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Washington County Timeline
Washington County, Minnesota (1874)
1837
July 29, 1837
Treaty with Ojibwe
Sept. 26, 1837
Treaty with Dakota
1838
Sept. 29, 1838
David Hone and Lewis Judd arrive in Stillwater
1839
July 4, 1839
Battle between Sioux and Chippewa
Aug. 24, 1839
First lumber cut
1840
Jan. 9, 1840
St. Croix County created
Aug. 3, 1840
First county election
1841
June 29, 1841
First White Woman in Stillwater
1843
Oct. 10, 1843
Arrival of machinery for John McKusick's mill
Oct. 26, 1843
Formation of Stillwater Lumber Company
1846
Jan. 14, 1846
Stillwater's first postmaster
1847
March 12, 1847
Lydia A. Carli Married to Dr. Christopher Carli
Dec. 20, 1847
Site provided for Stillwater Courthouse
1848
March 13, 1848
State of Wisconsin created
Aug. 4, 1848
Stillwater public meeting
Aug. 26, 1848
Birthplace of Minnesota
Aug. 26, 1848
Stillwater Convention
Sept. 12, 1848
Stillwater platted
1849
Jan. 15, 1849
Henry Sibley in Washington
March 3, 1849
Minnesota Territory created
May 26, 1849
Alexander Ramsey arrives in Stillwater
June 1, 1849
Stillwater holds district court
Aug. 13, 1849
First Minnesota Surpreme Court meeting
Aug. 15, 1849
Odd Fellows organized
Sept. 3, 1849
First Territorial Legislature is held
Oct. 27, 1849
Washington County established
Nov. 1, 1849
Minnesota Territorial Prison proposal approved
Nov. 26, 1849
First election
1850
Oct. 18, 1850
First Swedish settlement
1851
Feb. 7, 1851
Boom Company
May 23, 1851
Location selected for Minnesota Territorial Prison
May 24, 1851
Warden's House building plans
1852
May 13, 1852
Stillwater landslide
Sept. 18, 1852
First Swedish bride
1853
March 4, 1853
Francis R. Delano becomes first warden
March 5, 1853
Warden becomes superintendent of prison
1854
March 4, 1854
Stillwater incorporated
April 13, 1854
Preparations for Schulenburg and Boeckeler mill
May 19, 1854
Elim Lutheran Church organized
June 1, 1854
Construction of Isaac Staples Mill
1855
Nov. 25, 1855
Elim Lutheran Church building planned
Dec. 8, 1855
Territorial Prison Report
1856
May 2, 1856
Temporary shut-down of McKusick Mill
June 27, 1856
Mass prison escape
1857
Feb. 26, 1857
Minnesota allowed admission as a state
Nov. 11, 1857
Tradition of Stripes at Prison to end
1858
Feb. 8, 1858
Fossil Remains
March 2, 1858
First ball
May 11, 1858
Minnesota becomes a state
Oct. 20, 1858
Lakeland organized as a town
1859
June 17, 1859
Grand Military Display
1861
April 22, 1861
Call for Union Army volunteers
April 29, 1861
Company B, First Minnesota organized
1862
Jan. 21, 1862
First Flour Ground
July 25, 1862
Call for Union reinforcements
1863
June 2, 1863
North Hill Cemetary in poor condition
July 2, 1863
Sacrifice of First, Minnesota at Battle of Gettysburg
1864
March 7, 1864
Permission granted to build Warden's house stable
1865
July 14, 1865
First National Bank organized
Nov. 8, 1865
Purchase of Sawyer and Heaton mill
1867
Oct. 31, 1867
First Cemetery Association meeting
1869
July 16, 1869
Isaac Staples purchases mill
1870
Aug. 2, 1870
First railroad station
1871
May 19, 1871
Construction of Chestnut Street Stairs
June 30, 1871
Close of McKusick Lumber Mill
1872
Feb. 10, 1872
Opening of railroad line
1873
June 11, 1873
World's Fair comes to Stillwater
1875
Sept. 10, 1875
Construction of Main Street Stairs
1876
May 9, 1876
First Stillwater bridge opens
Nov. 22, 1876
Younger Brothers arrive at Stillwater Prison
1877
May 16, 1877
Schulenburg, Boeckler & Co. lumber mill fire
1881
May 11, 1881
Grand Opera House opens
Sept. 18, 1881
Dellwood is Named
1883
June 1, 1883
Isaac Staples sells mill
Aug. 6, 1883
Bells of St. Michael's
1884
May 10, 1884
Impovement of baseball field
1885
July 21, 1885
Last Man Club formed
1886
June 7, 1886
Formation of Woman's Reading Club
1888
June 22, 1888
Formation of gas comany
1891
June 21, 1891
Kirby Barnum's Hotel
1892
March 30, 1892
Renovation of Stillwater ballpark
1893
Aug. 12, 1893
Logging company pay cut
1894
May 9, 1894
Stillwater Washout
1895
April 9, 1895
Opening of Inver Grove - St. Paul Park Swing Bridge
1898
May 4, 1898
Encampment of Thirteenth, Minnesota
June 27, 1898
Isaac Staples dies
1899
Aug. 12, 1899
Thirteenth, Minnesota sets sail for home
1901
March 2, 1901
Baseball in Stillwater
April 13, 1901
"Baseball fever"
