I’m in Washington State. They first wanted to name the state Columbia, after the river that flows through our state. But, then they figured that would cause to much confusion, with .....
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So - they named us Washington instead.
Oh - regarding names. The liberals thought that King County shouldn’t be named after some white settler (Rufus King). So they “changed” the name to King County - after Martin Luther King. (Although they did have to spend millions changing the county symbol with MLK’s face now on signs, letterheads, seals, etc.)
William Rufus DeVane King was not a white settler. He was a senator from Alabama and Franklin Pierce’s Vice President.