History Lab Field Trip Post-Visit Teacher Materials
These research projects, investigations, and writing prompts will greatly enhance and deepen the knowledge and practices your students experienced at the Washington State History Museum.
Activity: Timeline of Washington History Students will create a timeline to show the progression of historical events. They will understand how themes and developments characterize periods in Washington history.
Materials: Copies of the timeline template Textbook List of important dates in Washington history (use ours, create your own, or have the students write their own lists) Access to the Washington State History Museum collections database Printer Glue, scissors
Instructions: Have students create a timeline of Washington history that includes the objects they saw at the Museum. You may wish to have the students use their textbook or other sources and decide on their own important dates or you can offer all or some of the dates from the Important Dates in Washington History lists (Appendices A-G). You can provide the dates and have the students discover their importance, or you may wish to tell them the significance of each date.
Use our History Lab Object Database for information on the artifacts they investigated. Use our Collections Database for images to accompany the important dates on their timelines. You may wish to have the students follow a certain topic in their dates such as: transportation, important individuals, women, minorities, immigration/migration, Native Americans, exploration, trade,
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org rights and ideals, specific time periods, etc. Your students may benefit by working in groups and having each student responsible for a certain section of the timeline or a certain aspect of the timeline.
Use the timeline template provided (make multiple copies) or have students make their own. They should print out images of the object they investigated or one that goes with the event described. Have them glue the image in the box above the line and label it. In the box below the line have the students put the date and a brief description of the object or event. They can type these, print them out, and glue them to the page or simply write them in the box.
Example:
Sash, 1900-15
1910 Women win the right to vote
Discuss with the students what they notice about the events along the timeline. Do certain events lead to others? (The concept of precedent: setting the stage). Do certain events possibly cause others? What different viewpoints might people of the time have on certain events? How is our viewpoint the same or different now? How do certain events affect our lives today? What themes can you follow through time?
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org What do you notice when you compare your timeline to someone else’s? Use these discussion points as prompts for the students to write about their timelines.
As you continue to study Washington history throughout the year refer to the timelines and add more important points.
Other Activity Options Have students indicate on a map of Washington where the different modes of transportation would have been used. Include Ezra Meeker’s route along the Oregon Trail, the rivers and coastal areas used by the Quinault and/or Tulalip tribes, and the roads that lead across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Ask the students to dig into how the region’s characteristics made the methods effective ways to travel. Create an in-class museum of objects that the students bring in or create around a certain theme. Have them write labels describing their objects and the stories they tell of their lives. Possible theme ideas: transportation, identity, immigration/migration, individuals who affected the students’ lives. Have students investigate one of the questions they asked about an object they saw at the Museum. Have the students investigate an individual who used or would have used one of the objects they investigated and how their lives and actions caused change. Do we still see the effects of their actions today? As represented by the canoe paddles and the ox team, have students investigate the different perspectives on Westward Expansion, specifically the impact of the Oregon Trail pioneers on the coastal or plateau tribes. Investigate how the transportation methods of the past have influenced Washington and people’s lives to this day. (Roads, passes, water routes, bridges, expansion, etc.) Writing prompt: Write a diary entry imagining you are traveling on one of the methods of transportation you investigated today. Add details using all of your senses. Be sure to include facts you learned from the Museum.
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Writing prompt: Imagine you are going to move to Washington. Where are you coming from? Why are you moving? How will you get here? What are the costs and benefits of relocating? In addition, show your route on a map. Writing prompt: Write an informational essay informing other students how they can tell if a source of historical information is trustworthy or not. What are the characteristics? Where do the sources come from? How can you verify them?
