Timeline of the Tri-Cities, Washington

The following is a timeline of the history of the Tri-Cities, an area of the U.S. state of Washington encompassing the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland.

Before the 19th century

19th century

  • 1805 - October 16: The Lewis and Clark Expedition passes through the Tri-Cities area heading west, camping near present-day Sacajawea State Park and visiting Bateman Island.[2]
  • 1806 - April 28: The Lewis and Clark Expedition passes through the Tri-Cities area on their return journey.[3]
  • 1811 - Members of the Astor Expedition likely passed through the Tri-Cities traveling on the Snake and Columbia Rivers.[4]
  • 1824 - June 29: As part of the Oregon boundary dispute, the British propose a boundary between the United States and British North America using the Columbia River in a manner that would have split the region, placing what is now Kennewick and Richland in British territory with the Pasco side of the river being American territory. This proposal was rejected by the United States.[5]

20th century

1900s to 1940s

Several of the reactors on the Hanford Site.

1950s to 1990s

  • 1950
    • The Tri-City Braves baseball team forms. The team was known under various names during its existence, including the Tri-City Atoms.
    • February 4: The Courier-Herald (formerly Kennewick Courier-Reporter) publishes its final issue.[35]
  • 1953 - Regional restaurant chain Zip's Drive In is established in Kennewick.[36]
Mount St. Helens erupting on May 18, 1980.
A building on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.

21st century

  • 2000 - The Tri-City Posse plays their final season.
The lighthouse on Clover Island.

See also

References

  1. Lewis & Clark Journals, October 16, 1805
  2. Lewis & Clark Journals, April 28, 1806
  3. John M. Findlay. "Unit 2: Lesson 4 – Americans Enter the Rivalry". University of Washington. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  4. Marshall, William I. (1911), Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman, 1, Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Co.
  5. Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. National Park Service. 1992.
  6. Washington Territory, Robert E. Ficken, p.134, Washington State University Press, Pullman, WA, ISBN 0-87422-249-4
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  8. "Franklin County". HistoryLink.org. September 14, 2005.
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  16. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
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  18. "History". Port of Kennewick. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  19. Dana, Marshall N. (1 June 1915). "The Celebration of the Open Columbia". The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society. 16. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  20. Dorpat, Paul; Sherrard, Jean (2007). Washington Then & Now. Big Earth Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-56579-547-1.
  21. Centennial of Flight Archived 2006-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (US Government Site)
  22. "Sacajawea Historical State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  23. "Walla Walla Valley Hit by Quakes". Spokane, Washington: Spokane Daily Chronicle. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  24. "Port of Pasco History". Port of Pasco. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  25. Geoff Folsom (November 11, 2015), "New exhibit focuses on Pasco's role in World War II", Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Washington
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  29. "About Lampson International..." Retrieved 30 May 2014.
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  31. Gibson, Elizabeth (March 31, 2008). "Flood inundates Kennewick and Richland on May 31, 1948". HistoryLink. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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  34. "About Us". Zip's Northwest, Inc. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  35. "City of West Richland History: 1955-2005". City of West Richland. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  36. Cary, Annette (October 26, 2017). "Remembering JFK's visit to Hanford. 37,000 watched him wave 'atomic wand'". Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  37. "Richland Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, RICHLAND, WA". United States General Services Administration. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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  39. Woehler, Bob (November 25, 1984). "Bridge ends long commute". Tri-City Herald (via Google News).
  40. Woehler, Bob (February 23, 1986). "Final ribbon cut on I82, 182 highway links". Tri-City Herald. p. B1.
  41. Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. pp. 223–224. ISBN 978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC 861618089.
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  45. "Tri-Cities Coliseum gets Games' hockey, skating". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 16, 1989. p. D5.
  46. "Tri-Cities Fever Game Results". National Indoor Football League. Archived from the original on 2007-10-06. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  47. Kennewick's Clover Island Lighthouse gets its lid Published 2010-01-07
  48. McKay, John (January 9, 2014). "Vista Field - a piece of Tri-City history goes away". KFLD-AM. (Pasco, Washington). Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  49. "IFL Issues Statement on Tri-Cities Fever". OurSports Central. June 30, 2016.
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  51. Probert, Cameron (August 12, 2018). "Devastating Tri-City wildfire destroys 5 homes, damages 3 more". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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