Sterling, Washington

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Sterling is an unincorporated community in Skagit County, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]

History

The Mesekwegwils (Lushootseed : bəsikʷigʷilc) [2] (sometimes transliterated as Mee-see-qua-guilch or buh-see-kwee-GWEELTS), a band of the Skagit people, built a large winter longhouse at what is now Sterling. [3] The Lushootseed name for Sterling, as well as the prior village site, is sxʷiʔxʷičəb. [2]

Sterling was laid out in 1878. [4] A post office called Sterling was established in 1879, and remained in operation until 1890. [5] Sterling was the site of the first school in the Sedro-Woolley area; residents in the late nineteenth century would travel to Sedro-Woolley by canoe. [6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sterling, Washington
  2. 1 2 Bates, Dawn (2003). Lushootseed dictionary. University of Washington Press. pp. 34–253. ISBN   0-295-97323-4. OCLC   843308724.
  3. ↑ Hollenbeck, Jan L. (August 1987). A cultural resource overview: prehistory, ethnography and history: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. U.S. Forest Service. p. 128.
  4. ↑ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 289.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ Sedro-Woolley, Washington. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. 2003. ISBN   9781439630365.

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