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To: Cecily

Why is Mount Rainier in Maryland and not in Washington?


2 posted on 01/13/2017 10:18:03 AM PST by nwrep
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To: nwrep
Why is Mount Rainier in Maryland and not in Washington?

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6 posted on 01/13/2017 10:22:03 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: nwrep

“Why is Mount Rainier in Maryland and not in Washington?”

The town of Mt. Rainier, MD, was founded in 1910 by some Army officers from Washington State. I grew up there. We pronounce it “RAIN-yer” vice “rah-NEER” like they do the mountain.


16 posted on 01/13/2017 10:34:39 AM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: nwrep

Different Mountain..............


36 posted on 01/13/2017 10:50:19 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?............)
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To: nwrep

And why isn’t Washington in Washington?

hmmm...now you got me wondering!


45 posted on 01/13/2017 11:26:50 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: nwrep
Why is Mount Rainier in Maryland and not in Washington?

Because that's where it's at.

58 posted on 01/13/2017 12:39:22 PM PST by cynwoody
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