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UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD
S. J. Res. 64 A JOI NT Rt:.SOLUTrON TO CIU.NCE nlE N4Mf; OF
"MOUNT RAINIER" TO "MO\JNT TACOMA" AND f OR OT' II!R PURPOSES
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'Il,e ".,xt wr'lleu n.., of Ihe name Knd Ih~ fir.t in the form ~T.oom .. " was ,n l863 in ~ boo!< by T heodore Winthrop, entitled "Can"" and Saddle." Winthrop slated IhM it Wa. a i!"'"eric term applied to .Mount Ua inie .. snd dso ~IO ~U .now p<-.. kB."
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The '''o''o''"'''u I" d';"'I'" .1u) na"'" of ~l o''''1 1bini,',. miginKle.l , as ""e"~'l""ly kII""-,,, ill I '" ~,t,· o f 'r.~", "al "",I in Ih" year 188:1. In d'~1 Y,'''r II". olli(","I" of 110" Norther" ['a~dic Ha, l"".<1 "nn",mcc'<-i )h"l in i .~,ei" :,;;>,i.1" I~..,h. a"d <>tl",,- I! "t,licat i"~'~. I!,,, ,""M " :'lo""t r .ooma - "..",1'\ I", "s<~1 ,n plae" of "~ Iount J..""",",~ J)" l' '''ll: the 0"""'''1: Y"." Ill" "''''" "a"'~ wo. £"nonll~' "dopl ed by the people of "1'""",,,,,. l u roct. II ", enthus,asm O\'N' n Wad SO ma"k",l Ih,,( the 1"-"1,1" I)"'I ~"",I it~ ",[option ,n plooo of "II",,"hiu~to,," '" the n""," of I ,ei,' 1'1,,, ,,. 110 ... , a boul to he _"",ilted ,,,to Iho iJni"" .
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H~l'\)KT OX Tll¥. XHIE 01' MOUST RAI"'"'' , "UIl'I""~' c.lled it ;Uount '1'."",,, •. " Bul h'!~I', ... ·en th~ },'orl.hem ".cITk H."iI"''''~1 . In,,,uo,,<,<1 it~ cla im, "nnouncing r .... nkJ,y., "'V~ lone ,"' '',.,Nt 1\". r~,~.., as fa,- n. We"'" g"' ''g w rm- !"kertlSlllg PO tI"""'''' T to" na",~ II. · 1_" oIIiei~lly d"d"""'\lo I,... ' lI.inier,' 3nd that '" whI t we .han coli it. ~
Whe" &onalor Di ll 1""",,,,1,,,] hi~ .... I'Ol't fro,,, .he C<>mmillOO on l'"1>\i,, lA m' •• n«>l"" .. "ding the I"'~ of the I'oint l'e!I(J!ution to cho"!:,, II", n l ",e of the mountam, he was asked i .l1eh chango! ".,." ,Ie;i.....J by ,h" I ..... " '" ur the St" ,.; of Wlshinglon. In '''piy he ""id that II", )A'gi."nlu", "f W",hington had ""I"",,<,d 'ht the ",.toW I .. .. Iou"",,!.
T he action of the Jegi.]aull'" rd crred to was " ,;,soI LLtion adopted 10 Ih" "",,-Iy "pring o ( WH, roncern ing which a few words of uplanuion "'''''' ' prol",r. Willi'am Bishop, for 10 ~·e.fI! a member of th~ " 'Rsloington State L<>gi.l.tun', .nd se""ing at the time of the l"'-~ o f Ihe nsoluCion, .Calel] plainly: " The ",.1 sent ilIH'lIt of I.>oth ho",...,. "'"S opposed 10 the pa_~ of the mem",-ial asking for ch" cha,,~ of name • • • iCs p .... ga "'''$ seem",1 through the l", • .-crfnl inlluenc~ of the spuker o f the hon"", who wa. from T acoma, ond the p"",id.nt of Ihe .. nate, who w". from T acoma. 'Their innu.,,«. throngh the chairn",n of 110 .. v"nons cornmit1.e<lS whOlm they h.d "p[",inl"d, abso[ute'" cont rol1e".~ And it m.y ~ added that the ,I",,, gt ... ernor of th" SUI" w'oS like .. -ise 8 r't"Sident (If T."","" ftl." h,," been for m.n~· yUT'S.
