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The Yakima Public Library was constructed in 1904, primarily using $10,000 grant donated for that purpose by Andrew Carnegie.The Rural Library District #1 (RLD) was established in 1944, and, in 1951, pooled resources with the City of Yakima to form the Yakima Valley Regional Library System.
Granger was officially incorporated on September 28, 1909. In the 1910s and 1920s, the town had several large industries including a tile and brick company and a cider mill . The Granger Farm Workers Camp, which opened in May 1941 two miles north of the city, became known as the Crewport, Washington Farm Labor Camp.
Sunnyside has one public library. The original public library, a Carnegie Library, was built in 1911. It was replaced in 1964 with the current library building. It is the second largest library in the Yakima Valley Libraries and has one of the largest Spanish language collections in the system. [30]
The White Swan Library (a branch of the Yakima Valley Regional library) was established in 1947. It was moved to a donated facility in 1969 where it stands today. White Swan is part of the Mt Adams School District #209, and home of White Swan High School. The town has never been formally incorporated. [6] [7]
Location of Yakima County in Washington. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yakima County, Washington.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yakima County, Washington, United States.
Hillyer joined with leaders of other Yakima Valley news organizations in 1948 to develop an educational program for students in the local 4-H Club to learn about the news business. The event was intended to be repeated annually. [11] In 1959, the paper had an audited circulation of 1,288. [12] The Sunnyside Sun absorbed the weekly Sunnyside ...
Union Gap is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,568 at the 2020 census. [5] Union Gap has become the retail hub for the entire Yakima Valley as a result of Valley Mall and other thriving businesses being located here. Part of the city is within the Yakama Nation.
West Richland as seen across Yakima from Richland. The original people of the region were the Chemnapum Indians (closely related to the Wanapum tribe ), living near the mouth of the Yakima River . Lewis and Clark passed through the area in 1805, and an expedition of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers headed by Robert E Johnson mapped the ...