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Sorry to be pedantic as this is often incorrect: King county was NOT named after MLK Jr, but rather changed recently from referring to Rufus King to MLK Jr. I h
by mindfulplay 8y ago
Sorry to be pedantic as this is often incorrect: King county was NOT named after MLK Jr, but rather changed recently from referring to Rufus King to MLK Jr. I had mistakenly believed this too before I learnt about our history.
But Washington State is indeed named after George Washington.
- fwip 8y agoAnother tidbit I learned today: S Jackson Street (running through the International District in Seattle) is, in fact, named after President Andrew Jackson.
- dbg31415 8y ago"Recently" like the 1986 Macintosh Plus came out recently. * Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search || https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hw4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2AIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5259,1151250 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hw4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2AIE... But, just to be clear, Edgar Martinez Drive was named after Edgar Martinez. (=
- mynameisvlad 8y agoConsidering King County has been around since 1852, 1986 should be considered quite "recent" in its history. As with everything, context matters. Just like how we would consider homo sapiens as a whole "recent" in the scale of the geological time scale.
- all_blue_chucks 8y agoIt's no accident you assumed that. King County Metro uses MLK as their logo, so you can't even walk a block downtown without seeing a 10-ft mobile billboard of MLK's face.