How Seattle got its name
Sep. 21st, 2006 02:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
randy_byersNice article about Chief Seattle at HistoryLink.org, The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.
I'm sure most of us have heard of Chief Seattle and his famous speech, but I had never heard about Doc Maynard's part in the naming of the city: 'In 1852, Seattle reputedly persuaded David S. "Doc" Maynard (1808-1873) to move his general store from Olympia, to which Seattle often canoed for supplies, to the village of Duwumps. Maynard named his new store the "Seattle Exchange" and convinced settlers to rename their town after the chief when they filed the first plats on May 23, 1853.'
I'm sure most of us have heard of Chief Seattle and his famous speech, but I had never heard about Doc Maynard's part in the naming of the city: 'In 1852, Seattle reputedly persuaded David S. "Doc" Maynard (1808-1873) to move his general store from Olympia, to which Seattle often canoed for supplies, to the village of Duwumps. Maynard named his new store the "Seattle Exchange" and convinced settlers to rename their town after the chief when they filed the first plats on May 23, 1853.'
