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 ==== Timeline  ====
-*1789s - European diseases decreased the native indian populations.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 5100.</ref>
+Detailed timeline is available at&nbsp;[http://crossroadsarchive.org/timeline-of-stevens-county-boundary-changes crossroadsarchive.org/timeline-of-stevens-county-boundary-changes]
 *1811 - David Thompson, Northwest Company visited the area bringing in seed to the Marcus area.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 8677</ref>
-*1812 - Northwest Fur Company began growing wheat near Marcus.
-*1816 - Northwest Company operated a fur trading station near Kettle Falls.<ref>An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan Counties, author Richard S. Steele, pub. Western Historical Publishing Company, 1904</ref>
-*1816 - Northwest Company built the first grist mill built at Marcus Flats<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 9474</ref>.
 *1825 - Hudson's Bay Company begins construction of Fort Colvile.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7993</ref>
 *1838 - Missionaries Walker and Eells established Tshimakain Mission near present day Ford.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7204</ref>
 *1845 - Catholic missionaries established a mission near Chewelah.&nbsp;<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 9534</ref>
 *1846 - Oregon Treaty ended border dispute between US and Great Britain<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 5247</ref>
-*1847 - Catholic Priests built St. Paul's Mission near Kettle Falls.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7995</ref>
-*1848 - Tshimakain Mission abandoned after murder of Whitman's at the Walla Walla mission
-*1850s - Antoine Plante established first commercial crossing, Plante's Ferry. See Plante's Ferry County Park in Spokane County.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 9606</ref><br>
-*1825 - Legislature created Spokane County to include this area, but no action was taken to establish a county government.
-*1850 - Congress passed the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Washington_Land_and_Property Donation Land Law for the Oregon Territory]
 *1854 - Area under Walla Walla County, Washington Territory
-*1855 - Gold strike in the area.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7995</ref>
 *1858 - A gold strike in British Columbia brought miners through the area, triggering unrest with the local Indians and started the Indian War of 1858.
-*1859 - Harney's Depot, US Army Fort Colville established along with Pinkney City and the first post office; Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military (Wagon) Road built by Brevet Major Pinkney Lugenbeel and U.S. Army soldiers. Military road came up along side the west side of the Colville Valley until what is now Heine Road and then angled across to Chewelah, and then up the east side of the valley.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7992</ref>
+*1859 - Harney's Depot, US Army Fort Colville established along with Pinkney City and the first post office; Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military (Wagon) Road built by Brevet Major Pinkney Lugenbeel and U.S. Army soldiers.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7992</ref>
-*1859 - Bill Nix established ferry which later became LaPray Bridge.
 *1860 - Spokane County seat was located near Pinkney City.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7995</ref>
-*1863 - Legislators created Stevens County, but only included current Okanogan and Ferry County area.
-*1865 - LaPray Bridge constructed
-*1867 - Construction of Cottonwood Creek Road from Chewelah to Plante's Ferry.
-*1868 - Pinkney City became Fort Colville.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7995</ref>
 *1871 - Hudson's Bay Company Fort Colvile ended its occupation<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7993</ref>
-*1871 - Whitman County broken off from Stevens County
 *1879 - Spokane County broken off from Stevens County
-*1882 - US Fort Colville disbanded.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7992</ref>
+*1882 - US Fort Colville disbanded.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7992</ref><br>
-*1883 - Most of Pinkney City, to include the courthouse, moved to present day Colville; Commanding General of the Army William Tecumseh Sherman travelled through Stevens County in August; on a visit to U.S. Army posts.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7992</ref>
+*1909 - 1910 - Colville River dredged opening up agriculture in the area<br>
-*1883 - Kittitas, Lincoln, Adams, Franklin, and Douglas Counties broken off from Stevens County.
-*1888 - Okanogan County broken off from Stevens County.
-*1889 - Washington State created.
-*1890 - Spokane Falls and Northern Railroad reached Marcus.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7528</ref>
-*1892 - Spokane Falls and Northern Railroad reached Northport.
-*1896 - North half of the Spokane Reservation opened to miners.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7995</ref>
-*1897 - South half of the Spokane Reservation opened to miners.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7995</ref>
-*1899 - Ferry County broken off from Stevens County.
-*1909 - 1910 - Colville River dredged opening up agriculture in the area;<ref>Colville Examiner April 29, 1911 pg 4 available at Library of Congress Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085318/1911-04-29/ed-1/seq-4</ref>
-*1910 - Pend Orielle County broken off from Stevens County.
-*1910 - Old Hudson's Bay Company buildings destroyed by fire.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7993</ref>
-*1917 - June 5th War Registration list for Stevens County <ref>Colville Examiner 16 June 1917 page 1 War Registration List by precinct on Library of Congress Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085318/1917-06-16/ed-1/seq-1/</ref>
-*1929 - 1939 - Great Depression
-*1941 - Grand Coulee Dam completed and Lake Roosevelt was formed.<ref>HistoryLink.org Essay 7264</ref>
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