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Railroad between Seattle and British Columbia is completed near Stanwood on October 12, 1891.

On October 12, 1891, the international railroad connection between Seattle and New Westminster, British Columbia, is made when the two lines meet just south of Stanwood, about two miles north of the S...

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Schooner Lizzie Colby lands the first load of cod at J. W. Matheson's new fish curing plant in Anacortes on October 14, 1891.

On October 14, 1891, the schooner Lizzie Colby lands the first load of Bering Sea cod at the Anacortes wharf of J. W. Matheson's newly constructed cod fish curing plant. This ushers in a new industry ...

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Seattle's first publicly funded night school opens on October 26, 1891

On October 26, 1891, Seattle's first publicly funded night school opens in a room on the corner of 7th Avenue and Cherry Street with 30 students.

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Chevra Bikur Cholim incorporates in Seattle on November 17, 1891.

On November 17, 1891, in Seattle, Chevra Bikur Cholim (Hebrew: Society for Visiting the Sick) incorporates with the purpose of caring for the sick and providing proper burial. This is the origin of th...

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City of Seattle adopts plan to build a combined sewer system, to handle sewage and stormwater, on November 30, 1891.

On November 30, 1891, the City of Seattle adopts a plan to build a combined sewer system to handle both sewage and stormwater. The city has used cesspools and wooden-box sewers for sewage, but those m...

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Eagle Gorge Beginnings: Ferndale (later Eagle Gorge) Post Office opens on March 2, 1891.

The opening of a post office is an important marker of the beginning of a community. The Ferndale Post Office (later Eagle Gorge) opens on March 2, 1891. Eagle Gorge is located in east King County,...

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City Council appoints George W. Hall as mayor of City of Seattle on December 9, 1891.

On December 9, 1891, the City Council appoints George W. Hall -- the president of the council -- as mayor of the City of Seattle. Hall fills the unexpired term of Mayor Harry White, who resigned under...

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Emma Sarepta Yule becomes the first teacher at the first school building in Everett on December 14, 1891.

On December 14, 1891, the Broadway School in Everett opens its doors to its first 26 students. It is a new building in a city that is not yet formally incorporated, but growing fast, and Emma Sarepta ...

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Seattle Beginnings: Columbia City Post Office opens on December 16, 1891.

On December 16, 1891 Columbia City Post Office opens. Rebecca E. Comfort is the first postmaster. The post office name changes to Columbia on July 23, 1902. Columbia City is located four miles south o...

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Whaleback freighter Charles W. Wetmore arrives in Everett on December 21, 1891.

On December 21, 1891, the so-called "whaleback" freighter Charles W. Wetmore arrives to great fanfare in the budding town of Everett on Port Gardner Bay in Snohomish County. The design of the steel-hu...

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Hop louse invades Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia in 1892.

In 1892, the hop louse invades the enormous and profitable hop fields of the Snoqualmie Valley in eastern King County. The female hop louse can produce a trillion descendents in one summer, and a phot...

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African American Seaborn J. Collins elected to office in King County in 1892.

In 1892, Seaborn J. Collins becomes the first African American elected to office in King County.

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Destruction Island Light shines for the first time on January 1, 1892.

On January 1, 1892, at 4:26 p.m., lighthouse keeper Christian Zauner lights the five wicks of the Destruction Island lighthouse's first-order Fresnel lens for the first time. The lighthouse is located...

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Wood trestle spans canal and connects Seattle's Fremont neighborhood with the foot of Queen Anne Hill in 1892.

In 1892, a wood trestle is built from Seattle's Fremont neighborhood to the foot of Queen Anne Hill across a narrow canal dug in the 1880s to connect Lake Union with Salmon Bay (later part of the Lake...

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Furuya Company founded in Seattle's International District in 1892.

In 1892, Masajiro Furuya founds the Furuya Company, which becomes the largest and most successful business in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown), now called the International District. It is a one-stop,...

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Native Americans organize the Indian Shaker Church in 1892.

In 1892, Native Americans organize the Indian Shaker Church. Unrelated to the American Shakers (the United Society of Believers), the movement emerges at a time when tribal members are turning away fr...

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Seattle routinely dumps garbage into Puget Sound as of 1892.

The 1892 Annual Report of Seattle's Department of Engineering makes it clear that garbage, swill, and "night soil" from Seattle's business district is gathered into horse-drawn wagons and taken down t...

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An Everett News reporter takes a death-defying ride down the log chute at a Lowell sawmill on January 5, 1892, and lives to write about it.

On January 5, 1892, a daring Everett News reporter rides a log down the 2,000-foot chute to E. D. Smith's sawmill in Lowell. The log accelerates rapidly as it descends and the ride is terrifying. Wh...

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Washington Agricultural College (predecessor to Washington State University) opens on January 13, 1892.

On January 13, 1892, the Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science of the State of Washington -- the descriptive if unwieldy name given to what eventually will become Washington ...

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Lydia Hill Daggett arrives in Lynden to begin operations at the Stickney Home boarding school on February 12, 1892.

On February 12, 1892, Lydia Hill Daggett (1823-1901) and a Miss Thomas arrive at Lynden in Whatcom County to begin operations at the Stickney Home, a boarding school for Native children. A member of t...

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Durham post office opens on February 16, 1892.

The opening of a post office is an important marker of the beginning of a community. On February 16, 1892, the Durham post office opens. Dennis Dwyer is the first postmaster. Durham was a coal town lo...

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Eddyville Post Office opens on February 20, 1892.

The opening of a post office is an important marker of the beginning of a community. On February 20, 1892, the Eddyville Post Office opens. Edward J. Curren is appointed postmaster. Eddyville was l...

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Sheridan Post Office opens on February 25, 1892.

The opening of a post office is an important marker of the beginning of a community. On February 25, 1892, the Sheridan Post Office opens. Ross G. MacIntosh is appointed postmaster. Sheridan is lo...

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Dockton drydock begins operations on Maury Island in the spring of 1892.

In the spring of 1892, a massive drydock -- a floating structure from which water can be removed to build or repair ships -- begins operations at Dockton on Maury Island. The drydock establishes Dockt...

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