Local Theory #2

[patgund]

The name "Mercer" in "Mercer Island" comes from the Native American word "Me'qerci" meaning "you can't park there".

Comments

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Certainly it's not from the word "mercy" then.

Sounds like time for a rewrite of LINCOLN PARK PIRATES, n'est-ce pas?

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Well, er, no, but it's a nice thought, having tried to park there on occasion myself (hint, the library branch has a good-sized parking lot...).

http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june95/asa_mercer.html

[patgund.livejournal.com]

*snicker* I WAS being sarcastic you know :-)

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I know. You were also asking for it [g].

[patgund.livejournal.com]

True

And wasn't it his brother Thomas who Mercer Island was named after anyway??

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Um, I don't actually know...

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