When the top-secret Manhattan Project got underway early in World War II and arrived at Hanford, it needed a place to take care of the medical needs of its growing number of workers.
Grape carnivals, town fairs, grape festivals and the first Benton County Fair in 1948 had long established tradition of festivals flavored as fairs in Kennewick. But 1949 saw the addition of the rodeo to the event.
A Richland man is one of hundreds of people from around the country and beyond taking part in the 2024 National Horseshoe Pitchers Association World Tournament in Kennewick.