blue Canyon Coal Mine in Whatcom County kills 23 miners on April 8, 1895.

On April 8, 1895, a firedamp (methane gas) explosion kills 23 miners in the Blue Canyon Coal Mine located on the southeast shore of Lake Whatcom, about 10 miles southeast of Bellingham. Only two of th...

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Guitars made by Monte Cristo-based luthier W. O. Welch are noted in the Everett Herald on April 25, 1895.

On April 25, 1895, an article appears in the Everett Herald featuring rare details about one of the Pacific Northwest’s first guitar-makers, Mr. W. O. Welch. The story apparently was origin...

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Aberdeen businessmen lay their own tracks to connect to Northern Pacific Railroad on June 1, 1895.

On June 1, 1895, Aberdeen businessmen connect their own railroad to the Northern Pacific. In 1892 the Northern Pacific Railroad decided to bypass the town of Aberdeen. Local businessmen take matters i...

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Native Americans rebury Chief Leschi on tribal land on July 4, 1895.

On July 4, 1895, the body of Nisqually Chief Leschi (1808-1858) is reburied on the Nisqually Reservation in Pierce County south of Tacoma. One thousand people, mostly Native Americans representing the...

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Golf arrives in Seattle in 1895.

In 1895, the game of golf arrives in Seattle when 12 prominent citizens play a game in the Wallingford (sometimes claimed as Fremont) District. The five short holes are laid out along what would later...

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Mark Twain lectures to a capacity crowd in Seattle on August 13, 1895.

On August 13, 1895, Mark Twain (1835-1910) gives a 90-minute solo performance to an audience of 1,200 at the Seattle Theater, located in downtown Seattle at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Cherry Street....

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Father and son Sam and Charles Vinson are lynched in Ellensburg on August 14, 1895.

In the early hours of August 14, 1895, father and son Sam and Charles Vinson are lynched in Ellensburg by a mob of 50 people. Although some call for prudence, a crowd of 150 stands by and watches.

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Mark Twain lectures at Lighthouse Hall in New Whatcom (later Bellingham) on August 14, 1895.

On August 14, 1895, Mark Twain (1835-1910) speaks to a nearly full house at Lighthouse Hall in New Whatcom (which will become part of Bellingham in 1903). Though not normally known for its enthusiasm ...

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State Supreme Court enables local governments to avoid constitutional debt ceiling by using revenue bonds to fund public utility construction in opinion issued on August 22, 1895.

On August 22, 1895, the Washington State Supreme Court rules that the debt of a municipal corporation that is to be repaid exclusively with revenue derived from the project the debt finances does not ...

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St. Spiridon Orthodox Church in Seattle holds first service on September 18, 1895.

On September 18, 1895, St. Spiridon Orthodox Church holds its first service for Greek, Russian, and Serb immigrants. About half the congregation of 100 is native-born American. The celebrant is an iti...

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Denny-Fuhrman School opens in Seattle with an initial enrollment of 33 students as reported in the Post-Intelligencer on September 21, 1895.

On September 21, 1895, the newly opened Denny-Fuhrman School (later Seward Elementary and then TOPS) is included in a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article reporting the enrollment in all Seattle Public ...

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U.S. Navy Fleet Pacific Fleet flagship anchors in Port Angeles harbor on October 2, 1895, beginning a tradition of annual fleet visits.

On October 2, 1895, the USS Philadelphia, flagship of Rear Admiral Lester A. Beardslee (1836-1903), commander of the United States Navy Pacific Fleet, drops anchor in the deep, protected harbor at Por...

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Anti-Catholic American Protective Association takes control of the Seattle School Board on November 2, 1895.

On November 2, 1895, the American Protective Association, an anti-catholic political organization, takes control of the Seattle School Board when three candidates acceptable to the order are elected, ...

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The Long Beach Hotel burns on December 10, 1895.

On December 10, 1895, the Long Beach Hotel burns. It is located in Long Beach, southeast of where the Bolstad Street and Pacific Avenue intersection lies today (2011). Henry (1839-1924) and Nancy (184...

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Citizens build Jordan Bridge spanning the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River in 1896.

In 1896, citizens near present-day Jordan in Snohomish County build a suspension bridge over the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River. Its purpose is to connect the homesteads along the river to each...

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Voters elect Frank D. Black mayor of Seattle on March 3, 1896.

On March 3, 1896, Seattle voters elect Republican Frank Dewitt Black (1854-1919) mayor of Seattle. Black, a well-regarded Seattle businessman with no particular interest in politics, agrees to run in ...

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City Council appoints William D. Wood as Mayor of the City of Seattle on April 6, 1896.

On April 6, 1896, the City Council appoints attorney and businessman William D. Wood (1858-1917) as Mayor of the City of Seattle to fill the unexpired term of Frank D. Black. In July 1897, Wood resign...

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May Day picnic celebrates first irrigation water reaching Sequim Prairie on May 1, 1896.

On May 1, 1896, local farm families celebrate their completion of the first irrigation ditch carrying Dungeness River water to Sequim Prairie. Located in eastern Clallam County in the rain shadow of ...

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Helga and Clara Estby begin walking from Mica Creek, Spokane County, to New York City on May 6, 1896.

On May 6, 1896, 36-year-old suffragist Helga Estby (1860-1942) and her 18-year-old daughter Clara (1877-1950) begin an unescorted trek from their home in Mica Creek to New York City. Their walk is a ...

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Princess Angeline or Kikisoblu, daughter of Chief Seattle, dies on May 31, 1896.

On May 31, 1896, Princess Angeline or Kikisoblu (1820?-1896), was the eldest daughter of siʔał (178?-1866), a member of the Suquamish tribe for whom Seattle is named, and a Duwamish woman named Ladali...

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Tacoma's Olof Bull plays his fiddle on the summit of Mount Rainier on July 28, 1896.

On July 28, 1896, Tacoma's Olof Olsson Bull (1852-1933) scales Mount Rainier and plays several solo songs -- including "Nearer, My God, To Thee" -- on his fiddle at the Columbia Crest summit. That fea...

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The Seattle Times publishes its first edition edited by new co-owner Alden J. Blethen on August 10, 1896.

On Monday, August 10, 1896, the first edition of The Seattle Times edited by its new co-owner, "Colonel" Alden J. Blethen (1845-1915), hits the streets. Blethen, a native of Maine, purchased...

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