Online research sources: Washington State Historical Society collection: http://collections.washingtonhistory.org/search.aspx The free online encyclopedia of Washington state history: http://www.historylink.org/ Washington State archives: https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/ University of Washington archives: http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/collections Public library websites Tribal websites
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Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Appendix A: 1854: Treaty of Medicine Creek signed; Puyallup Important Dates in Washington History Indian Reservation established 1855: Yakama, Lummi, Tulalip, and Quinault Indian Time immemorial – 1770s: Native homelands cover Reservations established Washington 1855-56: Puget Sound War 1770s: Diseases kill 90-95% of the Native tribes 1855-58: Yakima War 1774: Juan Perez Expedition 1856: Execution of Chief Leschi 1775: The Quinault people first meet non-Natives 1858: John Tennant becomes the first Native 1778: Captain Cook’s expedition territorial representative 1790: The Nootka Convention signed 1860: Schwabacher Brothers open a store in Walla 1792: Captain Vancouver’s expedition, the Walla Snohomish people first meet non-Natives; 1861: University of Washington founded Captain Gray establishes trade; Mexican and 1866: Chief Si'ahl (Seattle) dies; first salmon Spanish settlers complete the first cannery on the Columbia River opens permanent European settlement at Neah 1868: First steam sawmill in Tacoma opens; Chun Bay Ching Hock, Seattle’s first Chinese settler, 1805: The Lewis and Clark Expedition enters the opens the Wa Chong Company state 1870: Suquamish Old Man House burned by the US 1810: The Canadian North West Company government establishes the fur-trading post Spokane 1871: Spokane founded House 1872: Colville Reservation established 1811: Fort Okanogan established by the Pacific Fur 1876: Miners force Chinese from Newcastle mine Company 1880: First commercial planting of apple trees 1824: Fort Vancouver established by the Hudson’s 1880s: Indian boarding school movement begins Bay Company; Bureau of Indian Affairs 1883: Northern Pacific Railway line completed established by the US Congress 1885: Chinese expelled from Tacoma 1826: First apple tree planted 1886: Mobs forcibly expel most of Seattle's Chinese 1828: The Hudson’s Bay Company establishes the residents; Seattle's First African Methodist first lumber mill Episcopal Church founded 1833: Fort Nisqually established by the Hudson’s 1887: The US Congress passes the General Bay Company Allotment Act 1834: The first Japanese people to reach 1889: Statehood; Robert O. Lee becomes first Washington arrive via shipwreck African American to practice law 1841: The United States Exploring Expedition 1890: Washington State University founded; the explores Puget Sound first wheat shipped from Seattle departs; 1843: Marcus Whitman leads the first large party Isaac W. Evans becomes the first African along the Oregon Trail American appointed to the Seattle police 1846: Oregon Treaty signed; The Bush-Simmons force; African American families in the Puget party arrives Sound region first celebrate Juneteenth 1847: Whitman Massacre 1892: Furuya Company founded in Seattle 1848: Oregon Territory created 1891: Washington State Historical Society founded; 1849: Fort Steilacoom established by the US Army Puget Sound Naval Shipyard established 1851: Seattle founded; first coal transported from 1893: The Panic of 1893 economic depression Puget Sound to San Francisco begins 1852: The Columbian, the first newspaper, 1896-99: Klondike Gold Rush published 1899: William Bishop becomes the first Native 1853: Washington Territory incorporated, Isaac state representative; University of Stevens becomes the first governor, Olympia Washington School of Law admits William named provisional capital McDonald Austin, its first black graduate;
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org William Owen Bush becomes the first black 1940: First Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens and state representative collapses 1900: Mount Rainier Nation Park established 1941: Grand Coulee Dam opens; Weyerhaeuser 1902: State Supreme Court denies citizenship for opens the first tree farm in the US; Dale UW School of Law grad Takuji Yamashita Chihuly born in Tacoma 1903: Bing Crosby born in Tacoma 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive 1904: Chief Joseph dies Order 9066, Japanese internment begins; 1906: Ezra Meeker sets out from Puyallup to re- Boeing hires Florise Spearman, its first black cross the Oregon