Famous as being the "Birthplace of Grunge," and the hometown of Nirvana members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic
Aberdeen is also the home port of the tall ship Lady Washington, a reproduction of a smaller vessel used by the explorer Captain Robert Gray, featured in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Notable People
Elton Bennett, artist
Violetta Blue, porn star
Trisha Brown, choreographer
Mark Bruener, football player
Jeff Burlingame, author
Robert Cantwell, novelist
Kurt Cobain, musician
Dale Crover, musician
Bryan Danielson, wrestler
Jack Elway, football coach
Lee Friedlander, photographer
Victor Grinich, founder of Silicon Valley
Robert Motherwell, painter
Peter Norton, software engineer
Krist Novoselic, musician
Douglas Osheroff, Nobel-winning physicist
Patrick Simmons, musician
Wesley Carl Uhlman, politician
Kurdt Vanderhoof, musician
Anacortes
Anacortes hosts many long-distance cyclists, as it is the western terminus of the Adventure Cycling Association's Northern Tier cross-country bicycle route, which ends in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Notable People
Craig Bartlett – animator, creator of syndicated cartoons Hey Arnold! and Dinosaur Train.
Bobo – Western Lowland Gorilla brought to Anacortes in 1952 by Bill Lowman. Featured in Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo.
Donald Hume – Olympic rower, gold medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Burl Ives – folk singer, author, and actor, perhaps best known for his role in the stop motion movie, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special).
Phil Elverum- Independent musician.
Rien Long – former NFL defensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans, 2002 Outland Trophy winner
Charley Schanz – former Major League Baseball pitcher
Bret Lunsford – founding member of 80/90's indie bands Beat Happening and D+. Author of "(Images of America) Anacortes"[8]
Karl Blau – indie rock and folk musician
William Cameron McCool – (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle pilot of Columbia mission STS-107. He was killed when the craft disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere
Arlington
On October 19, 1959 a Boeing 707-227 registration N7071 crashed on a Stillaguamish Riverbed northeast of town. It was the first of five Boeing 707s destined for delivery to Braniff International Airways. A Boeing test pilot and Braniff Captain were killed in an emergency landing after three of the aircraft's four engines were torn off during a training maneuver
In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine named Bainbridge Island the second-best place to live in the United States Sports programs are highly successful.
The island's high school lacrosse team is known for numerous state titles, the most recent coming on May 19, 2007 over rival Mercer Island.
The island's high school sailing team has been the reigning Northwest Interscholastic Sailing Association[5] district double handed team racing champions for the past five seasons and is ranked 12th in the nation.[6]
Notable People
Alex Peek - actor; hobbit from The Lord of the Rings
Laura Allen - actress
Bruce Barcott - author
Tori Black - adult film star, Penthouse Cover Model
Chad Channing - musician, former drummer with Nirvana (band)
Leeann Chin - founder of the Leeann Chin restaurant chain[9]
Mark Crispin - inventor
Jonathan Evison – author
Bill Frisell musician
David Guterson - author [10][11]
Mary Guterson – author
Meg Greenfield - editor, The Washington Post editorial page [13][14]
Kristin Hannah - author
Fumiko Hayashida - Japanese American, icon of those relocated in internment camps during WWII.
Jon Brower Minnoch - heaviest man recorded in history
Elizabeth Mitchell - actress, Juliet Burke in Lost.
Jack Olsen – author
Ben Shepherd - musician
Emily Silver- Olympic swimmer [20]
Ed Viesturs - mountain climber[21][22]
Susan Wiggs - author
Garin Wolf - television writer, playwright
Andrew Wood - musician
John Perkins - author
In Michael Crichton's Disclosure, Bainbridge Island is the home of protagonist Tom Sanders.
Black Diamond
Folk musician Brandi Carlile ( grew up a few miles east in Ravensdale).
The minor-league baseball star Edo Vanni was born at Black Diamond in 1918.
Blaine
Blaine is the shared home of the Peace Arch international monument.
The world's largest salmon cannery [3] was operated by the Alaska Packer's Association for decades in Blaine; the cannery site has been converted to a waterfront destination resort on Semiahmoo Spit
During the formative years of her career in the 1950s, Country singer Loretta Lynn was often a featured star at Bill's Tavern on Peace Portal Drive in Blaine. William Hafstrom owned the tavern; it no longer exists. Lynn was then living by the Loomis Trail Road, near Custer, Washington.
