Editing La Conner, Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:La Conner, Washington, circa 1889.png|thumb|left|La Conner, c. 1889]]

La Conner was first settled in May 1867 by Alonzo Low and was then known by its post office name, Swinomish. Its location on the Swinomish channel was an ideal safe harbor for ships. In 1869, J.S. Conner bought the settlement's trading post and in 1870 had the name changed to honor his wife, Louisa Ann Conner. The French-appearing "La" represented her first and middle initials. When Skagit County was created out of [[Whatcom County]] in 1883, La Conner was chosen as the county seat, but would only hold that designation until November 1884 when the seat was moved to [[Mount Vernon, Washington|Mount Vernon]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Meany |first= Edmond S. |author-link= Edmond S. Meany |year= 1920 |title= Origin of Washington Geographic Names |journal= The Washington Historical Quarterly |volume= XI |page= 52 |publisher= Washington University State Historical Society |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dbsUAAAAYAAJ |access-date=June 11, 2009}}</ref>

In early 2020, nine businesses in downtown La Conner announced their closures—mostly attributed to lost revenue during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and from the cancellation of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last=Allison |first=Jacqueline |date=July 19, 2020 |title=La Conner downtown losing nine businesses |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/business/la-conner-downtown-losing-nine-businesses/article_bb925ff7-461c-5f50-ab0f-beb88aa864ed.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |accessdate=December 5, 2022}}</ref>