Wildlife in Washington
This wild Washington ungulate is seemingly named for its long ears and not its white tail.
Mule Deer
This author spent most of her career writing about a "Boy Who Lived" and his two best friends, Ron and Hermione
JK Rowling
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King Jr
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to achieve this "giant leap for mankind."
The Apollo Moon Landing
This active stratovolcano in Washington famously erupted on May 18, 1980, significantly altering the surrounding landscape.
Mt. St. Helens
Though there have been no sightings of this bruin in the North Cascades since 1996, a small population still lives in the Selkirk Mountains.
Grizzly Bears
He is the "King of Horror" behind terrifying tales like It, The Shining, and Carrie.
Stephen King
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Abraham Lincoln
In 1912, this "unsinkable" British passenger liner struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage.
The sinking of the Titanic
Located in Oregon, this is the deepest lake in the United States and is famous for its intense blue color and "Old Man of the Lake" log.
Crater Lake
Lynx
A master of the dystopian novel, she wrote the trilogy featuring Katniss Everdeen and the deadly Hunger Games.
Suzanne Collins
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
JFK
This 1989 event symbolized the end of the Cold War as citizens used sledgehammers to tear down a concrete barrier in Germany.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
This massive river, which forms much of the border between Washington and Oregon, is the largest river by volume in the PNW.
The Columbia River
Washington is home of 3 subspecies of this game bird: the Merriam, the Rio, and the Eastern.
Turkeys
This 19th-century author is famous for her "novels of manners," including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
Jane Austen
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
Winston Churchill
Triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
WWI
This complex system of waterways, inlets, and basins in Western Washington includes the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia.
Puget Sound
These ungulates - who had lived in the Selkirk Mountains - have all been extirpated to Canada after decades of declining numbers.
Woodland Caribou
Often called the "Father of Science Fiction," he wrote The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.
HG Wells
"The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The sinking of this ship is often pointed as the cause of the United States entering into WWI.
The Lusitania
The "Going to the Sun Road" drives through this National Park.
Glacier