Mossback's Northwest
The Great Seattle-Tacoma Blow-up
4/1/2019 | 4m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Seattle and Tacoma's biggest battle is over the name of our biggest mountain.
Since the mid-19th century, Seattle and Tacoma have been business rivals. A focus of their fight: what to call Mt. Rainier. Tacomans wanted it renamed Tacoma or Tahoma, said to be the native names for the volcano, but the mountain’s “discoverer” named it for a friend in the Royal Navy. Rainier survives, but discussion has been rekindled after Alaska’s Mt. McKinley was renamed “Denali.”
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Mossback's Northwest is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
Mossback's Northwest
The Great Seattle-Tacoma Blow-up
4/1/2019 | 4m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Since the mid-19th century, Seattle and Tacoma have been business rivals. A focus of their fight: what to call Mt. Rainier. Tacomans wanted it renamed Tacoma or Tahoma, said to be the native names for the volcano, but the mountain’s “discoverer” named it for a friend in the Royal Navy. Rainier survives, but discussion has been rekindled after Alaska’s Mt. McKinley was renamed “Denali.”
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