Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington (the first U.S. president). Washington borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and shares an international border with the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. Olympia is the state capital, and the most populous city is Seattle.
Washington is the 18th-largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,830 km2), and the 13th-most populous state, with a population of just less than 8 million. The majority of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry on Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep temperate rainforests in the west; mountain ranges in the west, center, northeast, and far southeast, and a semi-arid basin region in the east, center, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation at 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous U.S.
Washington is a leading lumber producer, the largest producer of apples, hops, pears, blueberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries in the U.S., and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock, livestock products, and commercial fishing—particularly of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish—are also significant contributors to the state's economy. Washington ranks second only to California in wine production. Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft, missiles, shipbuilding, and other transportation equipment, food processing, metals, and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. (Full article...)
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U.S. Route 97 Alternate (US 97 Alt., also abbreviated as US 97A) is an alternate route of US 97 within the state of Washington. It runs for 40 miles (64 km) from Wenatchee to Chelan, following the west bank of the Columbia River opposite from US 2 and US 97. The highway travels through sparsely populated areas along the river and passes near the Rocky Reach Dam and through the town of Entiat.
Wagon roads along the west side of the Columbia River were plotted in the 1880s by American settlers and added to the state highway system in 1897. The wagon road was designated as State Road 10 (later the Lake Chelan and Okanogan Highway) and was completely paved by the late 1930s. US 97 was created in 1926 and followed the highway, which was relocated in the 1950s due to the construction of the Rocky Reach Dam. A highway on the east side of the river was completed in the 1980s and designated as part of US 97 in 1987, leaving the west side to become an alternate route. (Full article...)
Gary Arlen Kildall (; May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the CP/M operating system among other operating systems and programming tools, and subsequently founded Digital Research, Inc. to market and sell his software products. He is considered a pioneer of the personal computer revolution.
In 1974 in Pacific Grove, California, Kildall demonstrated the first working prototype of CP/M, which would go on to become the dominant operating system on microcomputers. Together with his invention of the BIOS (Basic Input Output System), his operating system allowed a microprocessor-based computer to communicate with a disk storage. Kildall was among the earliest individuals to recognize microprocessors as fully capable computers. During the 1980s, Kildall also appeared on PBS as co-host of Computer Chronicles, a weekly informational program that covered the latest developments in personal computing. (Full article...)
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Image 2Washington population density map (from Washington (state)) Image 3The Oregon Territory (blue) with the Washington Territory (green) in 1853 (from History of Washington (state)) Image 4Watercolor of the United States Army building Robert's Redoubt under command of then 2nd Lt. Henry Martyn Robert (1837-1923), and then Captain George Pickett (1825-1875), on the off-shore San Juan Island in the San Juan Islands chain in the old federal Washington Territory (1853-1889), during the border dispute and skirmish of the so-called Pig War of 1859. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 5Race and Hispanic origin of Washington by county, showing race by color, and then breaking down non-Hispanic and Hispanic origin by color tone. The county population is shown by size and by the label. The same data on the map below shows non-Hispanic and Hispanic origin first and then breaks that down by race using color tone. (from Washington (state)) Image 7Fur trading at Fort Nez Percés in 1841 (from Washington (state)) Image 8Washington's state flag since 1967 (from History of Washington (state)) Image 91893 advert from the People's Shoe Store, a business looking to capitalize on the boom of populism throughout the state. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 10Dryland farming caused a large dust storm in arid parts of Eastern Washington on October 4, 2009. Courtesy: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response. (from Washington (state)) Image 11Washington population density map (from Washington (state)) Image 12Death of General Isaac Stevens, a lithograph by Alonzo Chappel (from History of Washington (state)) Image 13A photograph of John McGraw, who helped lead militias in defense of Chinese American citizens. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 14Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Washington (state)) Image 15Statehood ceremony in Olympia, November 1889. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 17Flag of Washington prior to the 1967 adoption of a new seal and standardization (from History of Washington (state)) Image 18Seattle in 1887 (from Washington (state)) Image 19The same race and origin data as above, but the Hispanic origin is grouped first, then by race. The first emphasizes the racial diversity of people of Hispanic origin, while the second grouping gives a clearer indication of the total Hispanic population. (from Washington (state)) Image 20Washington experiences extensive variation in rainfall. (from Washington (state)) Image 22Floating bridges on Lake Washington. These are among the largest of their kind in the world. (from Washington (state)) Image 24The former offices of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a major daily newspaper (from Washington (state)) Image 25The Washington State Ferries owns the largest ferry system in the United States. (from Washington (state)) Image 26Starbucks headquarters, Seattle (from Washington (state)) Image 27Race and Hispanic origin of Washington by county, showing race by color, and then breaking down non-Hispanic and Hispanic origin by color tone. The county population is shown by size and by the label. The same data on the map below shows non-Hispanic and Hispanic origin first and then breaks that down by race using color tone. (from Washington (state)) Image 29Starbucks headquarters, Seattle (from Washington (state)) Image 30Azwell, WA, a small community of pickers' cabins and apple orchards (from Washington (state)) Image 31Cannabis café in Bellingham. Since Initiative 502 in 2012, it is legal to sell or possess cannabis for recreational or medical use. (from Washington (state)) Image 32A farm and barren hills near Riverside, in north-central Washington (from Washington (state)) Image 33The Grand Coulee Dam was the largest dam in the world at the time of its construction (from History of Washington (state)) Image 34Microsoft Corporation headquarters in Redmond, an Eastside suburb of Seattle (from Washington (state)) Image 36The federal Oregon Territory (August 1848 to February 1859), carved out of the American southern portion of the former Oregon Country (1818-1846) with the Oregon Treaty of June 15, 1846, signed in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C., between the United States and Great Britain (old United Kingdom / British North America of the British Empire) as originally laid out and organized, in 1848 until 1853, with separation of old Washington Territory to the north and east, up to statehood of Oregon in 1859. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 37Fur trading at Fort Nez Percés in 1841 (from Washington (state)) Image 38Dryland farming caused a large dust storm in arid parts of Eastern Washington on October 4, 2009. Courtesy: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response. (from Washington (state)) Image 40Depiction of the First Charge at the Battle of Walla Walla 1855. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 42The same race and origin data as above, but the Hispanic origin is grouped first, then by race. The first emphasizes the racial diversity of people of Hispanic origin, while the second grouping gives a clearer indication of the total Hispanic population. (from Washington (state)) Image 44Floating bridges on Lake Washington. These are among the largest of their kind in the world. (from Washington (state)) Image 45Washington governor Isaac Stevens, pictured here in 1862, was joined by Oregon governor George Curry in calling for the dismissal of Gen. Wool. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 46Map of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806, northwest through the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase of 1803. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 50Lewis and Clark's expedition Corps of Discovery meet the Chinooks on the Lower Columbia River in October 1805, ( Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia, artwork painted by Charles Marion Russel (1864-1926), a century later after the event c. 1905) (from History of Washington (state)) Image 52Chief Leschi as he appeared in the 1850s (from History of Washington (state)) Image 53A farm and barren hills near Riverside, in north-central Washington (from Washington (state)) Image 55Washington experiences extensive variation in rainfall. (from Washington (state)) Image 56Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Washington (state)) Image 57Seattle in 1887 (from Washington (state)) Image 58Governor of British Columbia, Sir James Douglas, who pushed for the annexation of Washington Territory during the US Civil War. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 60Azwell, WA, a small community of pickers' cabins and apple orchards (from Washington (state)) Image 63Microsoft Corporation headquarters in Redmond, an Eastside suburb of Seattle (from Washington (state)) Image 64The former offices of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a major daily newspaper (from Washington (state)) Image 65Republican Governor Henry McBride, who successfully fought against the railroads and preserved many Populist policies. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 66The Washington State Ferries owns the largest ferry system in the United States. (from Washington (state)) Image 67Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress bombers under construction, circa 1942 (from Washington (state)) Image 68Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress bombers under construction, circa 1942 (from Washington (state)) Image 69A portrait from the late 18th century by an unknown artist, believed to depict Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798), a British naval explorer in 1792, who claimed the territory of modern-day Washington state in the Pacific Northwest region along the West Coast of North America for the United Kingdom / British Empire and named the inlet / bay of Puget Sound. (from History of Washington (state)) Image 70Cannabis café in Bellingham. Since Initiative 502 in 2012, it is legal to sell or possess cannabis for recreational or medical use. (from Washington (state)) Image 71Washington's national forests (from Washington (state)) Image 72Early eruption of Mt. St. Helens (from Washington (state)) Image 77Washington's national forests (from Washington (state)) Image 78Early eruption of Mt. St. Helens (from Washington (state))
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