SYMBOLS AND FACTS
Orca
Olympic marmot
In 1891 lots of Women in Washington wanted to have an election for the state flower so it spread so in 1892 they did in was the Clover or the Rhododendron macrophyllum the rhododendron macrophyllum emerged the winner the Washington State Government waited until 1959 for it to be the state flower.
Apple
Steel Head Trout
Western Hemlock
In 1946, an Oregon newspaper made fun of Washington for not having a state tree. They Picked out the Western Hemlock for Washington. Lots of people wanted a different tree because they used it for the tree industry. But the Goverment wanted to adopt the western hemlock. The hemlock, The Goverment wrote it in in 1947.
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