Washington State HistoricalSociety Publications VOLUME II. 190 7-19 14 Published by the STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1915 "The nation or people that are not proud of the achievements of their remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthyof the pride of their remote descendants."Macaulay. OLYMPIA FRANK M. LAMBORN, PUBLIC PRINTER. 1015 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYOF LAW (See Session Laws of 1903. Page 377) THE SOCIETY AS AN ORGANIZATIONDOES NOT ASSUME RE- SPONSIBILITy FOR OPINIONS EXPRESSEDIN THIS VOLUME BY THE AUTHORS OF PAPERS OR OF OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. GENERAL CONTENTS Page Index to Illustrations 4 Officers and Curators, 1914 5 Office Staff 5 Standing Committees, 1914 6 INTRODUCTORYReason for this Publication 7 Part I.History of the Washington State Historical Society 9 PartII.Dedication Exercises of the Monuments Erected by the Washington State Historical Society 105 Part III.Unveiling of the Statues of Francis W. Cushman and Robert L. McCormick 239 Part IV.Documents Relating to Other Historical Events 267 PartV.PapersRelatingtotheHistoryoftheState of Washington 355 Part VI. Papers Relating to Mt. Tacoma-Rainier 399 Part VII. Biographical 465 Part VIII. The Tacoma Research Club of the State Historical Society 485 LISP OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Opposite W. H. Gilstrap,Frontispiece. Page Officers and Curators, 1914... Henry Hewitt, Jr., President 5 Elisha P. Ferry, Washington's First State Governor 9 State Historical Society Building, when Completed 49 W. P. Bonney, Secretary 105 Wilkes Monument at Lake Sequalitchew, Pierce County.... 107 De Yore Monument at Steilacoom Rev. John F. De Vore 125 Monument at Camp Washington, Spokane County 133 Gov. Isaac Ingalls Stevens 137 Captain George Brinton McClellan 147 Monument at Tshlmakain, Stevens County 171 Rev. Cushing Eells 185 Rev. Elkanah Walker 197 WashIngton's FirstTerritorialExøcutiveMansion(By Courtesy of Author of Tiillcum Tales) .211 The Present Executive Mansion (Courtesy Author of Pull- cum Tales) Natches Emigrant Monument 215 Francis W. Cushman 241 Robert Laird McCormick 261 Ezra Meeker at the White House in 1907 269 Captain Robert Gray 311 John H. McGraw, Governor 1893-7 389 Mt. Tacoma-Rainier, viewed from sea level at Tacoma. (Height 14,408 feet.).. 401 Mt. Tacoma-Rainier, viewed from near present entrance to Rainier National Park 423 Stevens and Van Trump with Flag they carried to top of Mt. Tacoma-RainIer 433 Samuel G. Cosgrove, Governor January-March 1909 467 Albert Edward Mead, Governor 1905-9 479 Prof. 0. B. Sperlin, President Tacoma Research Club 485 Walter S. Davis, Secretary of the Tacoma Research Club of the State Historical Society 488 WALTER N.GRANGER - lE4RY HEWit?tJR, - W. P. HENRY HEWITT. JR.. President OFFICERS AND CURATORS. 1914 President, HENRY HEWITT, JR., Tacoma. Vice President, GEORGE TURNER, Spokane. Secretary, W. H. GILSTRAP (Deceased August2.) Succeeded by W. P. BONNEY, August 10. Treasurer, W. H. DICKSON, Tacoma. CURATORS W. P. BONNEY, Tacoma (Succeeded by REV. HARRY M. PAINTER, Seattle, September 7.) PROF. L. L. BENBOW, Tacoma C. S. BARLOW, Tacoma W. J. BOWMAN, Puyalhip JUDGE JOHN ARTHUR, Seattle PROF. WALTER S. DAVIS, Tacoma P. G. HUBBELL, Tacoma WALTER N. GRANGER, Zillah THOMAS HUGGINS, Tacoma PROF. L. F. JACKSON, Pullman PROF. W. D. LYMAN, Walla Walla MRS. SARAH S. McMILLAN, floqulam OFFICE STAFF MRS. W. R. NEWMAN, Caretaker MISS MARIE BERGSTROM, Stenographer CHARLES 0. HESCOX, Janitor. STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1914. BOARD OF CURATORS OF THEWASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IuhIL0 G. HUBBELL Ways and Means C. S. BARLOW WALTER N. GRANGER (PROF. W. S. DAVIS Museum THOMAS HUG-GINS IPROF'. L. F. JACKSON rW. J. BOWMAN Historical Papers PHILO G. HUBBELL PROF. L. F. JACKSON IJUDGE JOHN ARTHUR Publications PROF. L. L. BENBOW W. P. BONNEY 1SAIH S. McMILLAN Picture Gallery . PROF. W. S. DAVIS PROF. W. D. LYMAN ITHOMAS HUG-GINS Memorials W. J. BOWMAN VUDGE JOHN ARTHUR IPR0F. L. L. BENBOW Library PROF. W. D. LYMAN SARAH S. McMILLAN IC. S. BARLOW Building and Grounds WALTER N. GRANGER W. P. BONNEY INTRODUCTORY The law of 1903 creating the Washington State Historical Society a trustee for certain purposes named as the 7th purpose: To prepare bi-ennially for publication a report of its collections an.d such other matters: relating to the' work of the Society as may be useful to the State and the people therOf. The by-laws of the Society also provide for the publication of the written history of the State in illustraie,d volume of uni- form size, and style as frequently as practicable. Accordingly the Legislature of1913appropriatedtwo thousand dollars as a publication fund, for the Society. In 1906 a volume to be known as No. 1 of the Washington State Historical Society Publications and containing the ad- dresses given at the dedication of the Sequalitchew monument was published through funds contributed chiefly by the Presi- dent of the Society at that time, Hon. IR. L. McCormick. The work of preparing for publication the historical manu- scripts that have been