150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 4 TIMELINE 1890 The Dalles-Portland-Astoria Navigation Co. is established. Operator of the REGULATOR, DALLES CITY and BAILEY GATZERT steamboats, this line continues until about 1916. 1890 The fair in The Dalles becomes the Second District Fair, which prospers for the following 30 years. 1890 Whittier School is constructed in The Dalles. 1890 First fruit is shipped from The Dalles. 1890 Chin Restaurant is constructed at 310 East Second Street, The Dalles. The building survives the Great Fire of 1891. As of 2007, it once again is a Chinese Restaurant. January 25, 1890 The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25, 1890 Nelly Bly completes her 72 day around-the-world adventure. March 28, 1890 Washington State University is founded in Pullman, Washington. June 1, 1890 The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's electric tabulating machine to count census returns. July 3, 1890 Idaho becomes the 43rd state. July 10, 1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th state. August 6, 1890 William Kemmler, at Auburn Prison in New York, becomes first prisoner to be electrocuted in the electric chair. October 11, 1890 The Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. November 29, 1890 Army defeats Navy 24-0 in the first Army-Navy game in West Point, New York. December 29, 1890 The Battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 153 Lakota Sioux and 25 troops are killed. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program