Inkastoo koritaanka magaalada, Washington ayaa weli waddooyinka wasakhda leh ee ugu horreeya ee magaalada la oggolaaday iyo adeegga baabuurta ee guud ahaan 1950, madaxweyne Ulysses S. Grant ayaa diiday inuu tixgeliyo soo jeedintaas. Koongareeska ayaa ansixiyay Sharciga Aasaasiga ah ee 1871, kaas oo baabi'iyay sharciyada gaarka ah ee magaalooyinka Washington iyo Georgetown, wuxuuna abuuray xukuumad cusub oo dhul ah oo loogu talagalay dhammaan Degmada Columbia. Madaxweyne Grant wuxuu u magacaabay Alexander Robey Shepherd jagada guddoomiyaha gobolka 1873. Shepherd wuxuu oggolaaday mashaariic baaxad leh oo si weyn u casriyeeyay Washington, laakiin ugu dambeyntii wuxuu fashilmay dowladda Degmada.
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