Polity Washington Territory

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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.

Establishment

  • March 1853: Washington Territory split off .

Chronology

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1. Events

  • December 1854: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • January 1855: U.S. treaty concluded at Point Elliott, Washington territory, with the Dwamish, Suquamish and other allied tribes.
  • January 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • January 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • June 1855: U.S. treaty concluded at Camp Stevens, Washington territory, with the Walla-walla, Cayuse and Umatilla.
  • June 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • July 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • July 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • September 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • October 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • January 1857: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • February 1859: The remaining eastern portion of the territory (the portions in present-day southern Idaho and western Wyoming) was added to the Washington Territory.
  • October 1859: The Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859.
  • March 1861: Nebraska Territory's western border was moved to 27° west from Washington, gaining small portions of Utah Territory and Washington Territory.
  • March 1863: In 1863, the eastern half of Washington Territory, including areas east of the Snake River and a line north from the mouth of the Clearwater River, was transferred to the newly created Idaho Territory.
  • June 1863: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • May 1864: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • July 1864: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • October 1864: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • April 1872: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • March 1873: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • November 1873: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • November 1873: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • November 1873: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • February 1874: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • March 1874: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • March 1880: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • January 1881: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • February 1883: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • May 1886: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • July 1886: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
  • November 1889: Washington Territory was admitted as the forty-second state, Washington.

Disestablishment

  • November 1889: Washington Territory was admitted as the forty-second state, Washington.

Selected Sources

  • Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 798
  • Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 804