Trail employee; Bracero program begins 1907: Pike Place Market opens 1943: Chinese exclusion laws repealed by the 1909: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition; Olympic Magnuson Act; The 442nd Infantry National Monument created; Japanese Regimental Combat Team, composed language newspaper, Great North American entirely of Japanese-Americans, formed Times, begins publishing 1943: Hanford Works atomic energy plant opens 1910: Washington women win the right to vote 1945: The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald published 1912: Josephine Preston becomes the first woman 1950: Second Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens to serve in state-wide office as 1957: The Dalles Dam opens Superintendent of Public Instruction; Nena 1959: Catherine Dean May becomes Washington’s Jolidon Croake and Frances C. Axtell become first female United States Representative the first women elected as state 1962: Wing Luke, the first Chinese American representatives; Japanese Language School elected to a major post in the continental opens in Tacoma US, is elected to the Seattle City Council; 1913: Washington State Legislature designates the Century 21 Exposition (The Seattle World’s Pacific Highway Fair) held and Space Needle opens 1916: The Boeing Company incorporated 1965: Floyd Hicks becomes the first Native United 1916: Prohibition enacted in Washington States Representative from Washington; 1917: Fort Lewis established Marjorie Pitter King becomes the first black 1919: Seattle General Strike; William Bishop female legislator becomes the first Native state senator 1967: Seattle Supersonics established 1921: The Alien Land Law passes 1968: The federal Immigration and Naturalization 1923: Reba Hurn becomes the first woman elected Act takes effect; Jimmi Hendrix’s Electric to the state senate; First Ellensburg rodeo Ladyland released 1924: Indian Citizenship Act passed by the US 1969: The last portion of Interstate 5 in Congress; Victorio Velasco begins publishing Washington opens Seattle's first Filipino newspaper, The 1970: Jacob Lawrence becomes an art professor at Philippine Seattle Colonist the University of Washington 1927: Christal Quintasket is the first American 1971: Starbucks founded; “DB” Cooper hijacking Indian woman to publish a novel 1972: Washington passes the Equal Rights 1930: Tacoma Field (later McChord Air Force Base) Amendment opens; Japanese American Citizen's League 1973: Bruce Lee buried in Seattle founded 1974: The Boldt Decision; Seattle Seahawks 1932: Prohibition repealed in Washington established 1933: John H. Ryan becomes the first black state 1975: Microsoft founded senator 1976: Heart’s Dreamboat Annie released 1934: The Waterfront Strike 1977: Dixie Lee Ray becomes Washington’s first 1937: Bonneville Dam opens; International Pacific female governor; Seattle Mariners Salmon Fisheries Commission established established 1938: Belle Reeves becomes Washington’s first 1978: Walla Walla's first successful premium wines female Secretary of State produced
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org 1980: Mt. St. Helens erupts 1986: United Farm Workers of Washington State founded 1987: Clovis points discovered in Wenatchee; Timber Fish Wildlife Agreement announced; Cal Anderson becomes Washington's first openly gay legislator 1988: Margarita Prentice becomes the first Latina state legislator 1990: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act passed by the U.S. Congress; Pearl Jam formed 1991: Nirvana’s Nevermind released 1992: Patty Murray becomes Washington’s first female United States Senator; Velma Veloria is elected to the Washington State Legislature, the first Filipina elected to a state legislature in the continental US 1994: Amazon.com founded 1996: The Ancient One (Kennewick Man) discovered 1997: Gary Locke becomes the United States’ first Chinese-American governor 1999: WTO protest in Seattle; Makah whale hunting restarts 2001: Nisqually earthquake 2003: Bridge construction project unearths Tse- whit-zen, a largely intact Klallam Indian village 2004: Historical court clears Chief Leschi's name 2006: Governor Christine Gregoire signs bill extending civil rights laws to gays and lesbians; Claudia Kauffman becomes the first female Native American elected to the state senate 2007: Third Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens 2008: Seattle Supersonics move to Oklahoma 2010: Jaime Herrera becomes the first Latina from Washington elected to the United States Congress 2012: Marijuana legalization passes; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s The Heist released
