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HISTORICAL TIMELINE
1800’s	The area along Squak Slough (today known as the Sammamish River) was inhabited by the Simump Tribe. The word “Squak” was a term used by local Native Americans which meant swampy area.
1862	National Homestead Act signed by Abraham Lincoln. This act stimulated homesteading of 160 acres per family for more than just timber claims.
Sept 1871	Ira and Susan Woodin homesteaded 160 acres along Squak Slough and became the first permanent white settlers in the region.
1874	Emanuel Neilsen and Gustav Jacobsen, who were brothers that immigrated from Norway to America in 1870, each homesteaded 160 acres south of the Woodin's homestead.
ca.1874	Mary B. Neilsen, age 16, married Eric Jaderholm, age 49, and jointly homesteaded 160 acres next to her father’s homestead and just south of the Woodins. This became the early business district.
1876	The first steamboat to be put into use on Squak Slough (later renamed Sammamish River) was the Mud Hen. The side wheeler made only one trip up the meandering slough because her wheels became entangled in the reeds and grasses. It is believed the Mud Hen remained on Squak Lake and provided freight and passenger service there.
1877	The Calkins came from Kansas and homesteaded 160 acres in the valley floor east of the Neilsen’s homestead.
1878	Seattle Brewing & Malt Co., which became Rainier Brewery, starts brewing beer in Georgetown.
1885	The “Little” White Methodist Church was built at the corner of 131st Ave NE and NE 175th Street.
1885	The Seattle-Lake Shore & Eastern Railway was formed because the Northern Pacific Railway initially terminated its line in Tacoma rather than in Seattle.
1887	The Seattle-Lake Shore & Eastern Railway reached Woodinville which forever changed the way the valley developed.
1888	Woodin-Sanders Store was built on pilings next to the railroad platform and operated until 1898.
1889	On April 4, 1889 the Woodins deeded one acre for a cemetery in Woodinville. Two small girls, Regine Hammer and her sister, died of diphtheria and were the first recorded burials here in 1888.
1889	Anderson-Kennedy Rainier Saloon was built on pilings near the railroad platform and owned by the Seattle Brewing and Malt Company. The saloon ceased operating as a saloon on August 15, 1912 when the County Commissioners did not renew their license based on the strength of a Citizen Petition.
1889	American House was built by Joe Redberg and operated as a saloon and hotel. It burned down in the mid 1890’s.
1889	The Stringtown Bridge over Squak Slough connected Woodinville and Bothell. The bridge was built by Emanuel Neilsen using an ox powered pile driver he designed.
1889	“The Great Fire” of Seattle occurred on June 6th as the result of an overheated glue pot in a cabinet shop.
1889	Washington granted statehood. Woodinville citizen Mary B. Neilsen Jaderholm was the first person granted citizenship in the State of Washington.
1890	Town of Woodinville was platted by Mary B. Neilsen Jaderholm which was not incorporated until 1993 – more than 100 years later.
1890	(Teegarden’s) Mercantile Store was built and initially operated by Milt Russell. The store was sold to Clara and Sara Jacobsen who sold groceries, fabric, feed, etc. It also included a blacksmith shop operated by Harry Teegarden who married Clara in 1914.
1892	First “permanent” schoolhouse in Woodinville had just one-room and was located at the intersection of 131st Ave NE and NE 175th Street on land donated by the Calkins. Four schools were built on this site between 1892 and 1934.
1892	The Grace School was built. The school ceased operation in 1928 due to the lack of students.
ca.1893	A permanent railroad depot was built at Woodinville.
1894	The Forester’s Lodge was built on land donated by Andrew Hansen. The upper floor was used for community activities and served as a local court room when required. The first floor housed the Ruelle’s Brothers Company also known as the Woodinville Trading Company. It eventually disbanded as the need was no longer there for an organization to help widows & children of deceased loggers.
1895	Emanuel Neilsen’s General Merchandise Store opened on Front Street (became the site of the Woodinville Mercantile Company in 1927).
1895	The Paradise Lake Cemetery was established.
Late 1890’s	A one-room wood frame schoolhouse was built at Derby.
1897	Klondike Gold Rush begins – several prominent Woodinville residents ventured north. These included Ira & Frank Woodin and several Calkins.
1898	Snoqualmie Falls underground hydroelectric power plant #1 was constructed. It was the first major hydroelectric plant in Washington.
1899	Mount Rainier National Park was established.
ca.1900	The Cottage Lake School was built in the center of a logging community.
ca.1900	Grace Mercantile Company was located next to the train depot in the community of Grace.
