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Skagit County First Settled
The area around the present-day city was first settled in 1869-1870 by David E. Kimble, Jasper Gates, and Joseph F. Dwelley. -
Town Founded
Harrison Clothier and partner Edward G. English founded the town by giving it a name. -
Mount Vernon Started To Boom
Two logjams that had rendered the Skagit River unnavigable were breached, and Mount Vernon started to boom -
Skagit County selected as new county seat
The voters of the newly created Skagit County selected Mount Vernon to replace LaConner as the county seat. -
Mortimer Cook founded his general store.
Mortimer Cook's general store and sternwheeler wharf is founded. -
"Board of Trustees" Elected
Elected a five-man "board of trustees," and directed them to resubmit a petition to Judge Hanford. -
State Constitution Approved
The voters of Washington Territory approved a state constitution. -
Washington Becomes a State
Washington became the nation's 42nd state. -
Philip A. Woolley Moves to Skagit River
Philip A. Woolley, a railroad construction agent and developer, moved his family to the Skagit River. -
Fairhaven & Southern Railway is launched
The railroad launched went from Bellingham Bay to Sedro. -
Norman R. Kelley platted Sedro
Norman R. Kelley, the son of a New York City investment banker, platted what we call new Sedro, a half mile northwest of Cook's village. -
A Petition Idea Was Brought Up
Aa petition bearing 106 signature was submitted to the court and the commissioners, but the law was not done toying with the hapless Mount Vernon incorporators. -
Sedro Press Launched
Sedro Press, a newspaper started printing publications. -
The City's First Election
The voters would be asked to either approve incorporation and elect the city's first government, or disapprove, in which case things would just go on pretty much as before. -
Charles Kimball was elected mayor
The citizens of Mount Vernon went to the polls and approved the city's incorporation by a wide margin, 87 for and 25 against. Charles Kimball was elected mayor -
Mount Vernon was promptly entered as a fourth class city
The name of Mount Vernon was promptly entered in Book 1, Page 3 of the State of Washington Register of Incorporated Cities and Towns as a fourth class city, and the lengthy ordeal was finally over. -
The Times (newspaper) Pushed for consilation
The paper pushed hard for the consolidation, but the city attorney, A. W. Salisbury, quashed the effort, ruling that the legal mechanism was illegal. -
William Murdoch becomes mayor.
Woolley residents voted in favor of incorporation, and William Murdoch became the first mayor. -
Sedro and Woolley merge
The towns Sedro and Woolley, located adjacent to one another in Skagit County, merge. -
Alfred Hamilton arrived at Anacortes
Alfred Hamilton, alias Alfred Hawkins, age 26, arrived at Anacortes in his fishing sloop with a load of salmon. He sold the fish to a cannery for more than $1,000 and then proceed into the city to carouse and gamble. -
Alfred Hamilton kills David. M. Woodbury
Alfred Hamilton shoots and kills prominent attorney David. M. Woodbury without provocation. -
Woodbury Dies
Woodbury lingers in great pain for three days before dying. A Skagit County jury will find Hamilton guilty of first-degree murder with the mandatory sentence of death. -
Hamilton is brought to Anacortes City Hall
Sheriff Wells brought Hamilton to Anacortes City Hall for a preliminary hearing before Police Justice John J. See. Hamilton engaged two Seattle attorneys, Robert H. Lindsay and John B. Wright, as defense counsel. -
Hamilton is hung
Hamilton will be hanged in the courtyard outside the Whatcom County Courthouse. This will be the last legal execution to occur in Washington outside the confines of the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. -
Hamilton's execution date.
Judge Neterer set Hamilton's execution for the following Friday after sentencing
