Editing Lyman, Washington (section)

==History==
Prior to American settlement, the Chobaabish ({{Langx|lut|čubəʔabš}})<ref name=":0" /> band of the [[Upper Skagit Indian Tribe|Skagit people]] had two winter houses around what is now Lyman. One winter longhouse was located close to the present town, along Lyman Slough ({{Langx|lut|yət̕ič}}).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dawn |first=Bates |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/843308724 |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |publisher=University of Washington Press |date=2003 |isbn=0-295-97323-4 |pages=101–268 |oclc=843308724}}</ref><ref name="Hollenbeck-Moss">{{cite book |last1=Hollenbeck |first1=Jan L. |last2=Moss |first2=Madonna |year=1987 |title=A Cultural Resource Overview: Prehistory, Ethnography and History: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest |publisher=[[United States Forest Service]] |pages=152–154 |oclc=892024380 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005998596 |via=[[HathiTrust]] |access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> Another winter longhouse was located across the [[Skagit River]], at the mouth of Day Creek ({{Langx|lut|sk̓ʷəb}}).<ref name=":0"/>

Lyman's first postmaster, B.L. Lyman, named the town for himself.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=169|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=153}}</ref>  Lyman was officially incorporated on May 8, 1909. Floodwaters in the channel, eroded a hundred feet of property during November 2017.<ref>Q13 News Staff. (November 26, 2017).  "Skagit River swallows more than 100-feet of property". [http://q13fox.com/2017/11/26/skagit-river-swallows-more-than-100-feet-of-property/ Q13 Fox website] Retrieved November 30, 2017.</ref>