Tumwater Pioneers Timeline
	1844	May 6.  The Simmons-Bush party leaves St. Joseph, Missouri for Oregon Territory.
	1845	April 10,  Michael and Elizabeth Simmons give birth to a son, Christopher Columbus Simmons while traveling to Tumwater.
		October.  The Simmons-Bush party arrive at the lower falls of the Deschutes River.  They name their settlement New Market.  The name is later changed to  Tumwater from a Chinook jargon word meaning noisy or throbbing water.
	1846	Michael T. Simmons builds a grist mill at the lower falls. The Treaty of 1846 establishes the 49th parallel as the boundary between British and United States territory.
	1847	October.  The first sawmill on Puget Sound is opened by Michael T. Simmons.
	1848	Oregon Territory is created.
	1853	Washington Territory is created.
	1869	The town of Tumwater is incorporated.