Adams County, Washington

agricultural land

borders

city

Ritzville, Washington

county of

Washington

creek

Paha Creek

eastbound on Interstate 90

Schrag Rest Area Eastbound

fossils

Washington State Fossil Sites and Collecting Localities (fossilspot.com)

history

Adams County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org) Adams County is a predominantly rural county located in southeastern Washington, with Ritzville serving as county seat. Since 1952 Columbia River water brought through the Columbia Basin Project has irrigated region’s fertile volcanic soil.

location

natural area preserve

Marcellus Shrub Steppe Natural Area Preserve

official website

https://www.co.adams.wa.gov/

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1153148

politics

Adams is a strongly Republican county. The last Democrat to win the county was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

random

During the March call with Trump, conducted by the crown prince over speakerphone while Graham was present, the former president teased the senator for once calling for the Saudi royal’s ouster over the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which the CIA concluded Mohammed had ordered. Graham brushed it off, professing to have been wrong about the autocrat.

rest areas

tags

county

westbound on interstate 90

Grant County, Washington

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156273

Wikimedia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adams_County,_Washington

Wikipedia

Adams County, Washington (Wikipedia) Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,613. The county seat is at Ritzville, and its largest city is Othello. The county was formed out of Whitman County in November 1883 and is named after John Adams, the second President of the United States.