WASHINGTON
- Origin of name: In honour of President George Washington
- Capital: Olympia
- Largest city: Seattle
- Population: 6,971,406 (2013). Ranked 13th in the US.
- Nicknames: The Evergreen state
- Highest point: Mount Rainier, 14,411 ft
- Admission to union: November 11th, 1889 (42nd)
- State motto: Bye and Bye
- State song: Washington, my home
- State tree: Western Hemlock
- State flower: Coast Rhododendron
- State bird: Willow goldfinch
- Area: 71,362 sq mi. Ranked 18th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Seattle is home to the first revolving restaurant, 1961.
2) Washington is the birthplace of both Jimi Hendrix (Seattle) and Bing Crosby (Tacoma).
3) Medina is the home of the United States wealthiest man, Microsoft's Bill Gates.
4) Starbucks, the biggest coffee chain in the world was founded in Seattle.
5) In 1980, the northeast face of Mount St. Helens exploded outward, destroying a large part of the top of the volcano.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan hereand he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.