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Appendix B: 1906: Ezra Meeker sets out from Puyallup to re- Important Dates in Washington History: Highlights cross the Oregon Trail 1909: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition Time immemorial – 1770s: Native homelands cover 1910: Washington women win the right to vote Washington 1916: The Boeing Company incorporated 1770s: Diseases kill 90-95% of the Native tribes 1916: Prohibition enacted in Washington 1778: Captain Cook’s expedition 1917: Fort Lewis established 1790: The Nootka Convention signed 1924: Indian Citizenship Act passed by the US 1792: Captain Vancouver’s expedition; Captain Congress Gray establishes trade 1930: Tacoma Field (later McChord Air Force Base) 1805: The Lewis and Clark Expedition enters the opens state 1932: Prohibition repealed in Washington 1824: Fort Vancouver established by the Hudson’s 1940: First Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens and Bay Company; Bureau of Indian Affairs collapses established by the US Congress 1941: Grand Coulee Dam opens; Weyerhaeuser 1841: The United States Exploring Expedition opens the first tree farm in the US explores Puget Sound 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive 1843: Marcus Whitman leads the first large party Order 9066, Japanese internment begins along the Oregon Trail 1943: Hanford Works atomic energy plant opens 1846: Oregon Treaty signed 1962: Century 21 Exposition (The Seattle World’s 1848: Oregon Territory created Fair) held and Space Needle opens 1851: Seattle founded 1968: The federal Immigration and Naturalization 1853: Washington Territory incorporated, Isaac Act takes effect Stevens becomes the first governor, Olympia 1969: The last portion of Interstate 5 in named provisional capital Washington opens 1854: Treaty of Medicine Creek signed; Puyallup 1971: Starbucks founded Indian Reservation established 1974: The Boldt Decision 1855: Yakama, Lummi, Tulalip, and Quinault Indian 1975: Microsoft founded Reservations established 1980: Mt. St. Helens erupts 1855-56: Puget Sound War 1987: Clovis points discovered in Wenatchee 1855-58: Yakima War 1990: The Native American Graves Protection and 1856: Execution of Chief Leschi Repatriation Act passed by the U.S. Congress 1861: University of Washington founded 1991: Nirvana’s Nevermind released 1866: First salmon cannery on the Columbia River 1992: Patty Murray becomes Washington’s first opens female United States Senator 1871: Spokane founded 1994: Amazon.com founded 1872: Colville Reservation established 1996: The Ancient One (Kennewick Man) 1880: First commercial planting of apple trees discovered 1880s: Indian boarding school movement begins 1997: Gary Locke becomes the United States’ first 1883: Northern Pacific Railway line completed Chinese-American governor 1885: Chinese expelled from Tacoma 1999: WTO protest in Seattle 1889: Statehood 2001: Nisqually earthquake 1890: Washington State University founded; the 2006: Governor Christine Gregoire signs bill first wheat shipped from Seattle departs; extending civil rights laws to gays and 1891: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard established lesbians; 1893: The Panic of 1893 economic depression 2012: Marijuana legalization passes begins 1896-99: Klondike Gold Rush 1900: Mount Rainier Nation Park established
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Appendix C: 1858: John Tennant becomes the first Native Important Dates in Washington History: territorial representative Native Americans 1866: Chief Si'ahl (Seattle) dies; first salmon cannery on the Columbia River opens Time immemorial – 1770s: Native homelands cover 1870: Suquamish Old Man House burned by the US Washington government 1770s: Diseases kill 90-95% of the Native tribes 1872: Colville Reservation established 1774: Juan Perez Expedition 1880s: Indian boarding school movement begins 1775: The Quinault people first meet non-Natives 1887: The US Congress passes the General 1778: Captain Cook’s expedition Allotment Act 1790: The Nootka Convention signed 1899: William Bishop becomes the first Native 1792: Captain Vancouver’s expedition, the state representative Snohomish people first meet non-Natives; 1904: Chief Joseph dies Captain Gray establishes trade; Mexican and 1919: William Bishop becomes the first Native Spanish settlers complete the first state senator permanent European settlement at Neah 1921: The Alien Land Law passes Bay 1924: Indian Citizenship Act passed by the US 1805: The Lewis and Clark Expedition enters the Congress state 1927: Christal Quintasket is the first American 1810: The Canadian North West Company Indian woman to publish a novel establishes the fur-trading