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Agitation in favor of self-government developed in the regions of the Oregon Territory north of the Columbia River in 1851–1852. [3] A group of prominent settlers from the Cowlitz and Puget Sound regions met on November 25, 1852, at the "Monticello Convention" in present-day Longview, to draft a petition to the United States Congress calling for a separate territory north of the Columbia River.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Washington Organic Act in 1853 An enlargeable map of the United States after Washington Statehood in 1889 An ...
Visit Washington's early years through the lives of the men and women who lived and worked in Washington Territory and State. Washington Historical Map Collection The State Archives and the State Library hold extensive map collections dealing with the Washington State and the surrounding region. Maps for this digital collection will be drawn ...
The small portion of Dakota Territory that was left behind when Wyoming Territory was created was transferred to Montana Territory. [291] [301] August 1, 1876 Colorado Territory was admitted as the thirty-eighth state, Colorado. [235] [302] August 13, 1877 The United Kingdom created the British Western Pacific Territories, including Atafu and ...
1853 - March 2: Washington Territory splits from Oregon Territory, taking with it areas north of the Columbia River (west of Wallula Gap) and the 46th parallel. Olympia is established as the capital. 1855: June 9: Treaties between the United States and several Eastern Washington Native American tribes are signed at the Walla Walla Council.
Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...
It became a territory in 1912 and a state in 1959. In 1893, the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown; a republic was created in 1894. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the U.S., became a territory in ...
Republic of Indian Stream (1832–1835) is represented on the map as the disputed territory between Maine and New Hampshire of the U.S. and Quebec and New Brunswick of Canada. Republic of Madawaska (1827) is represented on the map as the disputed territory between Maine (U.S.) and Canada. The area, known as Madawaska Valley, was transferred to ...