I n add ilion to the fact thnt bolh th .. I're»idcnt (I I the sen_t .. and the s~al.:er of t he hou .. and .lloo the go~.rnoc were from Tacom .. , a T a<:OlnK lobb" isl (S. W. Wall) after vil;iting many of the membe", (If the leglslatu . .. at t heir hotDfS., went to the capitol and I"ilmai"",l d urin; a ronsldcrable port o f the _ion, work ing for 11>0 resolut ion, wh l"h 'lo Iter heing 'm~ de feated was finally puscd.
On" of the J".,ling ""wgpaL~" of the We.st, the Seattle 1'OI;I.-ln telli~n«r, under d. le of Apnl 21, 1917, said in a leading editorial: " It is of eoUI'"Se possibl" 10 dee"", that hen<:eforth t he nalM of tile """,ntain sh.JI be' .\Iount Tacoma,' or' AI",,,,t Sonlethingebe..' But nO de(:"'" """ m.oke poople '''I'' I_he name. Jt ... ill !;t_ill be ' Mount Rllinier' in ","""'h and in lIMo written wnrd." The ""m~ is Irueto-day.
T il T. 81'F.(."II'IC :SAlolE 01' >lOU = R."'''T.R
Bach of l he ""'eral tribes of (ndians !i.·ing io the odj"""nt ... gion 10". a de6nite specific name for the ~.t mount-in. Thi .. accordin g tu th .. disk'<.1 of the tribe "l",.king. III ~ P 'sk·houks" (usuaily written ~ l'nskehou,," "j. ~ T,, ·.lo ·ku," or " T is .... "k" (otherw i .. wrilten '·Chi .. ,,·auk," "Stiq".kt and .. Twa)i .... uk "j. 'I'lw8e are distine-li w lIa"","" applied 10 It_inier .. nd no other mo"ntain. And still the people of T~roma ask for ~ the rosloration of the original and rightful name of Ihe mou ntain!" Rut thi s is c:<"ctly whot they do not want; they .... nt the name of Ih"ir eity.
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It ]11'" ]"",,, l'<>;nl~(l "ut loy ill". (;c'<j,'ge Oti. Sm,th "",] Q\h~", that II" protest from t he ]>euple of ']";ocoHLa has 1"-",,, t!~"\·,, ..... l _gai"", ""Y ,,{ 110", Q\ h~l' ~ "'n ''I< 00,;10"'''.1 loy Y "nN" ,'er ~t 1 he Ii "Ie he Mu,ed .\IOllllt H"inier. nld",ug h ",,\·~, ... I of (], ..... - .s I'u,,'!'.! :SO",,,], .\Iou"" Buker, Port Ol"h,~l , "",] Whi,l""y l "laD<l~were "",,, ... 1 for Brit-i.h oRi,,,,rs nil h;~ 0\\''' "hip. ""'''''g the .dditi()n~l ""lIIes g iven by \. """""""' in hOll",. of E,,~l i81""('n .'" BeUingh.", Ihy, I'enn O""t, \ 'a.holl 1,,1",,<1, and "OI't · I'<)w"~nd.
