Washington Facts

Since we are having our Crawfish Boil in Washington state, I thought you would enjoy some fun facts about Washington too.....

• The state of Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.
• Seattle is home to the first revolving restaurant, 1961.
• Washington state produces more apples than any other state in the union.
• The highest point in Washington is Mount Rainier. It was named after Peter Rainier, a British soldier who fought against the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
• The oldest operating gas station in the United States is in Zillah.
• Washington's state insect is the Green Darner Dragonfly.
• The world's first soft-serve ice cream machine was located in an Olympia Dairy Queen.
• During the Great Depression, a series of hydroelectric dams were constructed along the Columbia river as part of a project to increase the production of electricity. This culminated in 1941 with the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest dam in the United States
• Popular games Pictionary, Pickle-ball, and Cranium were all invented in Washington.
• Seattle was the first city in the US to play a Beatles song on the radio.
• Seattle was the first American city to put police on bicycles.