Text on Washington, The
Evergreen State Coffee Mug:
Washington, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the
United States. It is bordered on the north by the Canadian
province of British Columbia, on the south by Oregon, on the
east by Idaho, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Washington
is the only state named for a U.S. President. It was admitted to
the Union as the 42nd state on November 11, 1889. The Columbia
River is the greatest source of hydroelectric waterpower in the
United States: great dams like Grand Coulee, Chief Joseph, and
The Dalles harness the power of this mighty river. The
Columbia’s water provides electric power for industry, and
irrigation for agriculture, especially in the drier region east
of the Cascade Range, where semiarid desert land has been
transformed into highly productive ranchland and farms.
Washington is known as the Evergreen State, for its extensive
forests of evergreen trees. - Agriculture: Seafood, dairy
products, apples, cattle, wheat, potatoes, nursery stock. -
Industry: Aerospace, software development, food processing,
paper products, lumber and wood products, chemical products,
tourism.