And if ou,. ""n .. of [>.!I·iot i~I" "h""ld 1".(1 n~ W "an""] ETIglish pi""" nau .... be<.""" we WeJ"., Oue"" at ,,'or wilh ~~ngla nd, wQuld ,,{It
the n,"], of the Ij uited Stat"" look .li ke R .kin"",] CKI' And ... h" w"uld underb ke the task of ""'aming the hUII<ire<b. of ciii~s, lowns, ond "OOl.:"'phic f""t",,,,, tll"" bereft of Iheir t itl"" Imlll Ca",bdd~ and ~ Io""t \'''1'11on in the E a"t to BeUingh~m and l'ub<et Sound ,II the Wes'~
Ila~ (he c,," of the propo.;".1 chang<! l>0en considered-the cost I" th" Go,'c rnu,.nt of ' ''''" gl'n ing !I"d reprinting t he maps and oHid.1 docII"",,"" 0" whid, the name .,.",u .... as published by the Un it",1 Stales Geologic.1 S"CI';'y, the Ullik~l :'itat .. Coast and Goo· .I.tic SUne,-, the W~" De]>"''\'''ellt, the Hy.lrograph ic om"" of the K",·y, Ih~ ~'o,-est &""i"", t h" Biological Su r.-ey, the National P a,.ks :-;"CI'ice, the Ge"eral ]." '1(1 Olli~ o f t.he Del,.vln,cnt of the I nrerior II", ],,"'1 onW." 1)"I",rl",,,,,1. allil tho ])epartnlen~ of .Agrieulture j AIIII aside I",m the HJ>C"'" of "banb"'. '" Go'-ernmeol maps Ind tloclI"'enl >!, wh.t justifica t ion could be ofl'cm fOJ" the alterations lhat wonl,l he ,."qui",,1 in tho multit ude of "'"I'.' g uid" books, hi..lori e"", ""hool ",,,,1"'"'" and other JI"hlicatio". 0 pro,ni""nt b".inllSl'l li""s, the aggregate C06t of which would ...,,,ch appalling Jig" .... •
i f the I"""'"" t Cong''''''' . hou ld chRn~ Ihe name, ,. it not utrem.,Iy 1)l"()J;..hl." o,,-i"g to the ""(lidl.,' mcftasing pro~I. from the ,[I'ea t "'ajority of c itiy-Cn. of Washi ngton and other Stale., that d"ring ,h., n~xt Co"g"""" a ,,"mlcrres<,lution ",,,,,Id be introduOOll, d,.,,~.-j"g it back 10 " Il ainier ,. f
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"-0,.,1,,1 tl". X."11,,,-,,><I. I,,,, "'''''I!< to he ,I~ri,·"d fro,", n "","ber of " ""'-'01' I, .... ~illl i l",· "-0,,1, 11.;<'<1 h ... ,h~ I ",lia"g "f Ih~ ",gion ". a I-",n"ric "'nil, ,"caninp:·' whit. 1I,"",'tain," anti lIJ'pli",1 tu all snow ]>cah of II". Ga!j<'a,\p I! nn;.", f,..,,,, BTlI"h Culllmb'a 10 0,,,;..'0". l t i. 1101, ill nllJ o f il~ f,"''''!!' the di!!lll,cli,'e na",,, "f ~".'" mOlllltain.
2. That Pet",. Il si"i .. r, for ".hom I he mOllnt" in WII' """,,·d . ;n",,,,,d of hoi"l-! ~ a " "I"",,,re ''''''''''" .'' wag n ,'0\;1\111 ofti""\" who "no;ned Ih" highe!!l -""nk in Ihe Briti,h X"".'" .
3. Thai the elomo,' for ""Lstituting " T "eOlllR" fo), " n a i,,;er" u Ih~ !lame of th" mOl<"t";,, arose i" and is COI,t;nnall\, (o",enl",1 h,' " /( '''''1' "f citizell' of the "ity of Tacoma , . -
~. That h~- " .. ans of prol'" j,"',mR ClII"Mling from T~ooma lind (11n'i .. 1 "n OI'e]" a ""'i"" of yell"" ""mi,ci llg" of pCI"l;(l""l arg"ment
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:" '.n'~ ( II.., ugil,,{ioll I~'g"" """ 110 p,,,.,iotently e~"'i e<l on h.'" Ihis one ",1.'"-, .. n .... ',,".l II ... n."t of , h,· ,..,,"]<1-1 h"'""'''5 " ne of 1 he most lirmly ""1.Lli.h,,,] """' ... on lh~ f,,,,,,, o f lhe " ,,,,10 ",,,I if """""",fu] wonld .1.a] " do,,'h hl",,- 10 tlw ""hili! \, of inkTllnli"" ,,] ~"'<>gr"l'h;e I)ol ..... "d"t""· , .
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