Timeline of Understanding

The Timeline of Understanding

1862: Smallpox Epidemic 14,000 Native Americans perished, about half the Indians living along the coast from Victoria to Alaska 1864-1868 bad fire period. One fire burned from Port Ludlow across Mt Walker, Mt Turner and Quilcene Ridge in a few days Port Hadlock was founded as a lumber milling town by Captain Samuel Hadlock in 1870. It's located on the southwest shore of Port Townsend Bay. 1881 Port Townsend ssketch: Charles Nordhoff 1889 Statehood and Constitution, Riparian Doctrine 1891 agricultural land in cultivation, in timber Entire population about 200,000, not including British Columbia 1900 Tenth and Eleventh Annual reports of the Fish Commissioner 1902 Worst fire year of the past 275 years on the Olympic. 1904 Olympic Gravity Water System under construction 1904 Special election voted 445 - 2 to: "become indebted $250,000. 1904 Letter from U.S. Army ... no delay in the contract ... 1905 United States v. Winans, 198 U.S. 371 1905 Quileute Village at La Push 1908 Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 1910 steel ingots at the Irondale works, 1910 Big Auction of Irondale Lots 1914 Fish hatcheries accepted as mitigation State Fish Commissioner 1915 Fort Worden, Port Townsend, 1916 salmon fishing season scene. 1917 Surface Water Code 90.03 1917 Slab Camp Fire 3000 acres, Duckabush Fire 4810 acres, Dosewallips Fire 2665 acres, Canyon Hill Fire 3000 acres 1918 Mt. Zion Fire 2000 acres, Duckabush - 2000 more acress, 1921 The Great Blowdown" windstorm strikes the Washington coast 1921 Thirtieth and THirtyfirst Annual Reports Fish commissioner 1924 Penny Creek Fire 1774 acres, Snow Creek Firs 3100 acres, Discovery Bay fire 5000 acres 1925 Green Mtn fire 9615 acres, Snow Creek Fire 3825 acres 1926 Penny Creek Fire 1774 acres 1928 Crown Zellerbachs Mill in Port Townsend in operation