April 28, 1901
Wolf Club baseball game
July 13, 1901
Funding offer for Stillwater Public Library
1902
Sept. 15, 1902
Postmaster
Sept. 17, 1902
O.H. Olsen chosen as Stillwater Public Library contractor
Oct. 24, 1902
Mill Workers Strike
Dec. 5, 1902
Opera House burns
1904
Sept. 15, 1904
Stillwater bridge burns
1905
Jan. 3, 1905
Opening of Stillwater Post Office
1909
Nov. 1, 1909
Formation of Choral Society of Sillwater
1910
Jan. 20, 1910
Debut of Choral Society
1914
June 12, 1914
Last log through St. Croix Boom marks end of lumbering
1915
March 9, 1915
Women's suffrage meeting
1916
Feb. 16, 1916
Re-opening of the Hilltop Theater
Sept. 1, 1916
Twin City Milk Producer's Association formed
Oct. 26, 1916
George Henry Sullivan becomes Lieutenant Governor
1917
May 5, 1917
Washington County Protective League is formed
July 14, 1917
Dellwood's incorporation as a Village
July 15, 1917
Company K is assembled for World War I
July 25, 1917
Story of naming of the St. Croix River
Oct. 14, 1917
Stillwater wins Interstate League Championship
1918
Feb. 24, 1918
Sugar rationing
Nov. 18, 1918
Influenza epidemic subsides
Dec. 7, 1918
Lincolntown Separates from Grant Town
1919
May 29, 1919
Patent of first pop-up toaster
1920
Jan. 5, 1920
Farmers’ Terminal State Bank of Newport opens
Aug. 17, 1920
Gustav A. Lund receives patent
1921
Feb. 23, 1921
Basketball game between Stillwater and North St. Paul
1922
Sept. 26, 1922
Bayport named
1923
June 22, 1923
Prescott-Point Douglas Bridge opens
1928
July 6, 1928
First load of machinery is delivered by Shaw-Enochs Company
Sept. 12, 1928
Interview with Helen McCluer
Oct. 27, 1928
Stillwater ballpark in poor condition
1931
July 1, 1931
Stillwater Lift Bridge opens
Nov. 7, 1931
Scandia Community Fair
1932
July 9, 1932
Gangsters in Mahtomedi
Aug. 10, 1932
Last streetcar in Stillwater
1934
April 1, 1934
End of the Civil Works Administration
April 11, 1934
Washington County Historical Society formed
May 22, 1934
Roxy road show comes to Minnesota Theater
June 1, 1934
Lincolntown High School Graduation
June 22, 1934
John Dillinger in Washington County
Oct. 1, 1934
Election of first Washington County Historical Society officers
1935
Dec. 7, 1935
Washington County Power and Light Association organized
1939
Aug. 24, 1939
Founding of Northwestern Oil Refinery
Sept. 23, 1939
Dedication of battle monument
1940
Jan. 2, 1940
H. C. Robertson urges WCHS to purchase Warden's House
1941
April 19, 1941
WCHS obtains Warden's House
Oct. 5, 1941
White Bear Devastated by Tornado
Nov. 23, 1941
Mahtomedi Superintendent
1943
Jan. 5, 1943
Reuben Granquist begins tenure as sheriff
1947
Jan. 7, 1947
Denying Relicensing of Airport
1948
Aug. 26, 1948
100th anniversary of Stillwater Convention
1956
April 21, 1956
New Telephone Company building
1957
Oct. 28, 1957
Washington County has one of Nation's Richest Men
Dec. 23, 1957
High School Fire loss $250,000
Dec. 27, 1957
Defective Stack Blamed for High school Fire
1958
March 19, 1958
"Iron Horse" False Alarm Celebration
1965
April 18, 1965
Record St. Croix River flooding
Sept. 8, 1965
First Council Meeting
Sept. 14, 1965
Cottage Grove Promotes Patrolman
Nov. 5, 1965
Proposal for "Washington" megalopolis rejected
1966
Jan. 26, 1966
Regulation on Beer Sales
March 2, 1966
$2,250,000 Project gets Underway
July 20, 1966
Cottage Grove leads in Population
1967
Feb. 14, 1967
Proposal for Woodbury village approved
1975
July 12, 1975
Opening of Johannes Erickson log cabin
1976
Nov. 6, 1976
Engine 328 leaves Stillwater
1979
Aug. 4, 1979
Little Red School House on fire
1982
Jan. 22, 1982
Brine's fire
1987
May 6, 1987
History Foundation to be formed
1990
Jan. 20, 1990
Removal of Stillwater parking meters
2002
Sept. 3, 2002
Territorial Prison fire
July 29, 1837
Sept. 26, 1837
Sept. 29, 1838
Aug. 3, 1840
Jan. 14, 1846
Dec. 20, 1847
Aug. 26, 1848
Nov. 1, 1849
Oct. 18, 1850
Feb. 7, 1851
May 24, 1851
March 4, 1853
March 4, 1854
April 13, 1854
May 19, 1854
June 1, 1854
Nov. 25, 1855
April 29, 1861
March 7, 1864
July 16, 1869
Aug. 2, 1870
May 19, 1871
May 9, 1876
May 11, 1881
May 9, 1894
May 4, 1898
Aug. 12, 1899
July 13, 1901
Oct. 24, 1902
Sept. 15, 1904
Oct. 26, 1916
May 5, 1917
July 1, 1931
Aug. 10, 1932
April 19, 1941
Aug. 26, 1948
April 18, 1965
Sept. 14, 1965
July 12, 1975
Sept. 3, 2002