Episodes of the television show Homeland Security USA were shot in Blaine.
Bonney Lake
Notable People
Melanie Roach - Olympic weightlifter
Megan Jendrick - Olympic swimming gold medalist
Nathan Jendrick – Author
Kira Bartlett - TCU soccer player
Alan Bown - 7 Time World Champion Arm Wrestler & Undefeated against the Russians
Brewster
VLBA Node
The radio telescope located in Brewster is one of ten dishes comprising the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA).
Buckley
The Movie Black Sheep was not filmed in Buckley. Instead just the name Buckley was used in the film.
Notable People
Country Music's Singer/Songwriter Blaine Larsen is from the area.
Edward R. Murrow attended Edison High school, which now combined with Burlington to be Burlington-Edison High School
Former 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes grew up in Burlington
Noted World War II historian Andrew Pack spent his early years in Burlington
Lynn "Buck" Compton, First Lieutenant with Easy Company (portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Neal McDonough), later lead prosecutor in Sirhan Sirhan's murder trial of Robert Kennedy[4]
Singer/songwriter Kaylee Cole, born Kaylee Berentson, grew-up and attended high school in Burlington
Notable young author of "Miss Harper Can Do It" Jane Berentson, grew-up and attended high school in Burlington
Former Burlington-Edison Varisty soccer player Nate Lowe was recruited by Barcelona to go to Spain and play for them. He was the starting forward on the Spain international soccer team
Jeremy Voigt notable young author of "Neither Rising nor Falling"
Notable People
Jimmie Rodgers, 1950s pop singer
Greg Biffle, NASCAR driver Denis Hayes, environmental activist, coordinated first Earth Day
Michael R. Barratt, NASA astronaut
Shawn Lewis, Ray Burnham, Mike Jackson and Bryan Albrechtson, Christian Band, Hyper Static Union
Centralia
Notable People
Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Lyle Overbay,
cable television and early mobile phone entrepreneur Craig McCaw,
CFL offensive lineman Calvin Armstrong,
modern dancer Merce Cunningham,
video game designer and programmer Soren Johnson,
Stanford quarterback Tavita Pritchard,
former MLB outfielder Bob Coluccio,
and Metropolitan Opera soprano Angela Meade.
Longtime NBA player Detlef Schrempf attended Centralia High School as an exchange student from the former West Germany (1980–1981), starring in basketball.
In Popular Culture
Seattle-based rock band Harvey Danger uses Centralia as a metaphor in its song "Moral Centralia," found on the 2005 album Little by Little....
Seattle-based underground rock band Tuna mentions " Centralia's sweet Sampson " in their song Krazy Kat
Chehalis
Notable People
Ralph Towner, acoustic guitarist (b. 1940)
Orin Smith, Starbucks former CEO
Historic Sites
Claquato Church, the oldest continuously used church in the state
In Popular Culture
The Paul Winter Consort's 1972 album Icarus contains a track entitled "Chehalis and Other Voices," which was composed by Ralph Towner, who was born in Chehalis.
Chehalis is mentioned in the Marcy Playground song "One More Suicide," recorded in 1997.
On the popular television series Grey's Anatomy, one of the main characters, Dr. Izzie Stevens, is originally from Chehalis.
Kenny Wisdom, a successful performance poet and hip hop emcee, has written a poem entitled 'Chehalis' which is about a particular resident of the city.
Portland, Oregon punk band The Decliner's second album is entitled 'Chehalis'.
Cheney
The Battle of Four Lakes occurred on September 1, 1858, approximately five miles north of the City of Cheney in an area currently known as Four Lakes, Washington. The Battle of Four Lakes was the final battle in a two-phase expedition against a confederation of the Coeur d'Alene, Spokane, Palouse and Northern Paiute tribes from the states of Washington and Idaho (the "Confederated Tribes"), which began in August 1856
Fairchild Air Force Base, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Cheney and established in 1942, has been a key part of our nation’s defense strategy and its personnel are a substantial portion of the Cheney community. Originally established as a World War II repair depot, it has transitioned over the years to a Strategic Air Command bomber wing during the Cold War, to Air Mobility Command air refueling wing during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cheney Rodeo Days is held the second weekend in July each year and is a major annual event for the community since 1967
Notable People
Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson (born December 25, 1959-February 1, 2003) died as member of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia during its disastrous re-enter in February 2003 (See Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster).
