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Date
Visited:
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Saturday, May
26, 2001 |
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City
Visited #:
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39 |
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County:
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King |
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Visited
With:
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Michelle |
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City Name
History:
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Derived
from the Native-American word isquowh of uncertain meaning, the
name is currently that of a town, a creek, a mountain, and a valley.
Originally the town was known as Squak, a corruption of the
Native-American name; next as Gilman for coal-mine operator D.H.
Gilman. It was also known as Olney and Englewood before settlers
agreed to the present name in 1890. |
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