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Local History

MY LIFE how Burbank survived

Franky Uhling. (no date). Self published, Burbank, WA. 255p. $5.00

Autobiography of Franky Uhling and her life in Burbank Washington

KIN-I-WAK, Kenewick, Tehe, Kennewick

Martha Berry Parker. (1986). Ye Galleon Press, Fairfield, WA.. ISBN 0877703973. 414p. $10.00

History of the city of Kennewick, WA, 1883-1943. Includes photos, maps, name index.

BENTON COUNTY PLACE NAMES

Jean C. Davis and Vickie S. Bergum. (1996).East Benton County Historical Society, Kennewick, WA. 84p. $5.00

Brief county history plus origins of names found in print and on maps.

ON THE HOME FRONT: the cold war legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site

Michele S. Gerber. (1992).University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. ISBN 0803221452. 312p. $27.08

First complete history of the development of atomic weaponry and power at Hanford, WA. Index.

COLORS OF CHANGE IN PLYMOUTH

Plymouth School 6th & 7th grade history class. (1992). Kennewick School District, Kennewick, WA. 95p. $5.00

Report of a grant project for Washington History Day.

AS I KNEW HIM: recollections of a timid soul who led a quiet life spanning some interesting times

Robert L. Moore. (1992). Self-published, Richland, WA. 334p. $8.12

An autobiography of a Hanford scientist and soaring enthusiast. Signed by author.

Pacific Northwest History:

GRAND COULEE: harnassing a dream

Paul C. Pitzer. (1994). WSU Press, Pullman, WA. ISBN 0874221102. 512p. $21.66

History of the Grand Coulee Dam and Columbia Basin Irrigation Project of north-central WA. Index. Bibliography.

NAME ON THE SCHOOLHOUSE

Kenneth L. Calkins. (1991). Washington State Retired Teachers Assn., Olympia, WA. ISBN 0963070207. 174p. $3.00

An anecdotal list of some historic names of schools in Washington state. Photos.

WANDERING AND FEASTING: a Washington cookbook

Mary H. Caditz. (1996). WSU Press, Pullman, WA. ISBN 0874221382. 334p. $19.95

More than 200 contemporary recipes with historical vignettes of related towns in Washington state.

WASHINGTON AND OREGON: a map history of the Oregon Country

Martha Berry Parker. (1988). Ye Galleon Press, Fairfield, WA. 96p. folio. $25.00

Collection of various types of maps of the Pacific Northwest (1529-1959).

PURPLE FLAT TOP

Jack Nisbet. (1996). Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA. ISBN 1-57061-058-4. 187p. $10.83

Stretching between the Cascades and northern Rockies, the inland Northwest is a diverse land of sagebrush deserts and glaciated mountains. Jack Nisbet illuminates this country through stories of the resilient individuals who inhabited it and the natural history that defines.

RUFAS WOOD the Columbia River and the buildng of modern Washington

Robert E Ficken. (1997). Washington State University Press, Pullman, WA. ISBN 0-87422-121-8. 296p. $21.66

Rufas Woods who spent more than 40 years a publisher of the Wenatchee Daily World, was often called the 'High Priest of the Columbia River". Pinning his high hopes for the region's future on a huge Columbia River dam, his dream was answered by the building of Grand Coulee Dam

Travel Guides:

ROADSIDE HISTORY OF OREGON

Bill Gulick. (1994). Mountain Press, Missoula, MT. ISBN 0878422528. 430p. $15.50

Historical narrative with photos, index.

LEWIS AND CLARK BY AIR

Bob and Mike Webster. (2003). ViaPlanes, Pryor, OK. ISBN 0-972-8942-0-9. 264p + CD. $25.00

On May 14, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition rowed 4 miles up the Missouri River, beginning their epic journey to the Pacific. Eighteen months and 4,000 miles later, 31 men, one woman, and a baby reached the Pacific Ocean. On June 13, 2002, almost 200 years later, Bob and Mike Webster climbed into their homebuilt airplane and began their flight following the footsteps of Lewis and Clark.

Native American History:

VOICE OF THE OLD WOLF: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians

Steven R. Evans. (1996). WSU Press, Pullman, WA. ISBN 084221285. 198p. $19.95

Story of McWhorter (1860-1944) who wrote the stories of the Yakama and Nez Perce Indians. Index. Bibliography.

Isaac Steven's: Young Man in a Hurry

by Kent D Richards Washington's first Territorial Govenor, 1953 - 1857 $24.95

Hydroplane Racing in the Tri-Cities

by David D Willims $21.65

RENEGADE TRIBE: the Palouse Indians and the invasion of the inland Pacific Northwest

Clifford E. Trafzer and Richard D. Scheuerman. (1993). WSU Press, Pullman, WA. ISBN 0874220270. 224p. $14.63

From written and oral histories, both white and Indian. Winner of Washington Governor's Writers Award.

CHIEFS AND CHIEF TRADERS: Indian relations at Fort Nez Perces, 1818-1855. Vol. 1

Theodore Stern. (1992). OSU Press, Portland, OR. ISBN 087071368X. $32.49

Based on primary sources and accounts of natives of life in central Oregon before the Oregon Trail opened.