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Thread #33878   Message #1454914
Posted By: Deckman
07-Apr-05 - 07:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Rivers of.... (States other than Texas)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: RIVERS OF OTHER STATES
Just in case anyone needs some unique river names, here's a few that are native to Washington state. Knowing Mary Garvy as I do, I suspect that her list of river names will be longer than mine. These are ALL genuine river names. There is a bill in the Washington State Congress that is going make identification of these rivers, and matching them with their appropriate counties, manditory before you can get a driver's license. (you do believe that ... don't you)?
Here we go:
Columbia, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Klickitat, Humptullips, Hamma Hamma, Dosewallips, Puyallup, Queets, Clearwater, Dungeness, Grey Wolf, Yakima, Tieton, Naches, Stilliguamish, Pilchuck, Elwha, Physt, Shoalwater, Copalis, Hoh, Raft, Quillayutte, Kalaloch, Taholah, Moclips, Copalis, on and on and on.

Many of this river names came from the local Indian names, and from the trading language, called Chinook jargon, that became common when the whites and the natives started mixing.

Anyone wanna' play scrabble? CHEERS, Bob