Montesano, Washington
At about the same time, surveyor Charles Newton Byles bought a farm from Walter King on the present-day site of Montesano on April 9, 1870,[6] and later platted three blocks on the west side of Main Street.Another early settler, Samuel James, suggested "Montesano", which was derived from Spanish meaning "mountain of health"; it was said that this had a more pleasant sound and meant about the same.[8] In 2012, a man calling himself Michael Thomas entered the county courthouse where he struggled with a deputy sheriff, shooting her in the shoulder with her own gun.Later identified as Steven Daniel Kravetz, the assailant was convicted on assault charges and acquitted of attempted murder.[10] This region experiences warm (but not hot) and relatively dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22 °C) and very wet autumns and springs due to the maritime winds.Festivities include tours of decorated historic homes, a lighting contest, arts and crafts show, a children's play zone, food vendors, the jingle bell jog, a scavenger hunt, storytelling, tours of the county courthouse and murals, and a pancake breakfast.A prominent feature of the town is the 1911 Grays Harbor County Courthouse, a three-story structure with a domed tower.[citation needed] The motto "come on vacation and leave on probation" was coined for this Grays Harbor County city.As part of the Chehalis Basin Strategy, log jacks were placed during 2018-2019 that helped increase the riverbank of the migrating Wynoochee River, which was threatening the plant that during flooding would have inundated the community with sewage runoff.
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