Throughout 2023 the Sunday Olympian’s Looking Back theme was origins of area place names. Martin Way was named for Washington State Governor Clarence Martin, pictured here. He served from 1933 to 1941. Governor Martin was on hand when the road was dedicated in 1937; it became an important component of the Washington State segment of the Pacific Coast Highway, at that time the longest continuous stretch of pavement in the world.
Washington State Archives, Portraits of State Governors, image AR-00209047-ph000025
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2023