Roslyn was founded in 1886 as a coal mining town, platted by Logan M. Bullet, vice president of the Northern Pacific Coal Company. On February 4, 1889, the citizens of Roslyn present a petition to Judge L. B. Nash requesting that their city be incorporated. He duly proclaims Roslyn to be an incorporated town, and the city government is organized. The city is re-incorporated on April 26, 1890, after Washington achieves statehood.
