Distel32 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 the regrade, or is it "slide alley" or whatever where they made the big mudslide to send logs down to the mills....? Anyone else read "Sons of the Profits" such a good book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Sealth==> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distel32 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 A shame, but I have a theory about this one: Imagine you are at the remote outpost of Sealth, sending written word for contact with the East. The Great Chief was the obvious choice for the name of the settlement. As you are hurried sometimes in your communication, you, as may of us, tend to scribble a little at the end of a word as you are writing your cursive, causing the "h" to fall off a little. Then, the crossing of the "t" carrys into the preceding "l". The is causes the "lt" to look like "tt", and the loose end of the h makes it possible to be a "le". Try it yourself: write "Sealth" quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimZam Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Howzabout: Tanganika=Tanzania Rhodesia=Zimbabwe Czechloslovakia= Czech Rep & Slovenia USSR East Germany North Vietnam Saigon=Ho Chi Minh City USSR Blue Mountain Peking=Beijing Mao Tse Tung= "Great Leader" Yugoslavia= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 the regrade, or is it "slide alley" or whatever where they made the big mudslide to send logs down to the mills....? It was just a desire to get rid of the hill, nothing to do with logging as I recall. A bunch of it was done hydraulicly with the spoil ending up as fill on the tideflats south of downtown. I read 'Profits' eons ago. A very good book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Howzabout: Tanganika Rhodesia Czechloslovakia=czech repub. USSR=many different countries, russia East Germany North Vietnam USSR Blue Mountain Peking Mao Tse Tung= mao-zedong is most correct Yup. All the Chinese stuff that changes every few years is just new or improved phonetic interpretation of the same word, isn't it? For example Beijing has been previously and widely called Peking and Peiping....but all the while the Chinese called it the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 COCK ROCK Named by the pioneers on the Oregon Trail who went right by this bulbous looking appendge/phallus shaped basalt pillar. Popular climbing destination for Portland people ------> anyone? anyone? Buller? Renamed in 1959, everyone knew it didn't look like a Rooster. anyone? anyone? Buller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distel32 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 plus there are about 4 names before peking anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Mt. Goode is properly pronounced "Good-E" No way dave, it was named for an old surveyor, there's a peak in CA named for the same guy. I think it was the highest mtn in WA named for someone who actually saw the mtn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Blake knows his mountains around Stehikin. I've got his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman_Clyde Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Seattle style: Empire Way==> Coliseum==> Jimi Hendrix Museum==> Longhorn==> 1201 Building==> Mother Love Bone==> Victory Way==> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 "Falling!"==>(yawn)"take" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 COCK ROCK Named by the pioneers on the Oregon Trail who went right by this bulbous looking appendge/phallus shaped basalt pillar. Popular climbing destination for Portland people ------> anyone? anyone? Buller? Renamed in 1959, everyone knew it didn't look like a Rooster. anyone? anyone? Buller? Beacon Rock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 the regrade, or is it "slide alley" or whatever where they made the big mudslide to send logs down to the mills....? Anyone else read "Sons of the Profits" such a good book Yes a great book. You are thinking of the Skid Road which is Yesler Way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distel32 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 indeed I was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magellan Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Queest Alb ==> Da Klagwatts ==> Dakobed ==> Tokobulk ==> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Still looking for Longhorn==>Windows Vista 1201 Building==> Washington Mutual Tower? It is 1201 Third Avenue. It is also a very beautiful building. Yah. Actually Longhorn==>FS==>Vista My favorite building downtown is Two Union, in case anyone was wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Howzabout: Tanganika=Tanzania Rhodesia=Zimbabwe Czechloslovakia= Czech Rep & Slovenia USSR=Russia and various others East Germany=the east half of Germany North Vietnam Saigon=Ho Chi Minh City Blue Mountain Peking=Beijing Mao Tse Tung= "Great Leader" Yugoslavia=Bosnia/Herzgovina and several other small unstable countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Howzabout: Tanganika=Tanzania Rhodesia=Zimbabwe Czechloslovakia= Czech Rep & Slovenia USSR=Russia and various others East Germany=the east half of Germany North Vietnam Saigon=Ho Chi Minh City Blue Mountain Peking=Beijing Mao Tse Tung= "Great Leader" Yugoslavia=Bosnia/Herzgovina and several other small unstable countries Correct. I'm suprised nobody jumped on Blue Mountain = Gunsight (Dome area) after all the ink & effort Beckey devoted to the name change over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 Queest Alb ==> Three Fingers? Da Klagwatts ==>??? Dakobed ==> Tokobulk ==> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Orange Alien ==> Death Cam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To_The_Top Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Queest Alb ==> Da Klagwatts ==> Dakobed ==>Glacier peak Tokobulk ==> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtveld Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 COCK ROCK Named by the pioneers on the Oregon Trail who went right by this bulbous looking appendge/phallus shaped basalt pillar. I will guess it is the rock right off I-84 that is presently named after the barnyard animal it fails to resemble. I'll take "Semi-climbable volcanic pinnacles of Oregon" for 200, Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magellan Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Queest Alb ==> Three Fingers Da Klagwatts ==> Dakobed ==> Glacier Peak Tokobulk ==> Correct! The two harder ones are left. Da Klagwatts ==> Tokobulk ==> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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