From the Archives: key letter leading to statehood
With Washington’s 125th birthday celebration as a state just a week away, our State Archives is bringing out key historical documents that led to that triumphant day in 1889 when WA reached statehood. What many people don’t know is that Washington could have become a state even sooner if not for a miscue. The state constitution sent to President Benjamin Harrison in the fall of 1889 lacked Territorial Governor Miles Moore’s signature. The constitution sent to Harrison only had the…