Author: Nyleen B. BellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Richland Residents, Volume II
Author: Nyleen B. BellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A Report and a Plan for All Residents of Richland and Hampton Townships Concerning the Vital Need for the Hampton-Richland Public Library, a Joint Community Library
Author: Richland, Washington
Author: Elizabeth GibsonPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738520612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Columbia Basin was dusted only with sagebrush and bunchgrass before settlers harnessed the power of the mighty Columbia River. With irrigation came the small town of Richland, and its sister towns of White Bluffs and Hanford. On the advent of U.S. involvement in the Second World War, Richland was discovered by government scientists. Breaking ground in March of 1943, through one of the fastest-built government operations ever, the first nuclear reactor went "critical" in September of that year. Most of the workers did not understand what they had produced until after Nagasaki was destroyed. The local paper announced, "Peace! Our Bomb Clinched It!" This book, the first to cover the history of the small town that played a part in one of the most earth-shattering events of United States history, captures the people and events that have shaped Richland's character, including the Flood of 1948, the Atomic Frontier Days Festival, the relocation of the town to make way for the Hanford site's construction camp, and pictures gathered from Richland Bomber alumni.
Nowhere to Remember
Author: Laura ArataPublisher: Washington State University Press
ISBN: 1636820581
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
“There wasn’t that many people, but they were good people.”--Madeline Gilles “First time I ever tasted cherries or even seen a cherry tree was [in White Bluffs]. Or ever ate an apricot or seen an apricot...It was covered with orchards and alfalfa fields.”--Leatris Boehmer Reid Euro-American Priest River Valley settlers turned acres of sagebrush into fruit orchards. Although farm life required hard work and modern conveniences were often spare, many former residents remember idyllic, close-knit communities where neighbors helped neighbors. Then, in 1943, families received forced evacuation notices. “Fruit farmers had to leave their crops on their trees. And that was very hard on them, no future, no money...they moved wherever they could get a place to live,” Catherine Finley recalled. Some were given just thirty days, and Manhattan Project restrictions meant they could not return. Drawn from Hanford History Project personal narratives, Nowhere to Remember highlights life in Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland--three small agricultural communities in eastern Washington’s mid-Columbia region. It covers their late 1800s to early 1900s origins, settlement and development, the arrival of irrigation, dependence on railroads, Great Depression struggles, and finally, their unique experiences in the early years of World War II. David W. Harvey examines the impact of wagon trade, steamships, and railroads, grounding local history within the context of American West history. Robert Franklin details the tight bonds between early residents as they labored to transform scrubland into an agricultural Eden. Laura Arata considers the early twentieth century experiences of women who lived and worked in the region. Robert Bauman utilizes oral histories to tell forced removal stories. Finally, Bauman and Franklin convey displaced occupants’ reactions to their lost spaces and places of meaning--and explore ways they sought to honor their heritage.
History of Richland County, Ohio, from 1808 to 1908
Author: Abraham J. BaughmanPublisher:
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Category : Richland County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Disposal of Government-owned Community at Richland, Wash
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic EnergyPublisher:
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Category : Richland (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Current Construction Reports
Author: Residential Treatment Programs: Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth
Author: Gregory D. KutzPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428988009
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Residential treatment programs (RTP) provide a range of services, including drug & alcohol treatment, confidence building, military-style discipline, & psychological counseling for troubled boys & girls with a variety of addiction, behavioral, & emotional problems. This testimony concerns RTP referring to themselves as wilderness therapy programs, boot camps, & academies, among other names. Many cite positive outcomes assoc. with specific types of RTP. There are also allegations regarding the abuse & death of youth enrolled in RTP. This report: verifies whether allegations of abuse & death at RTP are widespread; & examines the facts & circumstances surrounding selected closed cases where a teenager died while enrolled in a private program.
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Author: Radiological Health Data and Reports
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description