Editing Shoreline, Washington (section)

==History==

===Coast Salish===

The modern-day Shoreline area is within the historic territory of local [[Coast Salish peoples]], now considered subgroups of the [[Duwamish people|Duwamish]]. A trail stretched from [[Salmon Bay]] (šilšul), where [[Shilshole people|Shilshole]] (šilšulabš) villages were, to [[Green Lake (Seattle)|Green Lake]], and then traveled north through bogs that housed [[Licton Springs, Seattle|Licton Springs]] and the headwaters of the south fork of [[Thornton Creek]], and continued up to [[Haller Lake, Seattle|Haller Lake]].<ref name="Buerge">{{cite web |last=Buerge |first=David |date=1996 |title=The Maps of the Early Shoreline Area |url=https://shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Maps-of-the-Early-Shoreline-Area.pdf |publisher=Shoreline Historical Museum |access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> From there it wound through the peat bogs where Twin Ponds and Ronald Bog Parks are now. Large quantities of [[cranberries]] were once gathered at these bogs, as well as [[salmonberry|salmonberries]] and [[skunk cabbage]] along the banks of Thornton Creek. The x̌ax̌čuʔabš from [[Lake Union]] (x̌ax̌čuʔ) traveled to this area to gather cranberries.<ref name="Copass">{{cite web |last1=Copass |first1=Cloantha |date=September 30, 1996 |title=Overview of Shoreline History |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/services/home-property/historic-preservation/documents/general/OverviewofShorelineHistory.ashx?la=en |access-date=January 3, 2025 |publisher=King County Historic Preservation Program.}}</ref>

From there the trail continued north to [[Echo Lake (Shoreline, Washington)|Echo Lake]]. There was a large burned area from Echo Lake, through the Richmond Highlands, and south to [[Bitter Lake (Seattle)|Bitter Lake]], likely a clearing intentionally burned to maintain the harvest of roots like [[bracken fern]] and [[Camassia quamash|camas]], berries, and hunting grounds. The trail forked at Echo Lake, one trail heading west to Richmond Beach and one trail continued north to [[Lake Ballinger]].<ref name="Buerge" /> The šilšulabš had seasonal camps at Richmond Beach and Boeing Creek, which were notable sources of [[kinnikinnick]]<ref name="Copass" /> and is commemorated in a local park name, Kayu Kayu Ac.{{cn|date=January 2025}} At Lake Ballinger, the trail forked into three trails: northeast to Hall Lake and [[Scriber Lake Park|Scriber Lake]] and the surrounding marshes, southeast along [[McAleer Creek]] to the current [[Town Center at Lake Forest Park]], and northwest to a large marsh that is now downtown [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]].<ref name="Buerge" /> The people who lived in Lake Forest Park and other winter villages along [[Lake Washington]] (x̌ačuʔ) were called x̌ačuʔabš.<ref name="Copass" />

===Modern settlement===

Shoreline as is now known began in 1890 with the platting of the neighborhood of Richmond Beach, on [[Puget Sound]], in anticipation of the arrival of the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] the next year. Over the next two decades, Shoreline was connected to [[Seattle]] via the Seattle–[[Everett, Washington|Everett]] [[Interurban streetcar]] line (1906) and North Trunk Road (now Aurora Avenue N., [[Washington State Route 99|State Route 99]]) (1913), helping to increase its population.

The name "Shoreline" was applied to this stretch of unincorporated King County in 1944 when it was given to the school district, since the school district boundaries stretched from "Shore to Shore" ([[Puget Sound]] to [[Lake Washington]]) and "Line to Line" (the old Seattle city limit of 85th St to the [[Snohomish County]] Line).<ref>{{cite web |title=Shoreline History |url=https://www.shorelinewa.gov/our-city/about-shoreline/shoreline-history |publisher=City of Shoreline, Washington |access-date=February 15, 2024}}</ref> Though the modern borders of the city do not stretch to Lake Washington, the area has kept the "Shoreline" name. From 1950 to 1957, it was the fastest-growing area in the [[Seattle metropolitan area]], with a 64&nbsp;percent population increase.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 25, 1957 |title=Seattle, Suburbs Show 16.7% Gain In Population |page=37 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

After the incorporation of [[Lake Forest Park, Washington|Lake Forest Park]] in 1961, the remainder of the Shoreline School District remained an unincorporated portion of King County. The school district remained the main identifier for the area for several decades; a set of [[welcome sign]]s were installed in 1983 by the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce bearing the name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=July 6, 1983 |title=Identity: 'Undefinded' Shoreline area moves toward putting itself on map |page=G1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The City of Seattle began studying an annexation of the area in 1988, causing local residents to organize an incorporation measure to retain their separate school system.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Don |date=January 10, 1998 |title=Fine schools draw many to community |page=D1 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> A half-century after it had been named, on August 31, 1995, Shoreline was officially incorporated as a code city, and it adopted the [[Council–manager government|council–manager form]] of government. It was the fourth-largest city in King County and tenth-largest in the state at the time of its incorporation.<ref name="Times-Official1995">{{cite news |last=Angelos |first=Constantine |date=August 31, 1995 |title=Shoreline becomes official today |page=B4 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>