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- Nisqually Chief Quiemuth is murdered in Olympia on November 19, 1856. (historylink.org)
- Fort Steilacoom (1849-1868) (historylink.org)
- Viretta Park (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Montlake — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Portage Bay-Roanoke-North Capitol Hill — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Union Bay Natural Area (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Montlake Bridge (historylink.org)
- Langley — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Montlake Cut (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Lake Washington Boulevard (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Gig Harbor — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Burien — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Downtown Seattle — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Medina — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Cle Elum — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Sammamish — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- North Bend — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Port Townsend — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Normandy Park — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Everson — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Sultan is incorporated on June 28, 1905 (historylink.org)
- Ferndale — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Tenino — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Hunts Point — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Kenmore — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Beaux Arts Village — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Belltown-Denny Regrade — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Ballard Bridge (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Fremont — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Seattle Center — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Woodland Park Zoo (historylink.org)
- Skykomish — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Maple Valley — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Skyway Library, King County Library System (historylink.org)
- Fremont Bridge (historylink.org)
- Cobain, Kurt (1967-1994) (historylink.org)
- Lake Stevens — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Washington Territorial Legislature incorporates the City of Steilacoom on April 22, 1854. (historylink.org)
- Steilacoom — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Burlington — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Kirkland — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Volunteer Park (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Tukwila — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Alpine Lakes Wilderness (historylink.org)
- Gas Works Park (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- George — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Lacey — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Leschi (1808-1858), Part 1 (historylink.org)
- Leschi (1808-1858), Part 2 (historylink.org)
- Green Lake Park (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Green Lake — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Madrona — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Camano Island — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Whidbey Island — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Quincy — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Henry Yesler’s Mill and Wharf (Seattle) (historylink.org)
- Concrete — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Tolmie, William F. (1812-1886) (historylink.org)
- Treaty of Point Elliott, 1855 (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Madison Park — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Yesler, Henry L. (1810?-1892) (historylink.org)
- Snoqualmie — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Georgetown — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: South Park — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Denny-Blaine — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Beacon Hill — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Redmond — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Central Area — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Rainier Valley — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: First Hill — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Brighton Beach — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Rainier Beach — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Bellevue — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Lakewood — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Seward Park — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Capitol Hill, Part 1 — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Eastlake — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Broadview & Bitter Lake — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Columbia City — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Laurelhurst — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Blue Ridge — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: University District — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Pioneer Square — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Queen Anne Hill — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Magnolia — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Interbay — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: West Seattle — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Loyal Heights, Sunset Hill, and Shilshole — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Mount Baker — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Leschi — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Licton Springs — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Lake City — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Crown Hill — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Maple Leaf — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Haller Lake — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Greenwood — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: View Ridge — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Wallingford — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Wedgwood — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Madison Valley — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Ravenna - Roosevelt — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Phinney — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Kent — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Fauntleroy — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Vashon-Maury Island — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Carnation (Tolt) — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Lee, Bruce (1940-1973) (historylink.org)
- Lee, Bruce — Television and Filmography (historylink.org)
- SeaTac — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Lake Forest Park — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Bothell — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Yarrow Point — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Federal Way — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Issaquah - Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Tacoma — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Vashon glacier begins to melt and recede from Puget Sound region and Columbia Basin around 16,900 years ago (historylink.org)
- Olympia — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Island County’s first Commissioners’ meeting takes place in Coveland on April 4, 1853. (historylink.org)
- The first non-Indian families arrive at the new settlement of Port Townsend on February 23, 1852. (historylink.org)
- Alfred A. Plummer and Charles Bachelder settle on the site of future Port Townsend on April 24, 1851. (historylink.org)
- Captain George Vancouver names Port Townsend on May 8, 1792. (historylink.org)
- Isaac Ebey is the first permanent U.S. settler on Whidbey Island on October 15, 1850. (historylink.org)
- Henry Roeder and Russell Peabody establish Whatcom Mill on Bellingham Bay in December 1852. (historylink.org)
- Olympia Capitol — A History of the Building (historylink.org)
- Clark County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- La Conner — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Benton County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Knitting for Victory — World War I (historylink.org)
- Knitting for Victory — World War II (historylink.org)
- Dungeness Massacre occurs on September 21, 1868. (historylink.org)
- Auburn — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Renton — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle’s Early Donation Land Claims (historylink.org)
- Aberdeen — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Gossett, Larry (b. 1945) (historylink.org)
- Everett — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Lewis County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Franklin County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Spokane — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Jefferson County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Cowlitz County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Kittitas County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- San Juan County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Island County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Ellensburg — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Clallam County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Chelan County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Asotin County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Spokane County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Grays Harbor County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Ferry County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Klickitat County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Columbia County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Adams County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Lincoln County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Kitsap County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Slaughter County is renamed Kitsap County on July 13, 1857. (historylink.org)
- Snohomish County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Bellingham — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- King County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Douglas County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Thurston County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Pierce County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Lynnwood — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Port Angeles — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Zakarias Martin Taftezon, Ulrich Freund, and Clement Sumner file land claims to the future city of Oak Harbor on January 4, 1851. (historylink.org)
- Marysville — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Monroe — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Forks — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Arlington — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Mukilteo — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Walla Walla — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Snohomish — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Granite Falls — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Edmonds — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Sequim and the Sequim-Dungeness Valley — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Mountlake Terrace — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Wenatchee — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Cashmere — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Darrington — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Newport — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Vancouver — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Blaine — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Yakima — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Leavenworth — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Mount Vernon — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Port Orchard — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Shoreline — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Bremerton — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Coupeville — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Raymond — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Okanogan — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Ballard — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Capitol Hill, Part 2 — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
- Larrabee State Park (Whatcom County) (historylink.org)
- Anacortes — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)