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Soosietyrell t1_japdc21 wrote

Reply to comment by gnarwin in Western Washington territory, 1857 by BoazCorey

So Lake WA used to drain through the Black River to the Green and so to the Duwamish…. The Cedar flowed into the Black… Today, the BOEING runway in Renton is the old Black River bed…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_River_(Duwamish_River_tributary). The story is both sad and interesting IMHO, but when they built the ship canal, it dropped the water Level in Lake WA and the Black River mostly dried up… there are remnants….

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itstreeman t1_japh3c3 wrote

My first thought was: confusing to not have them connected but then I remembered that the lie has been changed. But we also live in a state named for a president because “Columbia was too confusing”. Now we have a river of Columbia and nomenclature of dc being the other Washington

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Soosietyrell t1_japi7u3 wrote

when I was a kid in the 70s we had a “visit WA” ad that said something like “Visit Washington (the State!)

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itstreeman t1_jaq6bvq wrote

There was a distant place that made airplanes and had a pointy tower surrounded by clouds about that time in pop culture. Then Seattle started to be known. Now that I live in spokane, I’m always surprised people know where it is (and that it’s the only Spokane)

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Soosietyrell t1_jatr98t wrote

I went to the Worlds Fair in 1974. I was born in Moses Lake, WA… I mot definitely know where Spokane is!!!

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itstreeman t1_jaup5rc wrote

Ooo fun. I should have specified I meant when I’m in far away states

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itstreeman t1_jaup692 wrote

Ooo fun. I should have specified I meant when I’m in far away states

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mrslother t1_japt0br wrote

Whoa, thank you for sharing this. Super awesome; super interesting. You are my hero for the day.

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