Steve Emtman (born April 16, 1970) is a former defensive end/defensive tackle for the National Football League's Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears.
Linda Johns (born 1960) is the author of the Hannah West series of children's mysteries set in Seattle, Washington.
Clarence D. Martin (born June 29, 1886-August 11, 1955) served two terms as the governor of the state of Washington from 1933 to 1940 as a Democrat.
Launi Meili (born June 4, 1963) represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in women's three-position smallbore rifle shooting at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Dallas Peck (1929–2005), noted geologist and vulcanologist, was a native of Cheney. Peck was the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1981 - 1993.
Clarkston
With a ZIP code of 99403, Clarkston has the highest zip code of any area in the contiguous United States.
Tragedy struck the area when on July 16, 1908 two carloads of blasting powder being unloaded by the Northwest Improvement Company inexplicably exploded, killing at least nine people including miners, NIC store employees and a family with children living in a tent near the building. The explosion, located about 3/4 of a mile from Cle Elum's downtown, scattered debris and human remains and shattered windows across town. Accounts from residents equated the explosion to an earthquake
Headed by John Bresko, Cle Elum was the first to have 'organized' skiing west of Denver, Colorado. Starting in 1921, 100–400 people would be on the ski hill every weekend through the winter. 1931 saw the largest crowd est. at 8,000 spectators for the ski jumping events. The depression ended the skiing and jumping events in 1934.
Notable People
The town was also the birthplace of astronaut Dick Scobee, the commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the day of its explosion.
Douglas Munro grew up in Cle Elum. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He was killed in action while evacuating Marines during the Battle of Guadalcanal and for his extraordinary heroism, outstanding leadership and gallantry, Munro posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the only Coast Guardsman to ever receive the military's highest honor.
The USS Douglas A. Munro (DE-422), a Navy destroyer escort, was named for him. The Coast Guard cutter USCGC Munro (WHEC-724) was also named in his honor.
Freestyle skier Patrick Deneen, a member of the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, is a native of Cle Elum where his family has a ranch. Deneen's father Pat was the part owner and general manager of the Hyak ski area before it became part of The Summit at Snoqualmie.
Colfax
Notable People
Dinsmore Alter, astronomer and meteorologist
Roland Bainton, professor of ecclesiastical history, Reformation scholar
Yakima Canutt, rodeo champion and Hollywood stuntman
Timothy Ely, contemporary American artist
William La Follette, politician, congressman from Washington
Abe Goff, politician, Republican congressman from Idaho
John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, 1995-2002.
Morten Lauridsen, composer of classical music
Virgil T. McCroskey, 1876–1970, an amateur conservationist who created two state parks: Steptoe Butte state park in Washington and Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park in Idaho. A pharmacist until 1920, McCroskey owned the Elk Drugstore on Main Street, the facade of which still bears his name.
Kate Bigelow Montague, (5 May 1885 - 30 October 1984) A novelist, author, and journalist. She also made amateur travel films of primarily southeast Asia, Europe and North America ca. the mid to late 1930s.[5]
Robert Osborne, Hollywood historian and journalist, prime-time host of Turner Classic Movies. As a teenager, he worked at The Rose, a long-defunct movie theater in downtown Colfax, and broke both arms while putting Elizabeth Taylor's name on the marquee
Ellensburg
The surrounding Kittitas Valley is internationally known for the timothy-hay that it produces Ellensburg is a stop on the PRCA professional rodeo circuit, occurring each year on Labor Day weekend. The Ellensburg Rodeo has been a town tradition since 1923, and is the largest rodeo in Washington state
Notable People
Dave Heaverlo, Major-league pitcher
Brian Thompson, Actor
Michael Allen, Historian, Author
John Clymer, Western Artist
Drew Bledsoe, football player
Brian Habib, football player
Ellensburg produced the grunge / alternative rock band Screaming Trees.
Enumclaw
In 2005 the Enumclaw horse sex case occurred in a farm near Enumclaw, in unincorporated King County.[8] A man named Kenneth "Mr. Hands" Pinyan died after receiving anal sex from a horse.[9] The case lead to Washington State banning bestiality.[10] A film titled Zoo is a documentary that chronicles the horse sex case.[9] This event has brought unwanted noteriorty to a town proud of its farming heritage.
