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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1937-02-19


    • Five North Central Wash. projects are recommended

    • 1937

    • Five North Central Wash. projects are recommended. - The National Resources Planning council has recommended five north central Washington state projects in its report to president "for immediate investigation or construction," according to word...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1937-02-19
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1937-04-18


    • Unfair to Coulee dam.

    • 1937

    • Unfair to Coulee dam. - Hostility to development of the Columbia and Snake river must be faced on many fronts. A writer in the current number of Bird Lore, published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, appeals to members of the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1937-04-18
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. General. 1937-08-16


    • Federal government plans to buy Mason City, Wash., for $25,000

    • 1937

    • Federal government plans to buy Mason City, Wash., for $25,000. - The federal government will buy a whole town, modern in every respect, for $25,000 within the next two months.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. General. 1937-08-16
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1935-01-06


    • Creation of Columbia river authority declared premature at this time

    • 1935

    • Creation of Columbia river authority declared premature at this time. - Ask Martin's help. - Rufus woods named special respresentative at capital--Roosevelt's favor is seen. - Creation of a Columbia river authority was declared "premature at this...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1935-01-06
    • State history. Bonneville dam. Construction. General. 1936-03-17


    • Blast rips out big cofferdam

    • 1936

    • Blast rips out big cofferdam. - Columbia river turned to old channel. - Works that for nearly year had diverted stream quickly removed / by Lee Bostwick
      It was zero hour at 6:45 A. M. yesterday at Bonneville; there was the roar of explosives;...
    • State history. Bonneville dam. Construction. General. 1936-03-17
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-03-17


    • Ickes urging N. W. have CVA

    • 1936

    • Ickes urging N. W. have CVA. - Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes today urged passage of legislation at this session of congress creating a Pacific northwest agency to administer the Grand Coulee and Bonneville projects either singlely or...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-03-17
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1933-07-11


    • Notables view dam site road

    • 1933

    • Notables view dam site road. - Celebration July 16 will mark completion of highway from Almira. - A meeting will be held July 16 at 1:30 at Grand coulee dam site on the Columbia river, celebrating the completion of the new highway from Almira to...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1933-07-11
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1934-06-06


    • Columbia dams will fill bill

    • 1934

    • Columbia dams will fill bill. - When projects are completed, engineers believe river will be fully utilized. - According to data submitted to congress by the president along with his brief message on waterway development, there is little remaining...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1934-06-06
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-07-14. p. 1.


    • Grand Coulee soon at crisis

    • 1936

    • Grand Coulee soon at crisis. - Reclamation bureau official says west must convince east project needed. - When congress meets this winter the real crisis of the Columbia basin project will be faced--this is what William E. Warne, Washington, D. C.,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-07-14. p. 1.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-07-14. p. 2.


    • Grand Coulee soon at crisis

    • 1936

    • Grand Coulee soon at crisis. - Reclamation bureau official says west must convince east project needed. - When congress meets this winter the real crisis of the Columbia basin project will be faced--this is what William E. Warne, Washington, D. C.,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-07-14. p. 2.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1934-05-09


    • Dam to bring cheaper power

    • 1934

    • Dam to bring cheaper power. - "The Grand Coulee dam, when completed, will not only furnish power at 1.14 mills per kilowatt hour, but will irrigate over 1,200,000 acres of land," stated James O'Sullivan, secretary to the Columbia basin commission,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1934-05-09
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-07-14.


    • Grand Coulee soon at crisis

    • 1936

    • Grand Coulee soon at crisis. - Reclamation bureau official says west must convince east project needed. - When congress meets this winter the real crisis of the Columbia basin project will be faced--this is what William E. Warne, Washington, D. C.,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-07-14.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-07-23


    • Mason City shows engineering accuracy in layout

    • 1935

    • Mason City shows engineering accuracy in layout. - Here is a new view of Mason City, with a section of the athletic field in the left foreground, demonstrating that, while work on Coulee dam goes on as rapidly as possible, engineers and laborers...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-07-23

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