- Thurston County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Thurston County is located in Western Washington, on the southern end of Puget Sound, often called the “South Sound.” It is the eighth smallest county in the state, with a total land mass of 727 miles, but also the eighth most populous county, with a population of 207,355 counted in the 2000 United States Census.
- Scheat (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
SCHEAT (Beta Pegasi). Scheat (she-at), at the northwest corner of the famed Great Square of Pegasus, rises first to announce the coming appearance of the constellation of the “Winged Horse,” which in mythology Perseus rode to rescue Andromeda.