This Week / Home
Search Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
Home About Us Fun & Travel Education Contact Us Sponsors Advanced Search
5495 HistoryLink.org essays now available      
Donate Subscribe

Shortcuts

Libraries
Cyberpedias Cyberpedias
Timeline Essays Timeline Essays
People's Histories People's Histories

Selected Collections
Cities & Towns Cities & Towns
County Thumbnails County Thumbnails
Biographies Biographies
Interactive Cybertours Interactive Cybertours
Slide Shows Slide Shows

Research Shortcuts

Map Searches
Alphabetical Search
Timeline Date Search
Topic Search
Links

Features

History Bytes
Book of the Fortnight
History Bookshelf
Past/Forward Calendar
Klondike Gold Rush Database
Duvall Newspaper Index
Wellington Scrapbook

More History

Washington FAQs
Washington Milestones
Honor Rolls
Columbia Basin
Everett
Olympia
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Walla Walla
Roads & Rails

History Networking

Facebook Facebook
Twitter Twitter
   
Wellington Scrapbook- The 1910 Avalanche Disaster


This site copyright 2002, Alan J. Stein
Today in Washington History      RSS Feed

Gale blows railroad cars into Elliott Bay on February 9, 1882.

Fort Lawton is established on February 9, 1900.

Dockton beginnings: Dockton Post Office opens on February 9, 1903.

Governor Hart signs a new state Administrative Code making significant but short-lived changes in Highway Department organization on February 9, 1921.

Two USO clubs open in Tacoma on February 9, 1942.

First Boeing 727 trijet takes off from Renton Airport on its maiden flight on February 9, 1963.

Boeing 747 takes maiden flight on February 9, 1969.

The old Lowell Paper Mill's smokestack is ceremoniously dynamited, ending an era, on February 9, 1974.

Chinatown Gate is dedicated in Seattle on February 9, 2008.

New Essays This Week       RSS Feed

Camas -- Thumbnail History

Israel, Samuel (1899-1994)

Kenneth Milette of Newport is sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing and selling Indian artifacts on December 17, 2008.

Special Suites
A-Y-P Exposition
Baseball
Children’s Hospital
Dance Marathons
Group Health
King County 1st Citizens
Lewis & Clark
Military History
Music & Musicians
Port of Seattle
Port of Tacoma
Rivers in Time
Rose Red & Spooks
Sea-Tac Airport
Seattle City Light
Seattle Public Library
Visual Arts
Washington Forests
Washington State Ferries
Women's History
WTO 1999 Protests
   
Major Funding Provided By
Wa State Logo Seattle City Logo King County Logo
State of Washington
Gov. Christine Gregoire
Department of Archaeology
& Historic Preservation, Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development		 City of Seattle
Greg Nickels,
Mayor
Richard Conlin, President
Seattle City Council

 King County
Ron Sims, County Executive
Julia Patterson, Chair
Metropolitan King County Council
SPL logo Group Health logo 4 Culture Logo
The Seattle
Public Library		 Group Health Cooperative King County Lodging Tax
Port of Tacoma logo MOHI logo Mayor's Arts Logo
Port of Tacoma
 Museum of
History & Industry		 Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Master Builders Assco.
Bartell Drugs
 
2006 – 2010 Education Partners

BCC logo		 4 Culture Logo Save Our History Logo
Bellevue College King County Lodging Tax The History Channel
Save Our History Program
 
Home About Us Fun & Travel Education Contact Us Sponsors Advanced Search

HistoryLink.org is the first online encyclopedia of local and state history created expressly for the Internet. (SM)
HistoryLink.org is a free public and educational resource produced by History Ink, a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt corporation.

USO Clubs in Tacoma Sponsor of the Week History Bytes