3 Fun Facts About Washington and the population Washington is the only state to be named after a president. Washington has the 4 th highest peak for a moutain in the world. The peak is at 14,410 feet. The worlds richest man was born in Seattle,Washington. His name is Bill Gates. He is the owner of the biggest software company. (Microsoft) The Population of Washington is 6,971,406 people.

State Bird: is the Willow Goldfinch. State Flower: is Pink Rhododendron State flag: is Washington in the middle with a circle saying “The Seal of the state Washington 1889” State Tree: is the Western Hemlock The Motto for Washington is Al-ki meaning in English either “Bye and Bye” or “Hope for the Future” State Capital: Olympia State Nickname: Evergreen State State Fish: Steelhead Trout State Gem: Petrified Wood State Colors: Green and gold State Song “Washington, My Home.” words and music by Helen Davis State Dance: Square Dance. State Bird, and other state things.

Three Natural Resources in Washington. Tree’s are one of Washington’s natural resources. Farm Produce is also a natural resource. By, not wasting electricity with coal and other things they use Hydroelectric Power.

Governor of Washington Jay Inslee is Washington’s Governor Jay was born in Washington. He co-wrote a book called “Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean-Energy Economy.”

Three famous people from Washington

John Elway Did you know John Elway the past quarterback for the broncos that led them to 3 super bowl wins was born in Port Angeles, Washington. He could throw the ball really good. He retired in 2000, 1 year before I was born. I could have watched him play if I was born before, but I wasn’t so I didn’t get to see him play for the Broncos.

Macklemore Macklemore a famous rapper was born in Seattle, Washington. He was born in a big city. Macklemore, has big hits some “Can’t Hold Us” and “Thrift Shop” both in the album ‘The Heist’ they both have millions of copies sold, of the album and the songs.

Chuck Jones Chuck Jones was a director, Artist and Screenwriter. Did you know that he made the hit show that some people watch all the time Looney Toons, man that show still airs right now from when I was born which was about 13 Years well, 13 years really soon.

Washington’s State License Plate and Quarter

The Quarter Here in the picture. You can see that it has a Steelhead Trout which is the State Fish. Then in the background it has Mount. Rainer that has the 4 th tallest peak for a mountain in the world, of course Mt.Everest is first.. The quarter was made in 2007 like you see there at the bottom. Under Mt.Rainer it has the words “The Evergreen State”

Washington’s License Plate Washington’s License Plate has one thing the quarter has on it. Mount Rainer. This picture the newest brand Then over on the right there is the army custom license plates you can order or get.

Major Attractions to go to in Washington

Washington’s Capital  Washington’s Capitals is Olympia and it is a cool name and easy to remember. When traveling there it is cool to go to the Capital building and to so some other places.

Three Cool Places to go Visit if you ever go to Washington

Mt.Rainer Number 1| You should go visit Mount Rainer. It is the 4th tallest mountain in the world and it is cool to see things that are really high in the sky. It could be a cool experience for you and someone else and the people with you taking you there to see it. You could climb it if you wanted to if you know how to we don’t want anyone to get hurt.\

Mount St Helens Another place you could go visit is Mount St Helens. It is a inactive volcano, and last eruption it had was big and it ripped off pieces of the mountain. Now it has some cool stuff you can look at after a couple years after it happened

Seattle Space Needle YYou could also go to the Space Needle in Seattle. It could be a fun place to see all over Seattle. Seattle is a beautiful city. With all its skyscrapers, and other things. It isn't like Chicago or New York like those huge cities that have a lot of skyscrapers like skyscraper after skyscraper, which can get boring and might pollute the world and make this world unbreathable.