Editing Buckley, Washington (section)

==History==
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* 1856 Decisive battle of the [[Puget Sound War]] fought at Connell's Prairie, 6 miles (10&nbsp;km) west of Buckley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8145|title=Nisqually, Klickitat, and Yakama warriors battle U.S. Army soldiers and Territorial Volunteers at Connell}}</ref> It was significant because it boosted the morale of the settlers because it was such a great victory with no casualties to the regulars or volunteers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stewart |first=Edgar |title=Washington: Northwest Frontier |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |year=1957 |volume=two |location=New York |language=English}}</ref>  
* 1875
** Coal discovered at [[Wilkeson, Washington|Wilkeson]]
** Jeremiah 'Jerry' Stilley, first permanent non-Indian resident, settled West of town.
* 1877 Railroad built from Tacoma to Wilkeson to transport coal.
* 1882 Town named "Perkin's Prairie"
* 1884 Northern Pacific built railroad spur track from Cascade Junction (between South Prairie and Buckley) to  Perkin's Prairie.  Town given name "White River Siding" by railroad men.
* 1885 Town's first store erected by "Dad" Chamberlain.
* 1887
** Town renamed "Buckley" for J.M. Buckley, [[Northern Pacific Railway]] district superintendent.
** First school established.
* 1888 Town site platted by Alexander and Mary Wickersham. Lumber and shingle mills are established.
* 1889
** First post office established.
** District Court appointed five men as trustees of the Town of Buckley.
** First newspaper printed and published in Buckley - The Buckley Banner.
* 1890: Town incorporated by electorate.
* 1891: Land donated for Buckley cemetery.
* 1892
** May 5 Business District almost wiped out fire. Started on second story of the Buckley Lumber Store. Many brick buildings built after this fire still stand on Main Street.
** June 17 New school built at present site of White River School District building on A Street.
** First permanent church built.
** World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois - Buckley Mills sell wood, shingles, and supplies to be used at the World's Fair Exhibit Buildings
** First organized water system established.
* 1893
** February 24 Fire Department in Buckley was established.
* 1898 Business district razed by fire. First high school classes held, building erected.
* 1902
** Addition built on schoolhouse.
** First library established.
* 1905 First high school graduation held.
[[Image:PostcardBuckleyWABuckleyHighSchool1912.jpg|thumb|right|Buckley High School, about 1912]]
* 1907
** Gravity water system built; water stored in reservoir still in use by town.
** First general use of electricity.
* 1909
** School burned to ground.
** Town established fire department to replace Columbia Hose Company, a private fire-fighting group.
* 1910 New brick school built on A Street.
* 1911
** White River Power Plant completed.
** Present town hall built.
* 1912 Plank streets replaced by paving.
* 1914 Wickersham elementary school built.
* 1920 Large section of business district leveled by fire.
* 1932 Rainier State School opens.
* 1939
** Rainier School officially opened.
** Work commenced on [[Mud Mountain Dam]] on White River.
* 1942 Mud Mountain Dam completed.
* 1944 Buckley railroad logging ended with closure of Buckley Logging Company mill.
* 1946 City limits extended to include Rainier School and farms south of town.
* 1947
** Last company-operated coal mining discontinued.
* 1949
** Buckley and Enumclaw school districts consolidated.
* 1951 Rural Fire District No. 12 organized.
* 1952
** New fire station built.
** Sewage disposal plant built.
* 1953
** Wickersham school annex built.
** White River School District (Buckley-Enumclaw) de-consolidated.
* 1956
** New gymnasium built at high school.
* 1957
** Town established natural gas utility.
* 1959 Northern Pacific railroad depot torn down.
* 2003 [[White River High School (Washington)|White River High School]] moved to a new location.