 At about the same time, surveyor Charles Newton Byles also bought a farm from Walter King on the present day site of Montesano on April 9, 1870 and later platted three blocks on the west side of Main Street.The town of Montesano was born even though it was not incorporated until November 26, 1883 by the Washington Territorial Legislature.Prior to that time, the name "Montesano" was used to refer to the homestead of Isaiah Lancaster Scammon and his wife Lorinda.