Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery entered Washington State in October 1805. They were expecting an easy float down the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, but they were mistaken.
Map of United States with Idaho Highlighted, from Wikipedia.
Washington is known as the Evergreen State.
The state motto is Alki, from the Chinook Wawa meaning Evenutally or By and by
It was the 42nd state to join the union on November 11, 1889.
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