post Spokane 1937: International Pacific Salmon Fisheries House Commission established 1811: Fort Okanogan established by the Pacific Fur 1941: Grand Coulee Dam opens Company 1965: Floyd Hicks becomes the first Native United 1824: Fort Vancouver established by the Hudson’s States Representative from Washington Bay Company; Bureau of Indian Affairs 1974: The Boldt Decision established by the US Congress 1987: Clovis points discovered in Wenatchee; 1833: Fort Nisqually established by the Hudson’s Timber Fish Wildlife Agreement announced Bay Company 1990: The Native American Graves Protection and 1841: The United States Exploring Expedition Repatriation Act passed by the U.S. Congress explores Puget Sound 1992: The Lummi Tribe opens the first Indian 1843: Marcus Whitman leads the first large party casino in Washington along the Oregon Trail 1996: The Ancient One (Kennewick Man) 1846: Oregon Treaty signed; The Bush-Simmons discovered party arrives 1999: Makah whale hunting restarts 1847: Whitman Massacre 2003: Bridge construction project unearths Tse- 1848: Oregon Territory created whit-zen, a largely intact Klallam Indian 1849: Fort Steilacoom established by the US Army village 1851: Seattle founded 2004: Historical court clears Chief Leschi's name 1853: Washington Territory incorporated, Isaac 2006: Claudia Kauffman becomes the first female Stevens becomes the first governor and Native American elected to the state senate Superintendent of Indian Affairs 1854: Treaty of Medicine Creek signed; Puyallup Indian Reservation established 1855: Yakama, Lummi, Tulalip, and Quinault Indian Reservations established 1855-56: Puget Sound War 1855-58: Yakima War 1856: Execution of Chief Leschi
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Appendix D: 1855-58: Yakima War Important Dates in Washington History: 1856: Execution of Chief Leschi Exploration, Migration, and Settlement 1858: John Tennant becomes the first Native territorial representative Time immemorial – 1770s: Native homelands cover 1868: Chun Ching Hock, Seattle’s first Chinese Washington settler, opens the Wa Chong Company 1770s: Diseases kill 90-95% of the Native tribes 1870: Suquamish Old Man House burned by the US 1774: Juan Perez Expedition government 1775: The Quinault people first meet non-Natives 1871: Spokane founded 1778: Captain Cook’s expedition 1872: Colville Reservation established 1790: The Nootka Convention signed 1880s: Indian boarding school movement begins 1792: Captain Vancouver’s expedition, the 1883: Northern Pacific Railway line completed Snohomish people first meet non-Natives; 1885: Chinese expelled from Tacoma Captain Gray establishes trade; Mexican and 1886: Mobs forcibly expel most of Seattle's Chinese Spanish settlers complete the first residents permanent European settlement at Neah 1887: The US Congress passes the General Bay Allotment Act 1805: The Lewis and Clark Expedition enters the 1889: Statehood state 1891: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard established 1810: The Canadian North West Company 1896-99: Klondike Gold Rush establishes the fur-trading post Spokane 1906: Ezra Meeker sets out from Puyallup to re- House cross the Oregon Trail 1811: Fort Okanogan established by the Pacific Fur 1913: Washington State Legislature designates the Company Pacific Highway 1824: Fort Vancouver established by the Hudson’s 1917: Fort Lewis established Bay Company; Bureau of Indian Affairs 1921: The Alien Land Law passes established by the US Congress 1924: Indian Citizenship Act passed by the US 1833: Fort Nisqually established by the Hudson’s Congress Bay Company 1930: Tacoma Field (later McChord Air Force Base) 1834: The first Japanese people to reach opens Washington arrive via shipwreck 1940: First Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens and 1841: The United States Exploring Expedition collapses explores Puget Sound 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive 1843: Marcus Whitman leads the first large party Order 9066, Japanese internment begins; along the Oregon Trail Bracero program begins 1846: Oregon Treaty signed; The Bush-Simmons 1943: Chinese exclusion laws repealed by the party arrives Magnuson Act 1847: Whitman Massacre 1950: Second Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens 1848: Oregon Territory created 1968: The federal Immigration and Naturalization 1849: Fort Steilacoom established by the US Army Act takes effect 1851: Seattle founded 1969: The last portion of Interstate 5 in 1853: Washington Territory incorporated, Isaac Washington opens Stevens becomes the first governor, Olympia 1974: The Boldt Decision named provisional capital 2003: Bridge construction project unearths Tse- 1854: Treaty of Medicine Creek signed; Puyallup whit-zen, a largely intact Klallam Indian Indian Reservation established village 1855: Yakama, Lummi, Tulalip, and Quinault Indian 2007: Third Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens Reservations established 1855-56: Puget Sound War
