Graveyard of the Northwest - Lake Washington, located east of Seattle, Washington can be summed up as the true Graveyard of the Northwest. The floor of the thirty-three square mile lake is said, by divers, to be littered with the wrecks of several hundred boats and ships, dozens of airplanes, a bridge, an ancient forest, a town and an 1870’s train of coal cars.
When Californians rebelled against Mexico in 1846, the insurgent flag created had a grizzly bear in a field of white as the rebellion was called the Bear Rebellion.
Adopted in 1900, the California State Flag still possess a grizzly bear, although no grizzly bears have resided in California since 1922.
George Bird Grinnell
George Bird Grinnell, editor of Forest & Stream magazine and founder of the National Audubon Society in 1886, was a student of Lucy Bakewell Audubon, wife of John James Audubon.
Play Dough (1956)
Kutol Wallpaper Cleaner was first conceived and manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio by Noah McVicker The putty compound removed coal soot from walls and wallpaper. When Americans switched to gas and electric heat, Kutol became a toy under the name of “Play-Doh” (1956).
