A half hour's drive separates Seattle from the tiny bedroom community of Woodinville, Washington. The town takes its name from Susan and Ira Woodin, a couple that moved down from Seattle to build their own homestead on the banks of the Sammamish River. The area has been in constant use for over a thousand years, occupied by the Sammamish indigenous people until recently. After the Woodin family moved to their new home, a town slowly developed around them. Over the years, Woodinville has relied upon timber harvesting and agriculture, but now most of its residents commute to work in the Seattle area. Despite first being settled in 1871, Woodinville was only incorporated in 1993 in response to the looming threat of annexation by neighboring Bothell.