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Appendix E: 1913: Washington State Legislature designates the Important Dates in Washington History: Pacific Highway Business and Industry 1916: The Boeing Company incorporated 1916: Prohibition enacted in Washington Time immemorial – 1770s: Native homelands cover 1917: Fort Lewis established Washington 1919: Seattle General Strike 1770s: Diseases kill 90-95% of the Native tribes 1921: The Alien Land Law passes 1792: Captain Gray establishes trade 1924: Victorio Velasco begins publishing Seattle's 1810: The Canadian North West Company first Filipino newspaper, The Philippine establishes the fur-trading post Spokane Seattle Colonist House 1930: Tacoma Field (later McChord Air Force Base) 1811: Fort Okanogan established by the Pacific Fur opens Company 1932: Prohibition repealed in Washington 1824: Fort Vancouver established by the Hudson’s 1934: The Waterfront Strike Bay Company 1937: Bonneville Dam opens; International Pacific 1826: First apple tree planted Salmon Fisheries Commission established 1828: The Hudson’s Bay Company establishes the 1940: First Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens and first lumber mill collapses 1833: Fort Nisqually established by the Hudson’s 1941: Grand Coulee Dam opens; Weyerhaeuser Bay Company opens the first tree farm in the US 1851: First coal transported from Puget Sound to 1942: Boeing hires Florise Spearman, its first black San Francisco employee; Bracero program begins 1852: The Columbian, the first newspaper, 1943: Hanford Works atomic energy plant opens published 1950: Second Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens 1860: Schwabacher Brothers open a store in Walla 1957: The Dalles Dam opens Walla 1962: Century 21 Exposition (The Seattle World’s 1866: First salmon cannery on the Columbia River Fair) held and Space Needle opens opens 1967: Seattle Supersonics established 1868: First steam sawmill in Tacoma opens; Chun 1969: The last portion of Interstate 5 in Ching Hock, Seattle’s first Chinese settler, Washington opens opens the Wa Chong Company 1971: Starbucks founded 1876: Miners force Chinese from Newcastle mine 1974: The Boldt Decision; Seattle Seahawks 1880: First commercial planting of apple trees established 1883: Northern Pacific Railway line completed 1975: Microsoft founded 1885: Chinese expelled from Tacoma 1977: Seattle Mariners established 1886: Mobs forcibly expel most of Seattle's Chinese 1978: Walla Walla's first successful premium wines residents produced 1890: The first wheat shipped from Seattle departs 1986: United Farm Workers of Washington State 1892: Furuya Company founded in Seattle founded 1891: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard established 1987: Timber Fish Wildlife Agreement announced; 1893: The Panic of 1893 economic depression 1994: Amazon.com founded begins 1999: WTO protest in Seattle 1896-99: Klondike Gold Rush 2007: Third Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens 1900: Mount Rainier Nation Park established 2008: Seattle Supersonics move to Oklahoma 1907: Pike Place Market opens 2012: Marijuana legalization passes 1909: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition; Japanese language newspaper, Great North American Times, begins publishing
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Appendix F: Appendix G: Important Dates in Washington History: Women Important Dates in Washington History: Asians and Asian-Americans 1805: The Lewis and Clark Expedition enters the state, Sacajawea accompanies them 1834: The first Japanese people to reach 1843: Marcus Whitman, along with his wife Washington arrive via shipwreck Narcissa, lead the first large party along the 1868: Chun Ching Hock, Seattle’s first Chinese Oregon Trail settler, opens the Wa Chong Company 1847: Whitman Massacre 1876: Miners force Chinese from Newcastle mine 1910: Washington women win the right to vote 1885: Chinese expelled from Tacoma 1912: Josephine Preston becomes the first woman 1886: Mobs forcibly expel most of Seattle's Chinese to serve in state-wide office as residents Superintendent of Public Instruction; Nena 1892: Furuya Company founded in Seattle Jolidon Croake and Frances C. Axtell become 1902: State Supreme Court denies citizenship for the first women elected as state UW School of Law grad Takuji