Notable People
Mandy Hubbard, writer Kasey Kahne, NASCAR driver Richard Kovacevich, Chairman of the board of directors of Wells Fargo & Company Unter Null, musician Brian Scalabrine, Chicago Bulls player Tony Tost, poet
Ephrata
Ephrata was in the national spotlight in a segment on 60 Minutes II after the murder of Craig Sorger by Evan Savoie and Jake Eakin. The two accused were the youngest defendants in state history to be tried as adult
Ferndale
Notable People
Jake Locker - Quarterback for the University of Washington
Doug Pederson - Former NFL quarterback
Michael Koenen - punter for the Atlanta Falcons
Daran Norris - actor, most notably for voice work and a recurring role on the television series Veronica Mars
Jesse Brand - Songwriter for Broadcast Music Incorporated and Recording Artist for FiveSlumpRecords his 2010 release "Back Here On The Floor" was recorded at the Loretta Lynn ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN
Forks is a popular destination for sport fishers who fish for salmon and rainbow trout in nearby rivers. It is also supported by visitors to Olympic National Park.
In recent years, the city has gained notoriety for being a key setting in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
Forks is the birthplace of Emmy award-winning actress Leann Hunley, who has played Anna DiMera on a recurring basis on NBC's Days of our Lives since 1982. In addition to her long-running role on Days of our Lives, she has appeared in over 40 different primetime television programs and numerous motion pictures. Ms. Hunley still recurs on Days.
Grandview
Notable People
Janet Waldo, voice-over actress
Granger
There are a number of life-size dinosaur models on display around the town of Granger. They are made from a skeleton of steel rods and chicken wire which is then packed with a cement mix. The idea of using a dinosaur exhibit to attract tourists was first mooted in 1993 and the first dinosaur was produced in 1994.
Granite Falls
The 2006 Granite Falls High School Baseball Team took first place at the 2A State Championship in Yakima, Washington.
Hoquiam
Hoquiam is the home of the internationally acclaimed Loggers' Playday, celebrated with a parade and logging competition every September.
The city is proud of its Hoquiam High School Grizzlies, the Crimson and Gray. In 2004, the boys basketball team completed a perfect 28-0 season and won the state 2A championship. Victories included non-league wins over Lincoln High of Tacoma, Bellevue High, two over arch rival Aberdeen High, and a win over a touring team from Australia. It was the only game the Australians lost during their tour.
Maury Island Incident
Kelso
Pieces of the mysterious 1947 Maury Island incident took place in Kelso. A military aircraft carrying suspicious slag-like material, supposedly from a UFO, crashed in southeast Kelso.
On May 18, 1980, being only 24 miles (39 km) away, Kelso residents experienced the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Called the largest volcanic eruption in historic times in the contiguous United States,[12] Kelso received large amounts of volcanic ash through the air and from the massive mudflow caused by the eruption transported by the Toutle and Cowlitz Rivers.
Many areas of the city, including the Three Rivers Golf Course are built on volcanic ash[13] dredged from the Cowlitz River. In March 1998, in the east Kelso neighborhood of Aldercrest, 64 houses began to shift their location. Eventually, 129 houses were destroyed by this slow moving landslide. Investigation showed that these houses had been built on top of an ancient active landslide area, and three straight years of higher than average rains set the earth into motion.[14] In October 1998, President Bill Clinton declared this slide a federal disaster. It was the second worst landslide disaster (in cost) in the United States, following the 1956 Portuguese Bend Landslide on Palos Verdes Hills in Southern California.[15] This disaster at Aldercrest led to stricter city zoning ordinances and oversight over geological surveys.
Notable People
Jeff Bailey - First baseman, Arizona Diamondbacks
Dolores Erickson - Fashion model
Ed Negre - Former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver
Jason Schmidt - Major League Baseball pitcher, Free Agent
Connor Trinneer - Actor, Star Trek: Enterprise
Kettle Falls
Notable People
Carolyn Suzanne Sapp, Miss America 1992 and Miss Hawaii 1991.
The entire town center is modeled on a German Bavarian village as part of a civic initiative that began in the 1960s.
