Regina Cornish & Carolyn Kiser will be here to greet visitors.

Members are welcome to attend.

Open to all, light refreshments will be served during this event.  David Buerge will speak about Chief Seattle.  An extract from the Humanities Washington website states the following: "David M. Buerge, a biographer and a historian to the Duwamish Tribe, Seattle’s mother’s people, spent more than 20 years exploring the man from a variety of sources to reveal a leader of epic character. He was a warrior, an orator, a benefactor, and a visionary who helped found the city that bears his name, Seattle, the largest city in the world named after a Native American."

Randy Sleight will welcome visitors this day.

Regina Cornish, Sally Irvine, & Carolyn Kiser will be here to greet visitors.

Randy Sleight will welcome visitors this day.

On November 11, 1889, Washington became the 42nd state admitted to the US.  Montana and the Dakotas had achieved statehood a matter of days earlier, with Wyoming and Idaho following in 1890.  Consequently, the US flag that displays forty-two stars (which is on display at Pioneer Hall) was valid for eight months only.

 

Thirty-six years prior to statehood, on March 2, 1853, Washington Territory was separated from what was Oregon Territory, using the lower Columbia River plus the 46th parallel as a dividing line.  On March 4, 1863, the Snake River with the 117th meridian was determined to be the boundary between Washington Territory and Idaho Territory.  The boundary between the US and Canada had long been established as the 49th parallel from the Rockies to the Strait of Georgia.

Regina Cornish & Carolyn Kiser will be here to greet visitors.

Members are welcome to attend.

Members are welcome to attend.

Open to all, light refreshments will be served during this event. Please join us for our Guest Speaker, Richard Miller, who will speak about restoration done on the Arthur Foss Tugboat.

 

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Mambers are welcome to attend.

Open to all, join us for a brief business meeting, followed by Guest Speakers. If you'd like to stay for the no-host Salmon Bake Luncheon that will take place after this meeting, please call (206) 325-0888 or send an e-mail to AskUs@wapioneers.com.