Yamashita representatives 1909: Japanese language newspaper, Great North 1923: Reba Hurn becomes the first woman elected American Times, begins publishing to the state senate 1912: Japanese Language School opens in Tacoma 1927: Christal Quintasket is the first American 1921: The Alien Land Law passes Indian woman to publish a novel 1924: Victorio Velasco begins publishing Seattle's 1938: Belle Reeves becomes Washington’s first first Filipino newspaper, The Philippine female Secretary of State Seattle Colonist 1942: Boeing hires Florise Spearman, its first black 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League founded employee 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive 1945: The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald published Order 9066, Japanese internment begins; 1959: Catherine Dean May becomes Washington’s 1943: Chinese exclusion laws repealed by first female United States Representative the Magnuson Act; The 442nd Infantry 1965: Marjorie Pitter King becomes the first black Regimental Combat Team, composed female legislator entirely of Japanese-Americans, formed 1972: Washington passes the Equal Rights 1962: Wing Luke, the first Chinese American Amendment elected to a major post in the continental 1976: Heart’s Dreamboat Annie released US, is elected to the Seattle City Council 1977: Dixie Lee Ray becomes Washington’s first 1968: The federal Immigration and Naturalization female governor Act takes effect 1988: Margarita Prentice becomes the first Latina 1973: Bruce Lee buried in Seattle state legislator 1992: Velma Veloria is elected to the Washington 1992: Patty Murray becomes Washington’s first State Legislature, the first Filipina elected to female United States Senator; Velma Veloria a state legislature in the continental US is elected to the Washington State 1997: Gary Locke becomes the United States’ first Legislature, the first Filipina elected to a Chinese-American governor state legislature in the continental US 2006: Governor Christine Gregoire signs bill extending civil rights laws to gays and lesbians; Claudia Kauffman becomes the first female Native American elected to the state senate 2010: Jaime Herrera becomes the first Latina from Washington elected to the United States Congress
Washington State Historical Society 2016 washingtonhistory.org Appendix H: 1978: Walla Walla's first successful premium wines Important Dates in Washington History: Culture produced 1987: Cal Anderson becomes Washington's first 1852: The Columbian, the first newspaper, openly gay legislator published 1990: Pearl Jam formed 1860: Schwabacher Brothers open a store in Walla 1991: Nirvana’s Nevermind released Walla 1994: Amazon.com founded 1861: University of Washington founded 1999: WTO protest in Seattle 1886: Seattle's First African Methodist Episcopal 2006: Governor Christine Gregoire signs bill Church founded extending civil rights laws to gays and 1890: Washington State University founded; lesbians African American families in the Puget Sound 2008: Seattle Supersonics move to Oklahoma region first celebrate Juneteenth 2012: Marijuana legalization passes; Macklemore & 1891: Washington State Historical Society founded Ryan Lewis’s The Heist released 1900: Mount Rainier Nation Park established 1903: Bing Crosby born in Tacoma 1907: Pike Place Market opens 1909: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition; Olympic National Monument created; Japanese language newspaper, Great North American Times, begins publishing 1912: Japanese Language School opens in Tacoma 1913: Washington State Legislature designates the Pacific Highway 1916: Prohibition enacted in Washington 1923: First Ellensburg rodeo 1924: Victorio Velasco begins publishing Seattle's first Filipino newspaper, The Philippine Seattle Colonist 1927: Christal Quintasket is the first American Indian woman to publish a novel 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League founded 1932: Prohibition repealed in Washington 1941: Dale Chihuly born in Tacoma 1945: The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald published 1962: Century 21 Exposition (The Seattle World’s Fair) held and Space Needle opens 1967: Seattle Supersonics established 1968: Jimmi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland released 1969: The last portion of Interstate 5 in Washington opens 1970: Jacob Lawrence becomes an art professor at the University of Washington 1971: Starbucks founded; “DB” Cooper hijacking 1974: Seattle Seahawks established 1975: Microsoft founded 1976: Heart’s Dreamboat Annie released 1977: Seattle Mariners established
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