BLACK MAN FOUNDER OF STATE OF WASHINGTON, GEORGE WASHINGTON BUSH

http://www.ask.com/wiki/George_Washington_Bush… A black man, George Washington Bush, founded the state of Washington, when he and his family who had followed the Oregon Trail from near Independence, Missouri, were forced out of Oregon due to his race. Crossing the Columbia River, into disputed British/American territory, he was able to establish a settlement on the south of Puget Sound at Tumwater, Washington, where he built a sawmill and a gristmill, and established friendly relations with Indians, British, and Americans, all. The painting below is by Jacob Lawrence, one of 5 done by him, in an area museum