1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955
1925 - January 10 - First fully electric house in Aberdeen.
1925 - April 15 - Norwegian ship Dagfred carries first
Harbor cargo directly to Europe.
1925 - November 7 - Elk’s Building & St. Mary’s
School buildings under construction.
1926 - Wishkah Street Bridge opens.
1926 - January 1 - Woman trapped on new Wishkah Bridge;
holds on until it lowers.
1926 - March 5 - Japanese freighter Horaisan Maru rolls over
inside Harbor.
1926 - March 31 - Fifty Quinault Maples planted at Roosevelt
(Sam Benn) Park in honor of 45 Harbor soldiers killed in war.
1926 - April 2 - Electricity to replace oil at Westport
Lighthouse.
1926 - April 10 - First west bound airmail letters arrive in
Hoquiam.
1926 - May 16 - New brick Methodist church dedicated.
1927 - February 7 - Hayes & Hayes Bank closed by
Federal Government.
1927 - February 14 - KXRO radio goes on the air for the
first time at 7:30 p.m. with a speech by Frank Lamb.
1927 - March 5 - Taholah Indian delivers two tons of clams
to Aberdeen canneries.
1927 - August 26 - First phone lines reach Quinault.
1927 - September 14 - Charles Lindbergh circles the Spirit
of St. Louis over Grays Harbor.
1927 - October 31 - Lumber shipments from Harbor exceed all
other coastal ports.
1928 - January 6 - Leo Lomski, the “Aberdeen Assassin”
fights Tommy Loughran for the world light-heavyweight championship title.
Knocks Loughran down in first roundbut loses the decision.
1928 - February 21 - The 6,791-ton, 561 foot long freighter
Robert Dollar docks in Aberdeen; largest ship to ever enter the Harbor.
1928 - May 11 - Governor Hatley cuts ribbon at Simpson
Avenue Bridge opening in Hoquiam.
1928 - October 2 - Billy Gohl dies at Medical Lake Asylum.
1929 - January 11 - Two killed in train crash in Cosmopolis.
1929 - July 30 - Fire destroys 18 buildings in Cosmopolis.
1929 - August 2 - Aberdeen-Raymond highway nearly done.
1929 - October 7 - Harbor 31st port in Nation.
1929 - December 12 - Aberdeen population 26,073.
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