Dryad, Washington

Dryad is a rural unincorporated town between Doty and Adna in Washington, USA. It is one of many lumber towns that were once on the Chehalis-South Bend branch of Northern Pacific Railway. The town was once two miles south of the present location, and was called Salal. It moved when Leudinghaus Brothers of Chehalis built a sawmill at the present site. Its name, supplied by Northern Pacific Railway officials around 1890,^[1] at the suggestion of W. C. Albee, who was superintendent of the South Bend branch—is mythological. It is for the wood nymph or dryad, who lived in oak trees. Albee figured that the dryad might get used to living in the local fir and cedar trees. Rainbow Falls State Park is near Dryad.

References

1. ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 115. ISBN 9780918664006. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ. 

Coordinates: 46°38′12″N 123°15′05″W / 46.63667°N 123.25139°W / 46.63667; -123.25139