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  • The city of Seattle fought equally hard to keep the name Mount Rainier, and all the efforts failed.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By ROB CARSON / THE NEWS TRIBUNE OF TACOMA 2010

  • Kirkland is a lovely city nestled on Lake Washington, with views of the water, the Seattle skyline, and of course Mount Rainier, which is by far the area's most impressive and hopefully most dormant volcano.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • Kirkland is a lovely city nestled on Lake Washington, with views of the water, the Seattle skyline, and of course Mount Rainier, which is by far the area's most impressive and hopefully most dormant volcano.

    By the pricking of our thumbs... 2007

  • I think we have video of Mount Rainier, which is just to the south and east of Seattle.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2004 2004

  • Chapter Forty-Nine In a small apartment in a suburb of Washington called Mount Rainier, Detective Patsy Hampton lay in bed, restlessly flipping through the pages of the Post.

    Pop Goes The Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999

  • Chapter Forty-Nine In a small apartment in a suburb of Washington called Mount Rainier, Detective Patsy Hampton lay in bed, restlessly flipping through the pages of the Post.

    Pop Goes the Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999

  • Indian crusade - not just to start calling Mount Rainier "Ti'Swaq," but to restore traditional names of spiritual places throughout the Pacific Northwest.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By ROB CARSON / THE NEWS TRIBUNE OF TACOMA 2010

  • Some Native Americans, including some of the Puyallup tribe, are newly pushing to re-designate the mountain Ti'Swaq, "to rightfully reclaim and restore the Creator (God) given names to the holy and sacred sites, starting with what is now known as Mount Rainier," according to the advocates 'website.

    Crosscut 2010

  • It appears to be clear that this activity is traveling north, and the residents of the West Coast should not panic, but in the same breath, should make sure they have proper stores of food and water, battery operated radios, and a good first-aid kit should a devastating quake hit California, or worse, if the "Cascadia Subduction Zone" or Mount Rainier, which is a "stratovolcano" and is one of the most dangerous volcanoes, except for Yellowstone's "Super Volcano" suddenly become active.

    Update On Earthquakes And Volcanic Activity Marching Northward 2009

  • Kristine's love for the outdoors blossomed when she was a guide for a group that takes teens on expeditions to places such as Mount Rainier in Washington.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories 2009

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