- Frog Holler Forest (PDF) (aqua.kingcounty.gov)
Known for the chorus of tree frogs in the area, Frog Holler is a local Vashon Island neighborhood along Wax Orchard Road just north of Camp Sealth. The largest portion of Frog Holler Forest is one-half mile south of Bates Road on the east side of Wax Orchard Road. The previous owners had enrolled the forest in the American Tree Farm system and allowed local neighbors to use the network of trails on site. The site has a 5-acre pasture that had been grazed by sheep, goats and horses over the years. A 39 acre parcel west of the road was added to the site in 2020. Frog Holler Forest is the largest public forest on the south end of Vashon Island.
- Publilius Syrus (Wikipedia)
Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC), was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius, astronomer - not the famous Manilius of the 1st century AD (see Pliny, NH X, 4-5), and Staberius Eros the grammarian. By his wit and talent, Syrus won the favour of his master, who granted him manumission and educated him. He became a member of the Publilia gens. Publilius’ name, due to the palatalization of ’l’ between two ‘i’s in the Early Middle Ages, is often presented by manuscripts (and some printed editions) in corrupt form as ‘Publius’, Publius being a very common Roman praenomen.