Nowhere to remember : Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943

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Title:

Nowhere to remember : Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943

Alternate title:

Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943

Author:

Bauman, Robert, 1964- editor of compilation.

Franklin, Robert R., 1981- editor of compilation.

Series:

Hanford histories ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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!"

Physical Description:

xvi, 196 pages : map, illustrations ; 23 cm

Genre:

Interviews.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians.

Memory -- Social aspects.

Internally displaced persons.

Farm life.

Geographic Term:

Hanford (Wash.) -- History.

White Bluffs (Wash.) -- History.

Richland (Wash.) -- History.

Benton County (Wash.) -- Biography.

Hanford Site (Wash.) -- History.

Author(s):

Bauman, Robert, 1964-

Franklin, Robert R., 1981-

Publisher:

Washington State University Press,

Publication Date:

2018

ISBN:

9780874223606

Publication Information:

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2018]

Call Number:

979.7 NOWHERE

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Summary

Drawn from Hanford History Project personal narratives, Nowhere to Remember highlights life in Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland--three small eastern Washington agricultural communities where Euro-American settlers transformed acres of sagebrush into fruit orchards and neighbors helped neighbors. But in 1943, families received evacuation orders, and Manhattan Project restrictions meant they could not return.

Covering settlement and development, the arrival of irrigation, dependence on railroads, Great Depression struggles, and World War II-era experiences, the volume examines regional trade and transportation within the context of American West history. It also details the tight bonds between early residents and early twentieth century experiences of the region's women, utilizes oral histories to tell forced removal stories, and finally, conveys displaced occupants' reactions to their loss.