Washington Territory
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
March 1853: Washington Territory split off .
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
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
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