City of Monitor

 
Date Visited:   Sunday, September 29, 2002
City Visited #:   294
County:   Chelan
Visited With:   Mom, Sister, & Auntie Pat
City Name History:   Originally called Brown's Flat after Reuben A. Brown, who settled there in 1884. With establishment of the post office in 1902, residents voted in favor of the suggestion of George T. Richardson to change the town's name to commemorate the Civil War victory of the Union's iron-clad Monitor over the Confederate's armor-plated Merrimac.
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