Washington (state) Washington (state) Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it
California Pacific Railroad was severe flooding in the Sutter Bypass causing damage to the line between Knight's Landing and Yuba City. That portion of the line was abandoned and track removal commenced on May 14, 1877. The line from Davis to Woodland was later operated by the Southern Pacific and currently by the California Northern Railroad. California Pacific Railroad The California Pacific Railroad Company was incorporated in 1865 at San Francisco, California as the California Pacific "Rail Road" Company. It was renamed the California Pacific Railroad "Extension" Company in the spring of 1869, then renamed the California Pacific Railroad later that same year.