Group Timeline of Early Seattle History

Nov. 13, 1851- arrival of the "Denny party" at Alki Point.
Source: Alki: Birthplace of Seattle, dir. B. J. Bullert.

Nov. 13, 1851 - Denny party arrives.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle

January 26, 1856 - natives attacked the Seattle Settlement
Source: “History of Seattle Before 1900,” Wikipedia.

1864- Importation of 11 unmarried women to Seattle from Lowell, Massachusetts, by Mercer
Source: Coll Thrush, "Seattle Illahee," Native Seattle, 56.

January 14, 1865 - Seattle was incorporated as a town.
Source: “Early History of Seattle,” Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_seattle

1865- Seattle officially incorporated
Source: Coll Thrush, "Seattle Illahee," Native Seattle, 56.

1865- Ordinance No. 5 passed
Source: Coll Thrush, "Seattle Illahee," Native Seattle, 56.

1866- second installment of 34 "Mercer Girls"
Source: Coll Thrush, "Seattle Illahee," Native Seattle, 56.

1866 - Chief Seattle dies.
Source: Chief Seattle, Dir. BJ Bullert 2000

April 4, 1884 - 15 Seattle Women founded The Ladies Relief Society to address "the number of needy and suffering cases within the limits of the city." This eventually resulted in the founding of Seattle Children's Home, still in operation today.
Source: “History of Seattle Before 1900,” Wikipedia.

1884- Seattles ladies relief society is founded and opens an orphanage the following year
Source: MOHAI

1886 - Anti Chinese mobs drive Chinese workers from Seattle resulting in riot and death.
Source: MOHAI museum

1886 - first graduates of seattle highschool
Source: MOHAI

1886- Seattle got its first YMCA gymnasium
Source: “History of Seattle Before 1900,” Wikipedia.

1888 - The Seattle, Lakeshore and eastern railroad reaches Issaquah
Source: MOHAI Museum

June 6, 1889 - Great Seattle fire
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seattle_Fire

June 6, 1889 - Great Seattle fire
Source: Mohai

1889 - Washington becomes a state
Source: Mohai

1889 - Washington territory achieves statehood
Source: MOHAI Museum

1889 - The city contracted with the Pacific Bridge Company to construct the headworks, dam, and pipeline.
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Building The City," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 75.

1890 - the total population in Seattle was 42,837.
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, “Reaping the Profits of the Klondike Trade,“ from Hard Drive to the Klondike

1892- built 3500 new buildings and seattle was reborn, the fire started in the Pontius building Source: MOHAI

1893 - Great Northern Railway completed
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Reaping the Profits of the Klondike Trade," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 44.

1893 - Great northern completes railroad line from st. Paul to Seattle.
No source.

1894 – Coxeys army marches. Protestors concerned about unemployment march at capital. Jack London is a participant.
No source.

1896 - Gold was discovered in Klondike region of Canada.
Source: “Early History of Seattle,” Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_seattle

1897 - City Council increased police force by 40%
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Reaping the Profits of the Klondike Trade," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 53.

1897 - 1898 - Seattle's fleet tripled in size
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Reaping the Profits of the Klondike Trade," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 45.

April-May 1900 - over 8,000 miners gold seekers past through seattle on their way to Nome.
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Reaping the Profits of the Klondike Trade," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 58.

1900 - Electric rail lines connected seattle to comunties to the north and south sides of the city. An interurban train ran between seattle and Tacoma, and the completion in 1900 of a line from seattle to everett futher opened opportunities for growth.
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Building The City," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 70.

1902 - Voters decided in favor of the city power plant.
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Building The City," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 76.

1903 - Cooper and Levy sell out and sell their business to the Bon Marche.
No source.

1910 - Congress authorized construction of the Lake Washington Canal connecting Lake Washington and Lake Union to Puget Sound. –
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Building The City," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 76.

1910 - Congress authorized construction of the Lake Washington Canal connecting Lake Washington and Lake Union to the Puget Sound.
Source: Lisa Mighetto and Marcia Montgomery, "Building The City," from Hard Drive to the Klondike, 78.