
Mount Rainier National Park
Human History
5000 B.C. to A.D. 1800s – American Indian tribes live in the foothills of the mountain they call "Takhoma."
1792 – British explorer Captain George Vancouver names the mountain Mount Rainier for his friend Rear Admiral Peter Rainier.Â
1833 – Dr. William Tolmie, a Scottish physician at nearby Fort Nisqually, is probably the first white man to venture into what is now the park.
1870 – General Hazard Stevens and Philemon Van Trump make the first well-documented ascent of Mount Rainier.Â
5000 B.C. to A.D. 1800s — American Indian tribes live in the foothills of the mountain they call "Takhoma."
1792 — British explorer Captain George Vancouver names the mountain Mount Rainier for his friend Rear Admiral Peter Rainier.
1833 — Dr. William Tolmie, a Scottish physician at nearby Fort Nisqually, is probably the first white man to venture into what is now the park.
1870 — General Hazard Stevens and Philemon Van Trump make the first well-documented ascent of Mount Rainier.
1890 — Longmire and his wife build Longmire's Springs, Mount Rainier's first hotel. Fay Fuller, a school teacher from a small town near Olympia, becomes the first woman to climb the mountain.
1899 — Mount Rainier is established as the nation's fifth national park.
1915 — Automobiles are permitted on the road between Longmire and Paradise.
1930s — The Civilian Conservation Corps builds and repairs many park buildings, trails and bridges, which are still used today.
1962 — Mount Rainier is the training ground for the successful American expedition to Mount Everest.
1981 — Nine out of 11 members of Project Pelion, a group of climbers with disabilities, reach the summit.
2006 — The Great Flood — A deluge dumps 36 inches of rain on the park, causing almost $40 million in damage.
2007 — Mount Rainier National Park celebrates its 108th Anniversary.
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