"Based on oral histories, this volume examines the small towns of Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland, Washington, before the federal government seized the land and set up one of the secret locations of the Manhattan Project, which came to be know simply as "Hanford.""--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:Pullman, Washington :Washington State University Press[2018]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: "Making a history of it may help:" the Hanford Site and its places of meaning / by Robert Franklin and Robert Bauman -- An oasis in the desert? White Bluffs, Hanford, and Richland - the early years / by David W. Harvey -- "We worked in the orchards and we played in the river:" Life in the towns of Richland, White Bluffs and Hanford / by Robert Franklin -- Orchards and open arms: Women in the Priest Rapids Valley / by Laura Arata -- "It was like an invasion!"
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