Fun Facts About Washington

Washington’s highest point is Mount Rainier. It was named after Peter Rainier, a British soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War against the Americans. Here are some Fun Facts About Washington State.

It is illegal to display a hypnotized person in a store window in Everett. The state of Washington is the only state named after a United States president.

In 1961, Seattle built the first revolving restaurant.

Painting polka dots on the American flag is illegal.

Washington is home to three National Parks, 1,462 National Register of Historic Places, 17 National Natural Landmarks, 24 National Historic Landmarks, and 186 State Parks.

More apples are produced by Washington state than any other state in the union.

On the afternoon of July 4, 1947, Frank Ryman, an off-duty U.S. Coast Guard Yeoman, snapped the first photograph of an alleged flying saucer from the yard of his home in Lake City, north of Seattle.

Mount Rainier has more glacial ice than any other peak in the lower 48 states.

It is against the law to ride an ugly horse in Wilbur.

Medina is the birthplace of the wealthiest man in the United States, Microsoft’s Bill Gates.

The Northwestern most point in the contiguous U.S. is Cape Flattery on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.

Microsoft Corporation is located In Redmond.

In 1974, Spokane was the smallest city in size to host a world fair.

It is against the law to walk around in public if you have a cold.

Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, was founded in Seattle.

In Washington, pretending that one’s parents are rich is illegal.

Washington is the birthplace of Jimi Hendrix in Seattle and Bing Crosby in Tacoma.

Destroying the beer cask or bottle of someone else is illegal.

The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge at Evergreen Point is the longest floating bridge in the world. The bridge connects Seattle and Medina across Lake Washington.

The first city in the world to pump Foreground Music into stores and offices was Seattle.

X-rays can not be used for shoe fittings.

The world’s first gas station opened In 1907 at Western Avenue and Holgate Street in Seattle.

Seattle was the first American city to put police on bicycles.

In Seattle, carrying a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length is against the law.

The nation’s first general strike was in Seattle in 1919, lasting five days, 6-11 February, as 60,000 shipyard workers quit their jobs.

Northgate Center, built-in 1950, became the world’s first in the United States to be described as a mall, and the first mall to have public restrooms.

During the day motor vehicles must be preceded by a man carrying a red flag. At night, the man should carry a red lantern instead.

Seattle has the country’s highest percentage rate of residents with a college degree.

The Washington State Ferry System is the United States’ largest ferry system and the number one tourist attraction in the state.

The Coleman Dock/Washington State Ferry Terminal – Pier 52 is the busiest ferry landing in the US.

Grand Coulee Dam, on the Columbia River west of Spokane, Washington is one of the largest structures ever built by mankind, a mass of concrete standing 550 feet high and 5,223 feet long, or just short of a mile. Grand Coulee contains 12 million cubic yards of concrete, or enough to build a highway from Seattle to Miami.