Academy
The 190-acre (0.77 km2) large State Patrol academy is in Shelton, Washington. The Academy was given to the Washington State Patrol in 1947, and was dedicated on December 29, 1969. It includes a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) emergency driving course which is an actual State Route.(SR-59) This was the first high-speed drive course in the world.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)
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