Page 10 - A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
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Thousands of years ago until the late 1800s: The Klallam are the largest tribe in the area.
Their villages and camps dot the banks of the Elwha River.
1790: The first European explorers arrive, followed soon after by settlers.
1855: The Klallam are forced to sign over their land to the US government.
1890: Thomas Aldwell arrives in Port Angeles.
1909: President Theodore Roosevelt The Elwha Dam is nearly complete.
establishes the Olympic National
Monument, the first step to becoming a
national park.
1910: Construction begins on the Elwha
Dam at mile 4.9 of the river. One year
later, salmon disappear above the dam.
1914: The Elwha Dam begins generating
electricity.
Building the Glines Canyon Dam.
1926: Construction begins on Glines Canyon Dam at
mile 13.6 of the river.
1927: Glines Canyon Dam begins generating
electricity.
1938: President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes
Olympic National Park.
1940: Olympic National Park’s boundaries expand to
include Glines Canyon Dam.
1979: The Glines Canyon Dam cannot be relicensed.
1986 to 1988: The Klallam tribe and
environmentalists lobby for dam removal.
1992: President George H. W. Bush signs the Elwha
River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act.