Long Beach
Long Beach It is the home of Northwestern pop cultural phenomenon Jake the Alligator Man.
Mabton
Perhaps the best known person from Mabton is Mel Stottlemyre, a pitcher and later a pitching coach for the New York Yankees. He won 164 games for them as a pitcher from 1964 to 1974, with three 20-win seasons.
A small ranch near Mabton was home to the first confirmed case of mad cow disease in the United States.
Maple Valley
Notable People
Popular singer Brandi Carlile hails from the area.
Omare Lowe, who played football at the University of Washington and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins. He has had brief stints with Titans, Jets, Vikings, Redskins, and Patriots. In April 2008, he signed a 1 year contract with the Seahawks.
Jens Pulver, the first ever Ultimate Fighting Championship Lightweight Champion and a coach on the The Ultimate Fighter 5 reality show, attended and wrestled for Tahoma Senior High School in Maple Valley.
John Egbert, from the popular web comic "Homestuck".
McCleary
In 1959, McCleary started its famous Bear Festival. It was an idea that bears that were in surplus came and ate the bark from the evergreen trees and killing the trees after hibernation. People from all over have come to taste its bear stew. Although the bear stew is the big attraction to the festival, there is also a kiddies parade, grand parade, royal court ceremony, bands, dances, slow-pitch baseball, and many other events in all three days.
Notable People
Angelo Pellegrini, author
Medina
The city is mostly residential and home to Bill Gates (philanthropist and Microsoft chairman),
Charles Simonyi (space tourist and former Microsoft executive),
Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners outfielder).
Monroe
Monroe has also been[when?] host to a few Hollywood films, such as The Ring, The Ring Two, and The Butterfly Effect.
Once per year from 1995 until 2000, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series held a race at the Evergreen Speedway located at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds.
Moses Lake
Notable People
NFL defensive lineman Jason Buck was born in Moses Lake July 27, 1963
Actor Matt Cedeño was born in Moses Lake November 14, 1973
MLB player Ryan Doumit of the Pittsburgh Pirates was born and raised in Moses Lake
Actor Clarence Gilyard Jr. was born there December 24, 1955 who played in Matlock and Walker, Texas Ranger
Major-league pitcher Dave Heaverlo was born in Ellensburg, Washington but grew up in Moses Lake
Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam Joe Hooper was from Moses Lake
Author Bruce Hutton (Mahermis Mathiglias [2007]) was raised in Moses Lake
Daredevil Evel Knievel lived in Moses Lake for some time
Sailor, Adventurer Reid Stowe was born January 6, 1952, on Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake
Model Martha Thomsen was born in Moses Lake January 25, 1957 PGA golfer Kirk A. Triplett was born in Moses Lake March 29, 1962 NBA player Bryan Warrick of the Washington Bullets, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, and the Indiana Pacers was born in Moses Lake
Mukiteo
The Fall of Troy: Progressive rock band
Chance McKinney : Winner of CMT's Music City Madness 2009 with his song "Be Real".
Mukilteo Fairies: Queercore band
Newcastle
In Newsweek's 2009 rankings of best places to live in the United States, Newcastle was honored with the 17th spot.
Notable People
James Hasty - Former NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets.
Mack Strong - Former NFL Player for the Seattle Seahawks.
Alan White - Drummer for the progressive rock band Yes.
North Bend
The town was made famous by David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks (also filmed in nearby Snoqualmie.)
Canoe Pass and Deception Pass Bridges
Oak Harbor
Deception Pass Bridge, a National Historic Monument since 1982, is actually two spans that link Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island over Canoe Pass and Deception Pass. The bridge, one of the scenic wonders and destinations of the Pacific Northwest, was a Public Works Administration project built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Deception Pass State Park, Washington's second most popular state park[1], has over 4,100 acres (17 km2) of forest, campsites, trails, and scenic vistas of the San Juan Islands, Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), Mount Baker, and Fidalgo Island.
