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Pacific Coast
Washington Oregon
California
Alaska Hawaii
Motto : Al-Ki (Native American word meaning by and by)
Nickname : Evergreen State, Chinook state
Origin of Name : In honor of George Washington Capital : Olympia Population : 5,894,121
Coast Rhododendron
Seattle
Pike Place Market - Seattle
First Starbuck's - Seattle
Mt. Rainier
Space Needle - Seattle
Coastal Rainforest
Motto : Alis volat Propriis ( She flies with her own wings)
Nickname : Beaver state
Origin of Name : Unknown. However, it is generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer
Capital Salem Population : 3,421,399
Oregon GrapeWillamette Valley
Beaver
Mt. Hood
The Dalles on the Columbia River
Portland
Whitewater Rafting
Motto : Eureka (I Have Found It)
Nicknames : The Golden state,
The Land of Fruits and Nuts
Poppy
Death Valley
Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco
Capital Sacramento
Population 33,871,648
Haight-AshburySan Francisco
Winchester Mystery Mansion – San Jose
California Redwoods
Lake Tahoe, CA
Origin of Name : From the name of a fictional earthly paradise in a book called Las Sergas de Esplanidian, written by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo around 1500
Motto : North to the Future
Nicknames : The Last Frontier,
The Land of the Midnight Sun
Origin of Name : From the Aleut word meaning
"great land," or "that which the sea breaks against"
Forget-me-not
Totem Poles
Kodiak Bear
Capital Juneau
Population 626,932
Mt. McKinley – The Highest point in US
Motto : Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)
Nickname : Aloha state
Origin of Name The islands may have been named by Hawaii Loa, their traditional discoverer. They may also have been named after Hawaii or Hawaiki, the traditional home of the Polynesians
Yellow Hibiscus
Capital Honolulu
Population 1,211,537
Hula DancersWaikiki Beach and Diamondhead - Honolulu
Waipio Valley – Waipio Valley – Big IslandBig Island
USS Arizona Memorial - Pearl Harbor
Iolani Palace(Completed in 1882, was the
residence of Queen Liliuokalaniuntil the monarchy was deposed in
1893)
King Kamehameha the Great, who united all the Hawai’ian Islands