City of Enumclaw, King County, Washington

City of Enumclaw King County, Washington

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General information on City of Enumclaw

Feature Type: Incorporated

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Enumclaw

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name	Description
City of Enumclaw	Official
Enumclaw	Official

Origin Notes and History of City of Enumclaw

References to City of Enumclaw that document the origin of its place name

ENUMCLAW, a town in the south central portion of King County. In 1885 Frank Stevenson and wife, original settlers on the townsite, named the place after a mountain of that name about six miles to the northward. A party of Indians were encamped at the base of the mountain when a thunderstorm burst upon them with flashes of lightning playing around the summit of the mountain. The Indians then fled and still shun the mountain, saying it is Enumclaw, "home of evil spirits." (B. G. White, of Enumclaw, in Names MSS., Letters 380 and 554)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 80 | Origin of Washington Geographic Names

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A Bibliography for City of Enumclaw, King County, Washington

There is only one Enumclaw pioneer history and early years by Louise Ross Poppleton

Authored by local historian Louise Ross Poppleton, There Is Only One Enumclaw: Pioneer History and Early Years chronicles the establishment and agricultural development of the plateau community nestled beneath Mount Rainier in western Washington. The book draws on early homestead records, family journals, and vintage photographs to trace how rugged pioneers cleared dense timberlands to build dairy farms and small-town institutions at the gateway to the Cascades. Through these localized archives, the text preserves the grit and mutual dependence required to tame a damp, heavily forested frontier. A keen insight drawn from the work is how geographical positioning at the foot of a major mountain pass shaped the town's unique identity; by acting as the mandatory staging ground for travelers and resource extraction moving into the high country, Enumclaw forged an enduring commercial resilience rooted entirely in its role as a transitional hub between wilderness and civilization.

v, 123 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

CIRC [ 1 ]

History · Rev. ed · L.R. Poppleton, Enumclaw, Wash., 1995
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