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| At the Longmire Museum in Mount Rainier National Park with my 50 States 50 Days travel partner Haley. The section of Douglas-Fir tree was cut down in 1963, it started to grow in 1293. The various markers show how big the tree was at various important dates in history. |
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| Website : access.wa.gov |
 Capital
: Olympia |
 Highest
point : Mount
Rainier, 14, 410 feet |
 Area : 71,303 square miles,
18th largest state. |
 Population : 5,894,121
(2000 Census) |
 Motto
: Alki
(By and By) |
 Admitted to
Union : November
11, 1889 |
 State
Song : "Washington, My Home" |
 State Bird : Yellow Goldfinch |
 State Flower : Coast Rhododendron |
 State Tree : Western Hemlock |
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