Talk:History of Washington

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I removed this text from the opening:

In the 1850s, the Washingston Territory named two of its counties Pierce and King, partly to get attention, and possible early statehood, from President Franklin Pierce and his Vice President, William Rufus King. Since then, King County has officially been renamed for Martin Luther King, Jr..

As the pages on Piece and King county say, they were created before Washington Territory even existed. It was Oregon Territory at the time. The claim that they were named in hope of gaining early statehood doesn't make much sense. The info on who they were named for can be found on their respective pages. Anyway this is a poor way to start the article, so I wrote a quick overview of what the history of Washington entails. Pfly (talk) 17:48, 17 December 2007 (UTC)