City of Medina King County, Washington

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  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

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

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City of Medina Official
Medina Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Medina

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Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

MEDINA, a town on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, opposite Seattle, named in 1892 by Mrs. S. A. Belote. The name was taken from Medina, Turkey. (Postmaster at Medina, in Names MSS., Letter 511.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 163  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

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A Bibliography for City of Medina, King County, Washington

Lakelure a tale of Medina, Washington by Junius Rochester

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Published by local historian Junius Rochester, Lakelure: A Tale of Medina, Washington chronicles the colorful transformation of an exclusive eastern shore community along Lake Washington. The book traces Medina's evolution from a dense, stump-strewn wilderness and early 20th-century strawberry-farming enclave into one of the most affluent residential suburbs in the Pacific Northwest. Through historical photographs and engaging local archives, the text captures the summer-resort origins of families who fled the urban clamor of Seattle via the historic mosquito fleet ferries long before the floating bridges spanned the lake. A keen insight drawn from the work is how suburban wealth in the Seattle region repurposed geographical sanctuary into exclusivity; the transition of Medina from a quiet agrarian refuge into a fortress of tech barons and elites illustrates how pristine lakeside isolation is ultimately commodified and walled off from the very metropolitan core it once sought to escape.

ii, 42 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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History · 1st Edition · Tommie Press, Seattle, Wash., 1993
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