Josiah Merritt (1803–1882), sometimes known as "Uncle Si", was an early pioneer of the Pacific Northwest.
[citation needed] Merritt built a cabin at the base of the Mt.
According to local historians, he was a rugged man who sometimes hauled bacon to the large settlements.
[2] "He had a native American wife but when his legitimate spouse, 'Aunt Sally' as the settlers called her, arrived from the east, the native woman had to go back to her people".
[4] Merritt died in February 1882 and was buried in the Old Fall City Cemetery in Fall City, King County, Washington.