May 8, 2024
The total solar eclipse of 1860 was recorded near Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory.
Here is one of the older documents describing the total solar eclipse that happened right here in (what is now Washington) near Steilacoom, only about an hour south of Seattle! Our most recent total solar eclipse occurred April 8th, 2024. Citation An account of the total solar eclipse of July 18, 1860, as observed for the United States coast survey near Steilacoom, Washington Territory, by Lieut. J.M. ... (n.d.). HathiTrust. Retrieved October 25, 2023, from https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hxdd34?urlappend=%3Bseq=11