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Timeline of Regional Events 1805-06 Lewis and Clark Expedition passes through what will become Walla Walla County 1818 Fort Nez Perce fur trading post is established near the mouth of the Walla Walla River, renamed Fort Walla Walla in 1821 at merger of Northwest Fur Company and Hudson's Bay Company 1836-47 Whitman Mission 1843 Oregon Trail Great Migration 1848 Territory of Oregon established 1853 Territory of Washington created 1854 Walla Walla County organized; at one time encompassing all of eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montan, and southwestern Wyoming, it is larger than California 1855 Governor Stevens signed treaties with Walla Walla, Cayuse and Umatilla Indians; Battle of Frenchtown (Walla Walla); last Hudson's Bay Company post closes 1856 First two military Forts Walla Walla built 1858 Permanent site of Fort Walla Walla completed; Spokane, Palouse, Coeur d'Alene, Yakama and other tribes repel Lt. Col. Steptoe's soldiers; Col. Wright's troops defeat the northern tribes; region opened to settlers 1859 Oregon State admitted to the Union by an act signed by President James Buchanon; Washington gains territorial status 1860s Idaho gold rush 1861 Civil War begins 1862 Walla Walla becomes an incorporated city; President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law 1865 President Lincoln assassinated; Civil War ends 1869 Transcontinental railroad completed 1870 Telegraph line between Walla Walla and Portland completed 1878 First Washington Constitutional Convention convenes in Walla Walla on June 11 1875 Dorsey Baker's railroad allows increased export of agricultural products from Walla Walla area 1876-78 Battle of the Little Big Horn, Nez Perce War, Bannock-Paiute War 1889 Washington State admitted to the Union through an act signed by President Benjamin Harrison 1890 Sioux War, last of the Indian wars 1908 Formal opening of Pioneer Park on East Alder Street in Walla Walla 1910 Fort Walla Walla closed 1917 Fort Walla Walla reopened during World War I as an artillery training base 1922 Veteran's hospital opened on former Fort Walla Walla grounds 1930s End of horse/mule powered agricultural era 1939-45 World War II |
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