acc:umulating in the archives of the So- ciety had been undertaken by Secretary Gilstrap, but was step- ped by his untimely death in August, 1914. At a meeting of the Curators on August 10, a special committee, consisting of Prof. L. L. Benbow, W. H. Dickson, and Walter S. Davis was appoint- ed to carry on the work of publication commencedbyMr. Gilstrap. At the request of the other two members of the committee the work of preparation has been carried on by the undersigned. In addition to the labors of Secretary Glistrap, special ap- preciation is expresaed for aid given by the Committee and to the new Secretary, Mr. W. P. Bonney, as well as to the office force.The work of Mr. Bouncy has been untiring. For this publication and biennium, the annual reports of Secretary Gilstrap must take the place of a biennial report. The remainder of the volume consists chiefly of addresses given on 8 History of the Washington. State Historical Society notable historic occasions.The general table of contents will show the classification of the historical materials herein pub- lished. It is the purpose of the Board of Curators to publish here- after a volume each biennium, containing the biennial report of the Society and the unpublished historical papers and materials in its pomession. There is now a commendable movement, state-wide in extent, to biwe greater attention given to the history of this State in our public schools.In the promotion of this movement it is believed that the publication of this volume comes at an oppor- tune moment.It is hoped that it may find a place in each public school library and that history teachers and students will find therein a mine of valuable information.Special attention is called to the chapters in Parts II. and V.In Part VI. every school boy and girl will want to read Gen. Hazard Stevens' ac count of the first ascent of Mount Tacoma-Rainier. It is believed that those who read these pages will find their interest deepened in the lives and deeds of the heroic men and women who laid the foundations of this Commonwealth of Washington. WALTER S. DAVIS. Tacoma, Wash., January 6, 1915. PART I. CONTENTS HISTORY OF THE WASHINGTON STATEHISTORICAL SOCIETY Page 10 Chapter1.Origin of the Society Chapter2. Constitution of the Washington StateHistorical Society 12 13 Chapter3.By-Laws of the Society Chapter4.Agreement for the Incorporation of the Society 18 Chapter5.Certification of Agreement of Incorporation 19 20 Chapter6. Certification by the County Auditor Chapter7.Articles of Incorporation 21 Chapter8.State Law Creating the Society a Trustee ofthe State for Certain Purposes 22 Chapter9.Annual ReportsofSecretary W. H. Gilstrap, 1908-1914 24 Chapter 10.History of the Washington State HistoricalSo- ciety Building 43 Need of the Building. The Legislative Appropriation. The Laying of the Corner Stone. Opening Week Exercises. The Present Building and Contents. Chapter 11.Addresses Given at the Laying of the Cornerstone 50 Chapter 12.Addresses Given at the Opening Exercises 82 Chapter 13.Officers and Curators of the Society 1907-'14 93 Chapter 14.List of the Property of the Society 96 Chapter 15.List of the Life Members of the Society 97 Chapter 16.Necrology 98 Chapter 17.Chronology of Leading Events in the Historyof the Society 100 CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY. To Tacoma, Oct. 1, 1891. Believing that the time hadarrived for the organization of a State Historical Societyand that some one interested in such a move must. take theinitiative, the undersignedsent letters to m!any prominent citizens throughout the State,re- questing a meeting July 2,of which the following isa copy: Tacoma, June 20, 1891. DEAR SIR:Washington was thirty-six now nearly two years a State, having years a Territory and early pioneers and its traditions thus reached a period when its unrecorded unless they, and otherwill soon pass away and remain early history; the hardships and hardymatters illustrative of the State's early explorers; its Indian tribes adventures and careers of its ditions and objects; and its and pioneer settlers and theirtra- settlement and progress, are reducedto history and preserved before theactors are gone.To this end you, with others, are requested to bepresent at the Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, on Thursday, July 2, 1891, to aid in theorganization of the "Washing- ton State Historical Society."It is thus time to act in thismatter and thereby be in harmony withnearly every other State in the Na- tion.Representatives from all sections of theState are requested to be present. Very truly yours, C. W. HOBART. A meeting was held as above indicated,attended by some from other localities, of which Hon. ElwoodEvans was chosen Chairman and C. W. Hobart Secretary.After a general discussion of the im- portance of such an organization by thosepresent, and a similar ex- pression through letters received frommany of those addressed, it was determined to adjourn subject to call ofChairman, to the end that a more representative meeting mightbe secured; and the Secre- tary was directed to issue a circular call for for some day during the holding of the the adjourned meeting coma.