Every Lake
Washington
The Cascades split the state in half — rainforest on one side, sagebrush on the other.
Washington in relief
The land itself, cut in six steps of birch from the lowlands to the high ground — the cities starred, the summit and rise on the title block. No counties, no roads: just the shape of Washington.
About Washington
Washington's south border is the Columbia River, which then turns north through the middle of the state, and the Cascade Range runs down the center from the Canadian line, dividing a wet, green west from a dry east that lies in its rain shadow. Puget Sound reaches deep inland in a maze of glacial channels and islands; the Olympic Peninsula holds a temperate rainforest and its own range; and Mount Rainier stands at 14,411 feet over Seattle. East of the mountains the Columbia Basin and the rolling Palouse wheat hills take over. Thirty-nine counties.
Washington entered on November 11, 1889 as the 42nd state. Olympia, at the southern tip of Puget Sound and the head of navigation, had been the territorial capital since 1853 and kept the job. The board reads well because of that contrast: the San Juan Islands and the ferry routes at the top, North Cascades and Mount St. Helens' broken crater in the middle, and I-5 running the populated west while I-90 crosses Snoqualmie Pass to Spokane.
- Six layers of birch — the land in elevation steps
- The summit and total rise on the title block
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A double rule engraved around the edge
- Every county line and the state border
- The interstates with their shields — 7 on this board
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A mile ruler engraved around the frame
