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The Sound of Puget

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January 21st 2011
Seeing Seattle from the air, your first thought is, what a cool place to build a city. It looks like someplace where a flying boat would drop you off for a week's fishing, only there's a city attached. It's not on the sea, but everywhere there are lakes and bays and channels. And hills, where blocks of houses crouch under towering evergreens. If a city sprawls widely enough, you can forget tha ... read more

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more