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My First Pocket Guide to Washington by Carole Marsh

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The Northern Rocky Mountains are an extension of the Rocky Mountains and are found in Washington’s northeastern corner. The tallest peaks in the Northern Rockies are Snow Peak and Copper Butte. • The Willapa Hills are found in south Washington and are less than 3,000 feet (900 meters) in elevation. • The Blue Mountains are located in the extreme southeastern area of the Columbia Plateau. The highest peak in the Blue Mountains is Rock Creek Butte. Climb every mountain… 30 Rivers Down The River • • • • • • • • • Here are some of Washington’s major rivers: • Puyallup Cedar • Sanpoil Chehalis • Skagit Columbia Rivers • Snake Cowlitz • Spokane Grays • Stillaguamish Lewis • Willapa Nisqually • Yakima Okanogan Pend Oreille Washington has some great rivers for white-water rafting and kayaking.

Shorty may have been a stagehand. No one is bothered by his presence. He doesn’t like rock and roll music. Whenever a loud band is playing, lights go on and off and the sound system goes out. Backstage, there is a door located 12 feet off the floor. No stairs lead to it, and no one knows if there is a room behind the door. It’s called Shorty’s room, and the door is kept closed. Sometimes, the door is found swinging open! Ghosts O U B ELIEVE IN G H O S T S? 57 Sports Stuff EARL ANTHONY—bowler DEBBIE ARMSTRONG—Olympic skier EARL AVERILL—professional baseball player, named to Hall of Fame in 1975 JOANNE GUNDERSON CARNER— professional golfer GRETCHEN FRASER—Olympic skier KEN GRIFFEY, SR.

Scottish fur trader JOHN MCLOUGHLIN founded the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post at Fort Vancouver. He helped settlers and encouraged people to save and plant the seeds leftover from their meals. MARCUS WHITMAN and his wife, NARCISSA, established several Indian missions in Washington Territory. He was killed by the Cayuse Indians who blamed the settlers for a measles epidemic. Swedish immigrant NICHALAS DE LIN built the first water-driven sawmill in Tacoma in 1852. Founding Mothers State Founders NARCISSA PRENTISS WHITMAN was one of the first two white women to complete the journey to the Pacific Northwest.

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