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The Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when...

occasions". Washington Territory had 14 territorial governors from its organization in 1853 until the formation of the state of Washington in 1889. Territorial...

County, Washington Territory : compiled from the most authentic sources : also biographical sketches of its pioneers and prominent citizens. Washington Pub...

US in 1846. When established, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as parts of Wyoming...

practice. Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853;...

of Lewis County before the organization of Washington Territory in 1853; 28 were formed during Washington's territorial period, two of which only existed...

was part of Oregon Territory from 1848 to 1853, after which it was separated from Oregon and established as Washington Territory following the efforts...

Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The name "Seattle" appears on official Washington Territory papers dated May 23, 1853, when the first plats for the village were...

members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Washington. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States...

that was formerly part of the huge Oregon Territory had been sundered from the coastal Washington Territory north of the young State of Oregon to the...

The role of Washington Territory in the American Civil War is atypical, as the territory was the most remote from the main battlefields of the conflict...

Isaac Stevens recommended the establishment of a university in the Washington Territory. Prominent Seattle-area residents, including Methodist preacher Daniel...

part of the Kansas Territory, the Nebraska Territory, the New Mexico Territory, the Utah Territory, and the Washington Territory, but the region was...

Spokane area. In 1853, two years after the establishment of the Washington Territory, the first governor, Isaac Stevens, made an initial effort to make...

be an Anglo-American condominium. During this period, the future Washington Territory was divided into two administrative zones: Clark County and Lewis...

creating the Dakota Territory also included provisions granting Nebraska small portions of Utah Territory and Washington Territory—present-day southwestern...

created in 1863 and named after Isaac Stevens, the first governor of Washington Territory. Stevens County is included in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metropolitan...

the District of Washington is a defunct United States Attorney's office that served Washington Territory and then the state of Washington until 1906. The...

U.S. state of Washington. From the time that Washington Territory was formed in 1853, through statehood in 1889, Washington Territory elected an at-large...

is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest...