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Real gold rush in 1898 - not silica sand

'There's gold in them thar hills,' Wisconsin hills that is. Mining is making farmers smile as silica sand is being mined and sold for use in the shale fields for a process called 'fracking." The stuff is being sold for up to $200 a ton. The new rush is on, but here's a story a Finley resident...

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It's the bomb in 1945

What did the community think when the announcement was made about the purpose of Hanford? Here's the Pasco Herald editor's comments.
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Kathy finds love, learns American 'Cowby' jargon

The Tri-Cities gave Japan a very big bomb in 1945. Japan gave a Kennewick couple a very small daughter in 1958.
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Tri-City scouts climb Mt. Fuji in 1971

These not only went outside the county on their jamboree, they went outside the country.
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Kennewick spends $500 on 2nd golf course in 1925

The first settlers who came to the Mid-Columbia may not have been thinking, "This is a great place to golf," but it didn't take long for their kids to get the urge to knock the little ball around the sagebrush.
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Kennewick's first fire truck retires in 1948

This is an interesting look at some of the history of firefighting in the Tri-Cities.
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Pasco's Palace Roller Rink in 1949

I loved going to the roller rink as a kid in the '50s during the winter and zipping around on my 'clamp-on' steel skates with the skate 'key' on a string around my neck during the summer. Apparently most of America was facinated with roller skating, taking it to an art form in the 40s-50s. It...
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History of Kennewick 1931-1938

Final installment of the History of Kennewick by Mrs. R.E. Reed, first published in the Tri-City Herald on February 19, 1950
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Strange laws from 1903-1910 were still on books in 1958

These are good for a chuckle. Makes you wonder what other laws we have accumulated since then that still are on the books.
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Community responsibility could be deadly in 1970

In light of the Treyvon Martin slaying, community members' involvement in their neighborhoods is getting more scrutiny. But in spite of the Sheriff's advice in this article to "get involved," some people still seem to think that brute force is the best teacher.
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Kirk Douglas visits Richland in 1951

Hanford was so important to the United States that it made Richland a destination point for many celebrities eager to do their part for the war effort, both World War II and Korea.