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Idaho became a state
Idaho became the forty-third state to enter the Union.
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Forest Reserve Act
The Forest Reserve Act authorized the president to set aside “forest reserves” from public domain lands to be managed by the Department of the Interior. “Forest reserves” later became National Forests.
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Great Northern Railway completed
In Scenic, Washington, the Great Northern Railway, which crossed the Cascades and reached Seattle, was completed.
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Newlands Reclamation Act
The Newlands Reclamation Act was passed, funding irrigation projects in the arid lands of the West. The act also created the Reclamation Service to oversee irrigation efforts.
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Utah entered the Union
Utah became a state and reinstated woman suffrage, which had been lost in 1887.
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Tacoma Anti-Chinese Riot
In Tacoma, Washington, the mayor and police department led a riot to drive Chinese from the city.
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Seattle Anti-Chinese Riot
An anti-Chinese riot in Seattle drove most Chinese from the city.
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Barbed wire patented
Joseph K. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, received a patent for barbed wire.
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A Century of Dishonor
Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor exposed the federal government’s harsh and duplicitous treatment of American Indians in the West.