it was founded by Robert La Salle
Washington was not a state until 1889.
There are 39 counties in Washington state.
•It got its name from George Washington.They named it after George Washington The 1st president of the U.S.
the evergreen state.
No, Christopher Columbus is not a Washington state explorer.
Which explorers visited your state and where did they come from from Georiga?
Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo visited California in the 16th century, arriving from Mexico. Russian explorer Aleksandr Baranov explored Alaska, which was part of Russia at the time, in the 18th century. French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse also visited in the late 18th century as part of a scientific expedition.
from a European explorer , named Amerigo
it was founded by Robert La Salle
he was fat
Rio Grande.. Juan was the explorer who first visited the US river which is the largest within its state creating a natural boundary with Mexico. This river is the Rio Grande.
Bruno De Heceta, a Spanish captain, was the first european to discover the state of Washington.
The State of Washington was admitted to the Union in 1889 and was the 42nd state admitted. It was created from the western portion of the Washington Territory, which was established in 1846 after the Oregon Boundary Dispute with Britain was settled.The region that is now Washington State was being visited and lived in by people of European descent as early as 1775.Washington State, the University, was established by the state legislature on 28 March 1890. It opened on 13 January 1892. It took the name Washington State university in 1959, having first been called Washington Agricultural College and School of Scienceand then, beginning in 1905, the State College of Washington.Thanks for the fine answer to this question.Posted by Administrator Levi WasmundtWikiAnswers Admin
Alaska became a US state 83 years after the first Russian explorer visited Alaska. Alaska was sold to the US in 1867.
no actually they named it after a british explorer that had the last name Washington but it wasnt George Washington the named Washington dc after George Washington * **The origin of Washington State name is indeed that is was named after our first president :George Washington. He is on the flag of our state and if one did a small amount of research you would see that this is true.
It was Florida. NOT Louisiana