Pacific Coast

Washington Oregon

California

Alaska Hawaii

Motto : Al-Ki (Native American word meaning by and by)

Nickname : Evergreen State, Chinook state

Origin of Name : In honor of George Washington Capital : Olympia Population : 5,894,121

Coast Rhododendron

Seattle

Pike Place Market - Seattle

First Starbuck's - Seattle

Mt. Rainier

Space Needle - Seattle

Coastal Rainforest

Motto : Alis volat Propriis ( She flies with her own wings)

Nickname : Beaver state

Origin of Name : Unknown. However, it is generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer

Capital Salem Population : 3,421,399

Oregon GrapeWillamette Valley

Beaver

Mt. Hood

The Dalles on the Columbia River

Portland

Whitewater Rafting

Motto : Eureka (I Have Found It)

Nicknames : The Golden state,

The Land of Fruits and Nuts

Poppy

Death Valley

Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco

Capital Sacramento

Population 33,871,648

Haight-AshburySan Francisco

Winchester Mystery Mansion – San Jose

California Redwoods

Lake Tahoe, CA

Origin of Name : From the name of a fictional earthly paradise in a book called Las Sergas de Esplanidian, written by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo around 1500

Motto : North to the Future

Nicknames : The Last Frontier,

The Land of the Midnight Sun

Origin of Name : From the Aleut word meaning

"great land," or "that which the sea breaks against"

Forget-me-not

Totem Poles

Kodiak Bear

Capital Juneau

Population 626,932

Mt. McKinley – The Highest point in US

Motto : Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)

Nickname : Aloha state

Origin of Name The islands may have been named by Hawaii Loa, their traditional discoverer. They may also have been named after Hawaii or Hawaiki, the traditional home of the Polynesians

Yellow Hibiscus

Capital Honolulu

Population 1,211,537

Hula DancersWaikiki Beach and Diamondhead - Honolulu

Waipio Valley – Waipio Valley – Big IslandBig Island

USS Arizona Memorial - Pearl Harbor

Iolani Palace(Completed in 1882, was the

residence of Queen Liliuokalaniuntil the monarchy was deposed in

1893)

King Kamehameha the Great, who united all the Hawai’ian Islands