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Tacoma
Tacoma , city (1990 pop. 176,664), seat of Pierce co., W Wash., on Commencement Bay and Puget Sound at the mouth of the Puyallup River; inc. 1884. It is a major seaport and railroad terminus and one of the chief industrial cities in the Northwest. Once known as the lumber capital of America, it is... Read more |
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Rainier
Rainier, Washington/USA A mountain named by Captain George Vancouver† who surveyed this part of the west coast of North America in 1792, after Rear Admiral Peter Rainier (1742–1808). Rainier, later a vice admiral and Vancouver's mentor in the British Royal Navy, never saw the... Read more |
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Washington Conference
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Cascade Natural Gas Corp
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation 222 Fairview Avenue NorthSeattle, Washington 98109-5312U.S.A.(206) 624-3900Fax: (206) 624-7215 Public Company Incorporated: 1953Employees: 466Sales: $152.46 millionStock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 4924 Natural Gas Distribution Cascade Natural Gas Corporation is a gas... Read more |
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Charles Willson Peale
Charles Willson Peale , 1741-1827, American portrait painter, naturalist, and inventor, b. Queen Annes County, Md. Early Life Apprenticed to a saddler in Annapolis, he became at 20 his own master and taught himself various other trades—watchmaking, silversmithing, upholstery, and sign... Read more |
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Washington Island
Washington Island see Teraina .... Read more |
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Harold Washington
Harold Washington 1922–... Read more |
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University of Washington
University of Washington at Seattle; state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1861 as the Territorial Univ. of Washington, renamed 1889. There are noted schools of medicine and engineering, and the university operates laboratories for the marine sciences. Also of note is the Washington... Read more |
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Grover Jr. Washington
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Puget Sound
Puget Sound , arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c.100 mi (160 km) S to Olympia. The sound, which receives many streams from the Cascade Range, has numerous islands and is navigable for... Read more |
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Washington Centennial poster to be designed by Washington artist. (Alfredo...
...The 1989 Washington Centennial...designed by Washington artist Alfredo Arreguin. Over 230...respected Washington artist whose...galleries, museums and corporations...Southwest Museum, Los Angeles...87," ... |