In my father's father's time, a common reference was to "the 47 states and the soviet of Washington." He was preparing to go hiking and camping one time, and remarked that his knapsack was "packed tighter than FDR's court." Too bad he didn't live long enough for me to know him.
Lots of Scandinavians and Germans settled in western Washington (timber and lumberjacking). Those where the days when most important politicians had "-son" at the end of their names, and life was orderly and clean.
Same with wsshington
In my father's father's time, a common reference was to "the 47 states and the soviet of Washington." He was preparing to go hiking and camping one time, and remarked that his knapsack was "packed tighter than FDR's court." Too bad he didn't live long enough for me to know him.
Lots of Scandinavians and Germans settled in western Washington (timber and lumberjacking). Those where the days when most important politicians had "-son" at the end of their names, and life was orderly and clean.