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Today in Washington History

Thomas G. Richards & Co. begins building the first brick building in Washington Territory in Whatcom on July 5, 1858.

Spokane Beginnings: First post office in Spokane opens on July 5, 1872.

Queen City Cycling Club hosts first ever Seattle bicycle tournament on July 5, 1888.

Harry Tracy takes over the John Johnson household on Bainbridge Island, and kidnaps John Anderson on July 5, 1902.

National suffrage leaders address the public during the fifth evening meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention at Seattle's Plymouth Congregational Church on July 5, 1909.

Ella M. Russell, president of the Everett Suffrage Club, defends woman suffrage at a Billy Sunday crusade on July 5, 1910.

Dugdale Baseball Park burns on July 5, 1932.

City of Mercer Island incorporates on July 5, 1960.

Tall Ships visit Tacoma from June 30 to July 5, 2005.

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Port of Longview

Spokane's Jewish Community

Spokane congregations transfer the Torah scrolls from Keneseth Israel Synagogue to the Temple Emanu-El and merge to form Temple Beth Shalom on July 24, 1966.

Washington State Legislature funds Southwest Washington Fair on March 11, 1909.

The FBI foils a plot by white supremacists to firebomb a Spokane synagogue and assassinate civil rights leaders on February 1, 1992.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) -- A Cybertour of Selected Buildings

Washington State Reform School opens in Chehalis on June 10, 1891.

Restored Fox Theater in Spokane reopens as the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox in a gala concert on November 17, 2007.

Schuyler and Eliza Saunders settle at future site of Chehalis on May 1, 1850.

Congregation Keneseth Israel organizes as Spokane's first Orthodox Jewish congregation on April 1, 1901.

Longview -- Thumbnail History

CCC Camp Darrington opens on May 20, 1933.

Fox Theater (Spokane)

One of Western Washington's latest lowland snowfalls on record begins on April 18, 2008.

Fred Grow -- Reminiscence of a Bainbridge Island Pioneer (1958)

The Longview News begins publishing on January 27, 1923.

Great Northern Railway builds the Harpole Bridge spanning the Palouse River in 1922.

Farming and Sheepherding during the Great Depression: A Reminiscence by Milan DeRuwe

Sedro and Woolley merge on December 19, 1898.

Melee breaks out during a speech by the leader of the fascist Silver Shirts organization in downtown Spokane on July 18, 1938.

Hansen, Julia Carolyn Butler (1907-1987)

The ship Tonquin out of New York City sights the mouth of the Columbia River on March 22, 1811.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle celebrates Japanese Navy Day on June 4, 1909.

Chehalis -- Thumbnail History

Chehalis volunteers begin work on a spur rail line from Chehalis to the industrial park on March 3, 1957.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle celebrates Octogenarian Day on August 27, 1909.
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