Editing Tukwila, Washington (section)

==History==
The earliest people in Tukwila were the [[Duwamish people|Duwamish]], who made their homes along the [[Black River (Duwamish River tributary)|Black]] and [[Duwamish River|Duwamish]] rivers. The name "Tukwila" is the [[Chinook Jargon]] word for "nut" or "[[hazelnut]]",<ref name="Bright2004">{{cite book |last=Bright |first=William |author-link=William Bright |title=Native American Placenames of the United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA518 |access-date=April 11, 2011 |year=2004 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4 |page=518}}</ref> referring to the hazelnut trees that grew in the area. The Duwamish lived in [[Thuja plicata|cedar]] [[longhouse]]s, hunted and fished, picked wild berries, and used the river for trade with neighboring peoples.

In 1853, the first white settler was Joseph Foster, a [[Canadians|Canadian]] pioneer who had traveled to the [[Pacific Northwest]] from [[Wisconsin]]. Foster would become known as the "Father of Tukwila" and represented King County in the [[Washington State Legislature#History|Washington Territorial Assembly]] for 22 years. Today, the site of Foster's home on the banks of the Duwamish River is part of [[Fort Dent]] Park, which also served as a military base during the [[Puget Sound War|Indian Wars]] of the 1850s. Foster's name is memorialized in the Foster neighborhood of Tukwila, where [[Foster High School (Tukwila, Washington)|Foster High School]] is located.

In the early years, the small village grew into an agricultural center and remained a trading point in the upper Duwamish River Valley. Population began to grow and industry followed, largely farm-oriented commerce. Early [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] traveled along Interurban Avenue in Tukwila, connecting to [[Renton, Washington|Renton]] and a line to [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]]. The Interurban Railroad operated a commuter line from 1902 to 1928, making it possible to travel from Seattle to Tacoma in less than an hour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crowley |first=Walt |author-link=Walt Crowley |date=September 19, 2000 |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2667 |title=Interurban Rail Transit in King County and the Puget Sound Region |website=HistoryLink |access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> A post office was established in 1904 at Riverton, uphill from the interurban line and directly west of Foster.<ref>{{cite news |title=City News in Brief - Riverton a Post Office |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=February 18, 1904 |page=14 |quote=The government has established a postoffice at Riverton, below Foster, King County, on the line of the interurban railroad. S.D. Goff is Postmaster.}}</ref> Centered around Marginal Way and South 130th Street, it is Tukwila's most historically intact neighborhood. The original Tukwila was also settled in 1904, further south along the interurban line where a station was established. The first [[macadam]] paved road in Washington state was in Tukwila and bears the name of this new method of street paving. One of the earliest paved military roads in the state passes through the city.

With the main goal of establishing better fire protection and water service, better access to schools and safer roads, Tukwila was incorporated as a fourth-class city on June 14, 1908, with a population of around 450.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tukwila Takes Title of City |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=June 15, 1908 |page=8}}</ref> The original city limits consisted of a single square mile centered around the local interurban depot; Riverton and Foster would be annexed later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tukwila to name Its Town Council |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=May 11, 1908 |page=8}}</ref> The city's first [[List of mayors of Tukwila, Washington|mayor]] was Joel Shomaker, a newspaperman who gave Tukwila its name soon after his arrival in 1904.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones-Brown |first=Louise |date=August 16, 2012 |title=Joel Shomaker gave Tukwila start in 1908 |url=http://www.tukwilareporter.com/news/joel-shomaker-gave-tukwila-start-in-1908/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202102752/http://www.tukwilareporter.com/news/joel-shomaker-gave-tukwila-start-in-1908/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |website=Tukwila Reporter}}</ref> Among the city's first council members was Del Adelphia, a famous magician.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1909-08-13/ed-1/seq-7/ |title=Holt County Sentinel |date=August 13, 1909 |via=chroniclingamerica.loc.gov}}</ref>