1900	Ground broken for New York’s subway system. On October 24, 1904, the first of New York’s subway lines went into operation.
1903	Machias Sawmill was built on Squak Slough by Charley Niemeyer and Colonel Miller. Later the Machias Sawmill was obtained by Jesse Brown and operated as a shingle mill until 1926.
1904	“The Belt Line” of the Northern Pacific Railway from Black River Jct (Renton) to Woodinville was completed.
1906	The Woodinville Lumber Company located in Grace was established by Jesse Brown.
1907	Dodd’s Adjustable School Desk Factory was built. Mr. Dodd, a school teacher and principal, started the factory but soon went bankrupt. The factory was sold at auction on May 15, 1909 to the Ruelle Brothers.
1908	The two-room Woodin School burned. For ~2 years, the empty Dodd Adjustable School Desk Factory was used as a school. The school was replaced by the first brick schoolhouse on the eastside of Lake Washington.
1908	On August 18 at 5:00 PM, a passenger locomotive train that was running about two hours late crashed head-on into a freight locomotive at Woodinville.
1908	The Superior Brick, Tile & Pottery Company was built by George Shaw and operated until ~1930.
1909	Seattle hosts the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition which opened on June 1st.
1909-10	Electrical power and telephone systems arrived in Woodinville.
1910	Women in Washington State win the right to vote on November 8th.
1910	Hollywood (dairy) Farm was built by the wealthy Seattle lumberman Frederick S. Stimson. Mrs. Stimson had several large greenhouses and sold flowers all over the world. Today this is the site of Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
1912	The Derby School built of wood was replaced by a brick schoolhouse paid for by Mr. Stimson and renamed Hollywood School. It operated for only two years and closed for lack of students.
1912	Squak Slough was straightened and dredged between Redmond and NE 145th Street at a cost of $60,000 paid for by the valley farmers. The valley still flooded at times.
1913	Hollywood Poultry Farm was founded by Mr. Mort Atkinson on 40 acres of timber land owned by Fred Stimson. By 1930, he was brooding about 30,000 chicks per year that were shipped worldwide.
1915	Prohibition of alcohol in Washington State took effect on December 31st and ends December 5th, 1933. (National Prohibition extended from 1922 to 1933)
1916	Lake Washington was lowered nine feet to install the Ballard Locks. This made Squak Slough very difficult to navigate.
1916	The first Boeing built airplane, the B&W, made its maiden flight from Lake Union on June 15th.
1917	Lake Washington Ship Canal opens on July 4th.
1924	Federal law granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians on June 2nd.
1929	The stock market crashes on “Black Tuesday” October 29th.
1929	The road between Woodinville and Cottage Lake was paved and electrical power was finally extended to Cottage Lake.
1940	Lake Washington Floating Bridge is dedicated on July 2nd.
1944	The Lowell DeYoung Feed Mill Company was established.
1947	The Summit Fire District located next to Lake Leota was established. Fred Luzzani remodeled his barn to accommodate a fire truck which was purchased from King County at public auction June 2, 1947 for $500.
1949	Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is dedicated on July 9th. Woodinville resident Gene Mack delivered one of the first loads of concrete on August 4, 1943.
1953	Saginaw Sawmill was built on the Sammamish River at Woodinville.
1960’s	Portions of the old Seattle-Lake Shore & Eastern railway were abandoned which was acquired by the City of Seattle. Today, the Burke-Gilman (named after the founders of the SLS&E Railway) and Sammamish River Trails extend ~27 miles between Ballard and Redmond.
1963-64	Sammamish River (formerly Squak Slough) flood control project was completed. The river was straightened, widened and deepened to protect adjacent farm lands from spring flooding.
1971	Starbucks Coffee opens first store in Pike Place.
1974	First stoplight was installed in Woodinville.
1978	First All Fool’s Day Parade held in Woodinville.
1980	At 8:32am on Sunday May 18th, 1980, Mount St Helens erupts and sends a cloud of ash nearly 40,000 feet into the air. More than 200 square miles of forest was blown over or left dead and standing.
1993	City of Woodinville was incorporated March 31, 1993. (103 years after the Town of Woodinville was initially platted by Mary B. Neilsen Jaderholm in 1890.)
A Word of Caution: The Historical Timeline information was compiled from many different sources (e.g., private and public records, newspaper articles, interviews with descendents of pioneers,…). In many instances there is conflicting information. The Historical Timeline represents our best effort at unraveling Woodinville’s history. We’ve included several state and national events to put Woodinville’s development in perspective.

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HISTORICAL TIMELINE