150 Years 1857-2007 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY February 28, 2007 TIMELINE February, 1857 Fort Dalles Surgeon's Quarters finished. Dr. Brown takes up residence. March 4, 1857 James Buchanen is inaugurated as fifteenth president. March 28, 1857 The Dalles Masonic lodge is established. 1857 Umatilla House [hotel] is built. June 26, 1887 City of The Dalles is incorporated. March 30, 1858 A pencil with an attached eraser is patented by Hyman Lipman. May 11, 1858 Minnesota is admitted as 32nd state. July 1, 1858 Darwin and Wallace present papers announcing a theory of Evolution at London's Linnaean Society. August 16, 1858 President James Buchanan exchanges message with Queen Victoria via the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. August/October 1858 Abraham Lincoln debated Sen. Stephen A. Douglas during the Illinois state election campaign. April 1, 1859 The soldiers of Fort The Dalles publish the first newspaper in The Dalles. Its name is The Dalles Weekly. 1859 The Dalles fire department is established August 14, 1859 W.A. Tenney establishes the Congregational Church. 1859 The Dalles establishes a school district. 1859 The Original Wasco County Court House is finished. October 16, 1859 Abolitionist John Brown and his followers attack the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. November 24, 1859 Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of the Species, a book about his theory of evolution. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program