Oakville
Blob Rain
The townspeople of Oakville, Washington, were in for a surprise on August 7, 1994. Instead of their usual downpour of rain, the inhabitants of the small town witnessed countless gelatinous blobs falling from the sky. Once the globs fell, almost everyone in Oakville started to develop severe, flu-like symptoms that lasted anywhere from 7 weeks to 3 months. Finally, after exposure to the goo caused his mother to fall ill, one resident sent a sample of the blobs for testing. What the technicians discovered was shocking – the globs contained human white blood cells. The substance was then brought to the State Department of Health of Washington for further analysis. With another startling reveal, they discovered that the gelatinous blobs had two types of bacteria, one of which is found in the human digestive system. However, no one could successfully identify the blob, and how they were connected to the mysterious sickness that plagued the town. Without an indefinite answer, it is speculated to have been a health experiment sponsored by the government
Ocean Shores
Pat Boone became a local resident in 1967 as a stockholder in the Ocean Shores Estates Incorporated and promotion of the development was sped along by the famous Celebrity Golf tournaments hosted by Boone.
Death on the Fourth of July
The book Death on the Fourth of July documents a racially-charged killing which took place in Ocean Shores on July 4, 2000.[4] A group of young Asian-American men who were visiting Ocean Shores spent that July 4 weekend there when they were attacked by a group of white men who were also visiting and had spent the weekend harassing non-whites. One of the Asians, Minh Duc Hong, fought back and wound up stabbing and killing the leader of the group of white racists, Chris Kinison. Hong was arrested and tried for manslaughter. His trial ended in a hung jury, 11-1 in favor of acquittal; prosecutors decided not to retry the case
Okanogan was the home of Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, founder of the The Black Sheep Squadron.
Omak
Since 1933, Omak has hosted the World Famous Omak Stampede, with the Suicide Race added in 1935.
Orting
Daffodil Parade Every year, Orting is the fourth and final stop in the annual Daffodil Festival Parade. The parade has gone through downtown Orting since 1934. It draws over 10,000 people in early April to the festivities in the downtown Orting Parks and the parade viewing in late afternoon. The parade also goes through the cities of Tacoma, Puyallup, and Sumner.
Othello
Notable People
Pee Wee (born Irvan Salinas), singer
Davey Richards, professional wrestler
Bill Crow, Jazz Musician / Author
Pacific
2009 Flooding
On January 8, 2009, the Army Corps of Engineers released water from Mud Mountain Dam into the White River. The action was done to relieve pressure in the reservoir, which had reached its capacity due to heavy rain that was causing flooding around the Puget Sound region. Too much water was released too quickly, causing rapid and massive flooding in Pacific. Those affected had virtually no notice of the impending disaster. One of those affected by the flooding was noted local and international musician Jerry Miller, a founding member of Moby Grape, who had recently moved to Pacific from Tacoma. Miller lost virtually all of his possessions, including over forty years of memorabilia from his music career.[4] Assistance to those affected by the flooding is to be provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Palouse
Notable People
Entrepreneur and inventor Raymond Alvah Hanson (born 1923 in Spokane, Washington) grew up in Palouse.
Historian Donald W. Meinig was born in Palouse in 1924.[4] Football coach Mouse Davis was born in Palouse in 1932.
Pomeroy
Notable People
Samuel G. Cosgrove - Former governor of Washington Port Angeles
The birthplace of football hall of famer John Elway
Poulsbo
Poulsbo has a long history as a destination for immigrants from Scandinavia, particularly Norway and Finland. Downtown Poulsbo maintains a Scandinavian theme in its shops and restaurants, and is a popular regional tourist destination. One of its local products is now available worldwide, Poulsbo Bread, originally made in the local bakery
Prosser now has nearly 40 wineries in an area about ten-by-ten miles
Notable People
Harold McCluskey — "The Atomic Man"
Mary L. Boas — An American mathematician and physics instructor and author
George Boomer — Socialist newspaper editor and 1908 gubernatorial candidate
Walter Clore — Father of Washington wine
Kellen Moore — All American quarterback at Boise State University and former quarterback at PHS
Colonel William Farrand Prosser — city founder, U.S. Army Colonel in the Civil War
The Rt. Rev. Brian Norman Prior - IX Bishop of The Episcopal Church in Minnesota
Raymond
Raymond was the city where the grunge band Nirvana played their first gig
Republic
Republic is the site of the Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site, famous for the Eocene fossils found in a 49 mya lake bed at the north end of Republic Ridgefield
Trivia
Famous Clerks producer Scott Mosier once lived here.
