Washington The Evergreen State

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Washington The Evergreen State

• Sandy Ozuna
• CPSC 304
• Heritage College

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HISTORY

• 1775 First Europeans landed on Washington soil.
• 1805 Lewis Clark reached Washington and the
  Pacific Ocean.
• 1846 a treaty between it US Britain established
  Washingtons boundaries at the 49th parallel.
• Congress created the Washington Territory.
• Washington became a state on November 11, 1889.
• 1962 Century 21, a worlds fair, was held in
  Seattle.
• 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupted, causing 57 deaths an
  a lot of damage.

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About the State

• The state was named after our first president
• Olympia is the capital of Washington
• The State bird is the Willow Goldfinch
• The State flower is the Coast Rhododendron
• The State Tree is the Western Hemlock
• The State Moto is Alki (An indian word for bye
  and bye)
• The State Song is Washington My Home

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CITIES

• Washingtons cities are the most beautiful.
• The largest city in the state of Washington is
  Seattle.
• Home of the Worlds Fair
• Space Needle
• Seattle Center
• Puget Sound and many other wonderful events.

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Largest Cities in Washington

• Seattle
• Spokane
• Tacoma
• Bellevue
• Everett
• Federal Way

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People

• 1990 Census
• 4, 887, 941
• Distribution
• 76 Urban
• 24 rural

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Land Regions

• Olympic Mountains
• Coast Range
• Pudget Sound Lowlands
• Cascase Mountains Mt. Rainer ( largest mountain
  in Washington), Mt. Adams, Mt Baker, Glacier Peak
• Columbia Plateau
• Rocky Mountains

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Farming

• Farmlands cover 1/3 of Washington and there are
  about 36,000 farms.
• They do dry farming and irrigation farming.

• Agriculture timber, beef cattle, milk, apples,
  wheat.
• Washington leads the states in apple production.

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Most Valuable

• Timber is the most valuable agriculture, leading
  the state in harvesting timber
• Wheat is the most valuable field crop
• Also leading the nation in hops
• Ranks 2nd in potato production.
• Chief production in iris, tulips, and daffodils
  bulbs

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Natural Resources

• Water shopping, commercial fishing, pleasure
  boating, industry, electrical power, irrigation
  and home use.
• Forest 15 million acres
• Soils are the best for agriculture. Silts and
  sands of river valleys
• Minerals coal deposit (Pacific Coast),
  magnesite deposit (Chewelah), gold deposit
  (Okanagon Mountains), lead and zinc (N.E.
  Washington)

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Places to visit

• Grand Coulee Dam (largest dam)
• Lewis Clark Interpretive Center
• Maryhill Museum
• Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
• Point Defiance Park
• National Parks and Forests
• National Historic Sites Whitman Mission
• Fort Vancouver
  National Historical Site
• Ebeys Landing
  National Historical Reserve

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More Interesting Information

• Washington lies on the Pacific Coast and is a
  gateway for land, sea, and air travel.
• The Olympic Penninsula in the west is the rainest
  place in the world.
• Flat desert land lies east of the Cascase
  Mountains and streatches for long distances
  without a single tree.
• Washington is most famous for its seafood
  especially chinook and sockeye salmon

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CONCLUSION