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Raymond Alvah Hanson (December 10, 1923 – February 18, 2009) was an American engineer and inventor from Spokane, Washington.He held over 100 patents, [1] and created and produced equipment that was used on the Trans-Alaskan pipeline, canals in over 50 countries (including the California Aqueduct System) and the self-leveling control for hillside Combine Harvesters.
Coulee City was commonly known as McEntee’s Crossing of the Grand Coulee in the 19th century. In 1881, Philip McEntee, after helping a group of surveyors trying to lay down a road, built the first log cabin around Coulee City. Other important pioneers soon followed in the following years. [4] The town was named after nearby Grand Coulee. [5]
G. D. Arnold, owner of the Grand Coulee News Times, discontinued the paper and moved his printing plant to Moses Lake, Washington to launch the Moses Lake Herald on July 31, 1941. [3] Archie Trenner became publisher in April 1942. [4] In 1946, Edward "Ned" Thomas, Archie Trenner and William G. Orthman purchased the Herald. [5]
Grand Coulee is a large coulee on the Columbia River Plateau.This area has underlying granite bedrock, formed deep in the Earth's crust 40 to 60 million years ago. The land periodically uplifted and subsided over millions of years giving rise to some small mountains and, eventually, an inland sea.
Aerial view from the south with Grand Coulee located centrally, Electric City to the left and Coulee Dam to the right. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.29 square miles (3.34 km 2), of which, 1.19 square miles (3.08 km 2) is land and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km 2) is water.
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The region was known at the turn of the century for the great herds of wild horses that roamed the land. Horse trading was an important element of the local economy, and Ephrata served as the staging area for the horse round-ups. The last "Grand Horse Round-up" was held in Ephrata in 1906.
Harvey Slocum (October 23, 1887 – November 11, 1961) was an American civil engineer and dam-building expert, known primarily for his part in the construction of Grand Coulee Dam in the United States and the Bhakra Dam in India. [1]