----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley" <maples@iinet.com> > Yes, and occasionally we see posts for Washington, D.C. > shirley > :) > Really? Where is that? Yes, I've emailed on and off list to people looking for the DC people here. We need to change the name of this State. The people in Eastern Washington have wanted to split the State and take the name "Lincoln", sometimes "Columbia". The people in Western Washington could take another one.

I don't think we should change our STATES NAME or any part of it. Eastern Wa. is not inhabited like Western is, nor is it a more favorable weather wise. Being b in Seattle in 1920's, I spent most of my life in early Eastern part of Ore. Milton-Freewater till abt 1937 then in Yakima Wa untill abt 1943/4. Then in Okanogan Co, 12 miles from Canadian border till 1946. Then back to Yakima till spring when the big 1948 flood came, then 1948 went to Ks . to work. in Wheat Harvest. Then after on to Wisconsin till abt 1949 then in Charles City Iowa till abt May 1951. The ice storm there in Easter Sunday drove me away plus the hot sand blow summer's with damp nights and colder than, Ak.. Came back to Yakima then Hermiston Or. by 1951 in Aug. there till about 1964 then to Pasco, until 1965 . then to Renton and worked in Belleview, until Nov 1968, back to Pasco till 1979 then to Pendleton , Or . I was at Williams Lake in Whitman Co. Wa when Mt St Helens blew at abt 8:10 AM on Sunday and heard it. Went to a fishing trip, and Was out fishing in lake and made a dash for shore. At 2:00 PM it got dark as night. I couldn't leave there for 3 days. I scooped 1 50 lb bucket of the ASH from off top of my car and still have it. good as gold and doesn't have 1 drop of anything in it, as dropped from sky to top of my car . We stayed inside of Mobil at Lake till ash quit dropping. Later in 1982 spring, we went to . to Ketchikan Ak, till 1985 Nov. then to Steilacoom, Wa , by ferry when the bad early snow storm came at Thanksgiving. Then in 1989 moved to Roy in Country area and I been here ever since and Love where I live out in country abt 4 miles from Roy, Wa. 20 yrs. now , live on a dead end road. Out my back yard see Mt. Rainier. on clear days. This western part of Wash in Pierce Co. where I live is the best place weather wise I have ever lived. Nice and quiet, with Deer going through occasionally and hear the frogs in spring and the Coyote's with pups howling in spring and fall at late evening, till we make noise and scare them away . I also was at Sequim in abt late . 1990's when the earthquake was and another one later in Nisqually area. Also was in 1962? Portland Or. when the big Columbus Day storm hit and the earthquake abt 2 weeks after. Boy what a time that was. Didn't get home from Raleigh Hills where I worked for 3 days. Had some good experiences in most all places a few times. Maxine willma@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Bestrom" <RBestrom@earthlink.net> To: <WASHINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [WA-L] Re: Obituaries - Rhode Island - Borsay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley" <maples@iinet.com> > >> Yes, and occasionally we see posts for Washington, D.C. >> shirley >> :) >> > > Really? Where is that? > > Yes, I've emailed on and off list to people looking for the DC people here. We > need to change the name of this State. The people in Eastern Washington have > wanted to split the State and take the name "Lincoln", sometimes "Columbia". > The people in Western Washington could take another one. > > > ==== WASHINGTON Mailing List ==== > > To contact the list hostess, email Shirley at maples@iinet.com > >

My comments were not meant to start a thread on changing the name of the State. There is no current such consideration at this time, at least as far as I've read. Since this doesn't concern genealogy and doesn't have a place here, I apologize for making a comment on changing the name.