During July 1870, the Seattle Hook and Ladder Company Number 1 formed. The 40 member volunteer company is Seattle's first fire fighting organization. T.S. Russell is the Chief Engineer and Gardner Kel...
On February 23, 1870, Seymour Wetmore arrives in Seattle and announces that he captured a large cougar on his farm near Lake Washington. The animal was killing sheep in the area and a trap was devised...
In March 1870, Dexter Horton (1825-1904) opens a bank in Seattle. From 1870 to 1875 the bank is located in a small wooden building on northwest corner of Commercial Street (later First Avenue S) and W...
In the spring of 1870, Edward S. Salomon (1836-1913) takes office as governor of Washington Territory. He serves from the spring of 1870 to the spring of 1872. As of 2003, he has been Washington's onl...
In 1870, Andrew Jackson Splawn and Ben Burch open a trading post near the confluence of the Yakima River and Wilson Creek on the site of the future Ellensburg. Known as Robber's Roost, it quickly beco...
The opening of a post office is an important marker of the beginning of a community. On May 20, 1870, the Snoqualmie Post Office is established at the site of present-day North Bend. Jeremiah W. Borst...
The opening of a post office is an important marker of the beginning of a community. On May 20, 1870, the Squak Post Office is established. William Pickering is the first postmaster. The name Squak is...
On May 24, 1870, Washington Territory selects the future Loyal Heights neighborhood of Seattle for school land. Loyal Heights is located in northwest Seattle, north of Ballard, on land that goes down ...
On May 26, 1870, W. S. Ladd purchases 80 acres from the federal government in what would become business district of the Mount Baker neighborhood of Seattle. The total purchase price is $100.
In 1870, the 9th Decennial Census of the United States is the first census taken since the Civil War brought an end to the country's near-century of slavery. For the first time, all African Americans ...
On June 6, 1870, Charlotte Emily Olney French (1828-1897), after a debate with the election judges, casts her vote in a Washington territorial election, the first woman to do so. Six more women at her...
Immediately after the results of the June 6, 1870, election reach Seattle by telegraph, Capt. H. H. Hyde travels to Port Townsend, which does not have the telegraph, and places bets with several peopl...