As the face of Mount Rainier constantly changes depending on weather, season and time of day, so does the mountain's interior. Its inner rumblings remind us that it is a mountain whose story is still being told.  As the face of Mount Rainier constantly changes depending on weather, season and ...

5000 B.C. to A.D. 1800s – American Indian tribes live in the foothills of the mountain they call "Takhoma." 1792 – British explorer Captain George Vancouver names the mountain Mount Rainier for his friend Rear Admiral Peter Rainier.  1833 – Dr. William Tolmie, a Scottish physician at nearby Fort Nisqually, is ...