WrongOnSoManyBevels t1_j5yxthn wrote on January 26, 2023 at 3:17 PM Reply to comment by jpd_phd in Anyone else get mildly annoyed when people/news refer to '...in Washington', but they really mean Washington, DC? by Nixx_Mazda I was told growing up that when breaking off from Oregon they originally were going to call the new territory Columbia, but thought that it would be confusing because DC at the time was known as the District of Columbia. Permalink Parent 7
WrongOnSoManyBevels t1_j5yxthn wrote
Reply to comment by jpd_phd in Anyone else get mildly annoyed when people/news refer to '...in Washington', but they really mean Washington, DC? by Nixx_Mazda
I was told growing up that when breaking off from Oregon they originally were going to call the new territory Columbia, but thought that it would be confusing because DC at the time was known as the District of Columbia.