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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. Agriculture in the Columbia Basin. Tour curated by: The Reach Stories Team8 Locations. Agriculture has been central to the economy and social life of the Columbia Basin since the late 1800s and remains so today. Like the Columbia, Snake, and Yakima Rivers that wind their way through the sage, it ties the region and its history. Tour curated by: The Reach Stories Team10 Locations. Tour curated by: The Reach Stories Team8 Locations.
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Prefabricated House at 703 Downing Street | Reach Stories
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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. Prefabricated House at 703 Downing Street. By Gary Fetterolf and Alyssa Reil. Shown in images) to illustrate the frustrations of living in the area and in flimsily constructed prefabs. The prefab at 703 Downing Street was a Level 1 house with two bedrooms. The government erected 675 of these 661 square foot structures between 1944 and 1946. Continue west on Downing Street. Identify the two-bedroom prefab located at 705 Downing Street.
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"The river was crouded with salmon" | Reach Stories
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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. The river was crouded with salmon. Salmon. How could one fish be asked to do so much? The salmon dilemma has no simple solution. Finding a balance between sustaining our environment and quality of life while protecting the rights of all members of our society is the defining challenge of our time. Here in the Columbia Basin we are on the leading edge of confronting that challenge. Will we rise to the occasion? View File Details Page.
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V House at 803 Downing Street | Reach Stories
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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. V House at 803 Downing Street. By Gary Fetterolf and Alyssa Reil. The V house was a Level 1 precut house with three bedrooms. The V house was the larger version of the smaller U house, which had two bedrooms. The U and V house construction types led to the precut structure reference. In 1947, the government erected 340 of these 1,152 square foot structures. Continue West on Downing Street. Proceed to 909 Downing Street. Not necessari...
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All Stories | Reach Stories
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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. When most people hear the word Chinatown they think of San Francisco. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, though, Pasco had its own Chinatown. When the Pacific Northwest Railroad came to the Columbia Plateau, thousands of Chinese laborers came. Gold Coast Historic District. Welcome to the Alphabet Homes Tour! By Gary Fetterolf and Alyssa Reil. The REACH: The Ag Hall of Fame. The REACH: The River Protected. The Columbia River is the cr...
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Welcome to Stories of the REACH! | Reach Stories
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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. Welcome to Stories of the REACH! Stories of The REACH allows you to extend your exploration of the natural and human history of the region, its communities, and cultures, beyond the exhibits at The REACH. You can experience the Stories through this mobile-optmized website or a mobile application on your smartphone or tablet device. And, if you haven't yet experienced the REACH in person, come in and check it out. View A Random Story.
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Tour | The Manhattan Project | Reach Stories
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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. Tour curated by: The Reach Stories Team. The REACH Gallery 2: The Manhattan Project. In late December of 1942, three strangers arrived in the sleepy little town of Richland, population 240. They drove up to the equally small town of Hanford and on to White Bluffs. They surveyed the expanse of desert sweeping down from Rattlesnake. Black Americans at Hanford during WWII. The Manhattan Project was shrouded in secrecy. To protect th...
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Strawberries, gooseberries, and...dewberries? | Reach Stories
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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. View a Random Story. Strawberries, gooseberries, and.dewberries? They also supplemented their diets through fishing and hunting wild game. We can catch a glimpse of the diversity of their diets and what they grew through their recipes. Here are a few examples. Try them at home! Love Apple Pie (Green Tomatoes). Pastry for 2-crust pie. 1 1/4 teaspoons nutmeg. 1/3 cup light corn syrup. 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Grated rind of one lemon. 1 onion, chopped.
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