Former MLB player Richie Sexson
Ritzville
Several years ago, the first Starbucks Coffee opened in Ritzville next to Interstate 90.
Seattle Grunge band Mudhoney recorded a song named after Ritzville on their 1992 album, Piece of Cake.
In 1889, John Buffo and Peter Giovanni opened a tavern at 1 Pennsylvania Street in Roslyn. In 1898, the tavern was rebuilt out of 45,000 bricks and took the name "The Brick." It is the oldest continuously operating tavern in Washington.[4] The exterior of the building was used for shots of the fictitious tavern of the same name in the television show Northern Exposure.
Mine accident of 1892 In 1892, 45 miners were killed in an explosion of Mine No. 4, the deadliest mining accident in Washington history.
The Cle Elum Echo (a local paper) reported: "The city of Roslyn is situated on land directly over the tunnel of Mine No. 4, and the shock caused by the explosion was not unlike an earthquake, shaking buildings in all parts of the city, while the burning, oil soaked timbers, vomited out of the shaft, were scattered in all directions, falling upon shingled roofs and causing over twenty roof fires, which were controlled by bucket brigades, all the city water and the fire department being concentrated upon the shaft and abutting frame structures, in spite of this all frame structures within two hundred feet of the shaft and tipple No. 4 were entirely destroyed
Northern Exposure From 1990–1995, the exterior scenes for television series Northern Exposure were filmed in Roslyn and the surrounding area, Roslyn playing the part of the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska. Many citizens of the town appeared as extras and some had small parts. In the show, Roslyn was the name of one of the founders of Cicely. Before Northern Exposure was filmed, the Roslyn Cafe painting featured an elk instead of a camel.
Royal City
The Royal Knights (Royal High School) have won division 1A state football titles in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2007.
Sedro-Woolley
Sedro-Woolley is the home of Loggerodeo, staged annually since the mid 1930s close to the Fourth of July is now one of the most famous rural Independence Day celebrations in Washington State and among the oldest, for many of the events date back more than 100 years
Sequim
The city and the surrounding area are particularly known for the commercial growth of lavender, supported by the unique climate: it makes Sequim the "Lavender Capital of North America", rivaled only in France.
Jerry Lambert - film and television actor, best known for his work on the ABC sitcom, Sons and Daughters, as well landmark commercials for companies including GEICO, Holiday Inn, and playing a fictional Sony Executive named Kevin Butler[8]
Justin Ena - Former NFL linebacker Karol Kennedy - 1952 Olympic silver medalist, figure skating
Terry Dion - 1980 Seattle Seahawks linebacker
Snoqualmie
The city is home to the Northwest Railway Museum.
Many of the exterior shots for David Lynch's Twin Peaks television series and movie (Fire Walk With Me) were filmed in Snoqualmie and in the neighboring towns of North Bend and Fall City.
South Bend
Notable People
Helen Kleeb-Actress who played Miss Mamie Baldwin in The Waltons.
Pat Paulsen-Comedian and satirist.
Helen Davis - Wrote "Washington My Home", Washington State's official song since 1959.
Sprague Eugene E. Lindsey, World War II naval hero, was born in Sprague.
In 1968, the town was visited by more than 20,000 hippies during The Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair, one of the first outdoor rock festivals.[4] The event took place on a farm near town. The lineup included Santana, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Youngbloods, Country Joe and the Fish, It's A Beautiful Day, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Muddy Waters, Buffy St. Marie, John Fahey, guitarist: Sandy Bull, Seattle psychedelic band Easy Chair and others. Also on hand was the young comedian Richard Pryor
Sumner
Sumner was prominently featured on MTV's documentary show True Life. The episode featured troubled teen parents, titled "Baby Momma Drama". After Orting, Sumner along with Puyallup, are geographically next in line to be hit by lahars whenever Mount Rainier erupts in the future. This is depicted in the Modern Marvels episode titled "Most Dangerous", which shows a simulation of a lahar flooding the Orting and Puyallup Valleys from an eruption.
