Editing Pullman, Washington (section)

==History==
In 1876, about five years after European-American settlers established Whitman County on November 29, 1871, Bolin Farr arrived in Pullman. He camped at the confluence of Dry Flat Creek and Missouri Flat Creek on the bank of the [[Palouse River]]. Within the year, Dan McKenzie and William Ellsworth arrived to stake claims for adjoining land. They named the first post office here as Three Forks. In the spring of 1881, Orville Stewart opened a general store and Bolin Farr platted about {{convert|10|acre}} of his land for a town.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Pullman was incorporated on April 11, 1888, with a population of about 250–300 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=Julia |title=Pullman Early History 1871-1892 |url=https://www.pullman-wa.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_15252867/File/About%20Pullman/Pullman%20Early%20History.pdf |website=Pullman Early History |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref> It was originally named Three Forks, after the three small rivers that converge there: Missouri Flat Creek, Dry Fork, and the South Fork of the Palouse River. In 1884, Dan McKenzie and Charles Moore (of Moscow) replatted the site and named it for American industrialist [[George Pullman]].<ref name="StoriestoTell"/>

On March 28, 1890, the Washington State Legislature established the state's [[land grant college]], but did not designate a location. Pullman leaders were determined to secure the new college and offered {{convert|160|acre|km2}} of land for its campus. [[Idaho Territory]] had established its land grant college in 1889; the University of Idaho was to be in neighboring Moscow. On April 18, 1891, the site selection commission appointed by Washington's governor chose Pullman. On January 13, 1892, the institution opened with 59 students under the name Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. It was renamed the State College of Washington in 1905, more commonly known as "Washington State College," and became [[Washington State University]] in 1959.<ref name=nrokffn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JP1XAAAAIBAJ&pg=5907%2C481257 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=New name for WSC near O.K. |date=February 4, 1959 |page=2}}</ref><ref name=nnfsc >{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1gFYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5197%2C1025216 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=New name near for State College |date=August 5, 1959 |page=18}}</ref>

In 1961, Pullman became a non-chartered code city under the [[mayor–council]] form of government. The city has an elected mayor with an elected seven-member council and an appointed administrative officer, the city administrator.