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WASHINGTON
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(“by and by”)

CAPITAL: Olympia
POPULATION: 6,287,759 (2005)
LAND AREA: 66,544 Sq Mi (172,349 Sq Km)
NICK NAME : Evergreen State
LARGEST CITIES : Seattle - 573,911 (2005)
Spokane - 196,818 (2005)
Tacoma - 195,898 (2005)
Vancouver - 157,493 (2005)
Bellevue - 117,137 (2005)

WEBSITE: http://access.wa.gov

INTRODUCTION

In 1853 the Washington Territory was formed from part of the Oregon Territory. Washington was the 42nd state to join the Union in 1889. It is named in honour of George Washington. Its coastal location and Puget Sound harbours give it a leading role in trade with Alaska, Canada, and the Pacific Rim.

THE LOGO COMPANY’S TOP 5 FACTS ABOUT WASHINGTON

MICROSOFT

The Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation. Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. The Headquarters are in Redmond, Washington. Its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. The founder of Microsoft Corporation was Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft. He is said to be America’s wealthiest man.

STARBUCKS

Starbucks Corporation is a coffeehouse chain based in the United States. The first Starbucks was opened in Seattle, Washington, in 1971. It was founded by three partners. An English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegel, and writer Gordon Bowker. Starbucks is named after a character in the novel Moby-Dick. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world.

MOUNT ST HELENS

Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in Skamania County, Washington. It is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Mount St. Helens is most famous for its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980. It was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles of railways and 185 miles of highway were destroyed. The eruption caused a massive debris avalanche, reducing the elevation of the mountain's summit from 9,677 ft (2,950 m) to 8,365 ft (2,550 m), and replacing it with a mile-wide (1.5 km-wide) horseshoe-shaped crater.

SPACE NEEDLE

Seattle, Washington is home to the first revolving restaurant in 1961 in the Space Needle. The 'Top of the Needle' restaurant is at the 500 foot mark of the 600 foot high Space Needle. The restaurant completes one revolution every hour. Located in Seattle Center it was built for the 1962 World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons.

AMAZON.COM

Amazon.com is an American e-commerce company. The headquarters is in the PacMed Building Beacons Hill, Seattle, Washington. It was one of the first major companies to sell goods over the Internet. Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and launched in 1995. Amazon.com began as an online bookstore though it soon diversified its product lines adding DVD’s, music, CD’s, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys and much more.

REFERENCES:

State Flag – Fact Monster
State Outline – Wikipedia
State Flower – NetState
State Bird – NetState
Microsoft Logo – Wikipedia
Starbucks Logo – Wikipedia
Mount St Helens – Wikipedia
The Space Needle and the view from the Restaurant – Wikipedia
Amazon.com logo – Wikipedia

General Facts from General Facts from Fact Monster, Wikipedia and US Census Bureau