| 1842 |
-First caravan crosses
the U.S. on the Oregen Trail |
| 1852 |
-The first non-native settlement made on
Bellingham Bay |
| 1853 |
-Holden and Phoebe Judson cross the U.S. on
Oregon Trail, and settle in the Centralia area, south of Olympia
|
|
1858
|
-Fraser River Gold Rush |
| 1860 |
-First Non-Native settlers arrive after
leaving gold rush |
| 1860 |
-Col. James A. Patterson settles in Lynden
area |
| 1860 |
-Reuben Bizer settles in prairie land
around Lynden area |
| 1865-69 |
-Daniel McClanahan, Joe Emerling, Daniel
Kilcup, Harry West, and George Rehberger settle between Lynden and
Everson |
| 1870 |
-Holden and Phoebe Judson are first family
not connected to the gold rush to move to Lynden area |
| 1872 |
-Enoch and Mary Hawley family move to
Lynden |
| 1873 |
-Lynden's first post office established |
| 1876 |
-Lynden's first school established, taught
in a home |
| 1877 |
-First log jam removed from Nooksack River
|
| 1879 |
-Second large log jam removed from Nooksack
River
-First steamer arrives in Lynden named
“Fanny Lake”
|
| 1882 |
-First school house in the Hawley log
building |
| 1884 |
-Maltby and Robinson open first saw mill |
| 1885 |
-Prof. J.R. Bradley establishes Normal
School, later WWU
-Guide Meridian opens in Lynden to west end
of Wiser Lake
|
| 1886 |
-Hawley opens his mill |
| 1887 |
-First woman doctor, Mrs. E. A. Gillett
-Methodist Church, Lynden's first church
building, completed
-Lynden's population reaches 125
|
| 1888 |
-Lynden prints first newspaper, The Pioneer
Press
-Drug store opened by Dr. White
-Opera House opens above Judson's store
-Capt. Maltby builds the steamer
“Triumph” in Lynden
-Creamery Opens
|
| 1889 |
-Grade School building at Fishtrap Creek
opens
-Population reaches 500 by February
-Lanning Hotel built
-Washington becomes a State
|
| 1890 |
-Population reaches 1000 by June |
| 1891 |
-Lynden is incorporated
-Holden Judson is elected Lynden's first
mayor
|
| 1894 |
-Bridges are built over the Nooksack River,
connecting Lynden with the Guide Meridian
|
| 1897 |
-Bill Waples opens Lynden Department Store
|
| 1899 |
-Holden Judson dies at age 73 |
| 1902 |
-Co-Operative creamery formed |
| 1903 |
-Waples Shingle Mill and Light plant opens
|
| 1904 |
-January 1, B.B. and B.C. Railroad opens
line to Lynden
|
| 1905 |
-Lynden State Bank opens |
| 1908 |
-Pioneer Press renamed the Lynden Tribune |
| 1912 |
-Puget Power begins to supply electricity |
| 1913 |
-First Lynden Department Store burns down |
| 1914 |
-Lynden High School building completed, now
Lynden Middle School
-Front Street paved
|
| 1915 |
-First National Bank opens |