Notable People
B-movie actor and director Eddie Dew
blues singer-guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps
Cultural Attractions
Sumner hosts part of the annual four-part Daffodil Parade, which takes place every April in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, and Orting. Sunnyside
Lighted Farm Implement Parade
A 9410 John Deere Combine harvester typical of a parade entrant. First held in 1989, the 'Lighted Farm Implement Parade has been called "the NW's premier lighted parade."[6] Usually taking place in early December, the parade includes "farm implements: combines, boom trucks, sprayers, swathers, grape pickers, and all types of tractors" decorated with colorful lights.[7] The 2006 edition of the event had more than 70 parade entrants. The A&E network has named the event one of the "Top 10" such parades in the United States.[8] The parade was the first of its kind in the Yakima Valley.
Darigold cheese factory The Darigold Dairy Fair manufactures cheese, (150 million pounds of cheese annually)[9] but is mostly noted for its colorful facade and circus-like decorations, which include a pair of cows swinging on a flying trapeze.[10] Self-guided tours are available demonstrating how cheese is made. Cheese tasting and a gift shop are also on the premises
West Richland
Shelby SuperCars -- An automobile manufacturer credited with creating the fastest production car in the world, the SSC Aero.
Notable People
Rachel Willis- Sørensen (resident from 1992–2002) - Opera singer[4]
Ryan Kennelly World record geared bench-press holder (1075 lbs, 489 Kg).
Westport
The public Westport Marina is the largest marina on the outer coast of the United States's Pacific Northwest.
Winlock
Winlock is mostly famous for having the World's Largest Egg, reflecting its former status as a major producer of eggs
Ian Moore, American guitarist and singer-songwriter
Gene Amondson, Prohibition Party presidential candidate[55]
Gene "Bean" Baxter, co-host of KROQ's Kevin and Bean radio morning show
Steve Berlin, of the Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos
Alex Borstein, actress noted especially for her work on Fox's MADtv and as the voice of Family Guy's Lois Griffin
Berkeley Breathed, author of the political satire comic strip Bloom County, resided on Vashon for some time. He wrote a children's book based on a bicycle in a tree. The real-life tree, growing around a bicycle, can be seen on the island.[56]
Michael Chabon, writer and 2001 Pulitzer winner. His novel Summerland (2002) is set on fictional Clam Island, WA, which Chabon has acknowledged having modeled on Vashon.[57] Some of the stories in his collection Werewolves In Their Youth (1999) are also set on an island that strongly resembles Vashon.
Donald Cole, abstract expressionist painter
Heather Corinna, feminist sex educator
Karen Cushman, young adult fiction author
Pete Droge, musician
Booth Gardner, former Washington state governor[58]
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, memoirist
Rob Hotchkiss, founding member of Train[59]
Eyvind Kang, modern composer
Michael Leavitt (artist), sculptor
Betty MacDonald, author who specialized in humorous autobiographical tales; lived on Vashon and used the island as the setting of her book Onions in the Stew
Zach Mann, reality TV star from MTV's The Real World
Robert Miskimon, author
Susan Nattrass, a former world champion shooter from Canada
Kaitlin Olson, actor best known for playing Deandra Reynolds in FX hit comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and playing Micky Molng in The Mick; lived here until the age of 8
Frank Peretti, Christian fiction writer, grew up on Vashon Island
Basil Poledouris, film composer, spent the last four years of his life on Vashon Island[60]
Austin Post, aerial photographer and glaciologist
John Ratzenberger, who played Clifford C. Clavin, Jr. on the television show Cheers, and also played varying roles in many Pixar films, once lived on and still owns land on connected Maury Island. He also helped to start a school on the island.[citation needed]
Peter Rinearson, Pulitzer Prize winner and entrepreneur
Dan Savage, editor of The Stranger and the author of "Savage Love," a syndicated sex advice column, formerly lived on Vashon Island with his partner and adopted son. By his own account, he moved from Vashon because he was unsure that the local public schools would welcome the adopted son of gay partners.
Josh Tillman, singer-songwriter, drummer with the Fleet Foxes, also performs as Father John Misty[61]
Aaron Turner, Hydra Head Records and SIGE Records owner, musician
Edith Derby Williams, historian, granddaughter of former President Theodore Roosevelt, lived on Vashon Island from 1949 until her death in 2008
Benjamin F. Wilson, recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War
Zillah
Church of God-Zillah — Although the church is fairly conservative and some are unamused by this coincidence (the church was named long before the Godzilla movies began), the church embraces it, even putting a wireframe Godzilla float outside.[5]
Teapot Dome Service Station — National Historic Site.
