Black pioneer George Bush (c. 1790 – 1863) helped establish one of the first non-indigenous American settlements in Washington. George, his wife Isabella and others traveled the Oregon Trail to escape discrimination in Missouri, only to arrive in . . . — — Map (db m297651) HM
During and following World War II sleek silver trailers offered a mere 147 sq. feet of living space to accommodate an average of 3.7 people. The trailers were designed as travel trailers, but because of a severe housing shortage, many people . . . — — Map (db m297279) HM
Within a few years of the Corps of Discovery passage through the Columbia Basin, trappers and traders from the Northwest Company entered the area. A fort was established in Wallula in 1818, and men came to the Richland area to harvest grass . . . — — Map (db m297636) HM
Graduate of West Point Military Academy 1870. As a 1st Lt., he surveyed the Columbia River from Fort Spokane to the mouth of the Snake River, in 1881. As a Capt. and Co-chief engineer of the Portland District, in 1890, he directed the Survey of the . . . — — Map (db m300132) HM
The Columbia River system drains 259,000 square miles of the northwest United States and Canada and carries an average of 190,000 cubic feet of water per second along its path from the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States to the Pacific . . . — — Map (db m297639) HM
The rich history of this home begins with Edith Nelson, a nurse who cared for a wealthy infirmed gentleman in Chicago. Out of generosity, in 1910, he bought a 40-acre tract of land along the Columbia River for her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Nelson. . . . — — Map (db m297650) HM
The Hanford Irrigation Canal referred to as the “Low Line Ditch” and also the “D Canal” received its water from the Coyote Rapids Pump Station at Coyote Rapids. Irrigation water was delivered from the main canal through several laterals supplying . . . — — Map (db m297278) HM
This is a replica of the original gateway to Amon Park, located approximately 25 ft southwest of this location from 1911 until demolition by the Manhattan Project in 1943. The new arch was constructed by the Richland Centennial Committee as part of . . . — — Map (db m297646) HM
Howard S. Amon was born in Athena, Oregon, on August 18, 1877. In 1905, Howard and his father formed the Benton Water Company, as well as purchased land in the lower Yakima Valley including the Rosencrance property in Richland. The Amon family . . . — — Map (db m297633) HM
This Sanctuary has been placed on the Washington Heritage Register by the Governor’s Council on Historic Preservation as of February 5, 2016. Built in 1964, the Sanctuary is tied directly to the “Manhattan Project” with the establishment of the . . . — — Map (db m297647) HM
The historic event depicted in this bas-relief sculpture is of Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard, Arthur Compton, and Eugene Wigner producing the first self-sustaining nuclear fission chain-reaction in Chicago Pile Number 1 on December 2, 1942. The . . . — — Map (db m298573) HM
The Corps of Discovery and area tribes often had to make a series of translations to communicate. In an April 1806 visit that process included English, French, Mandan/Hidatsa, Shoshoni and Walla Walla.
"we found a Shoshone . . . — — Map (db m298307) HM
Commissioned: November 10, 1959 Decommissioned: May 3, 1969 USS Triton Sail Park Dedication: November 10, 2011 Port of Benton worked with the U.S. Navy to preserve the sail and conning tower. Operation Sandblast: February 24-April . . . — — Map (db m297652) HM
Vietnam In honor of those from our area who gave their lives for their country Mark Black • Guy F. Brooks • Richard Lee Brown • Davice R. Bruce • Gerald Carmichael • Gary Wayne Cockley • William H. Cook • Robert J. Cope • Duane Cottingham • . . . — — Map (db m297688) WM
