E. W. Trenbath
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- Apr 9, 1914The Dust That Cost a Dollar: Kennewick’s Summer of Dry StreetsWith city coffers empty and saloon licenses expired, the Commercial Club faces a parching summer. Will business owners pay for water, or let the dust settle?Kennewick, WA
- Apr 23, 1914The Great Road War: How Prosser Tried to Starve Kennewick’s InfrastructureA proposed county-wide tax revolt threatens to halt road building in Benton County, sparking a fierce debate over rural equity and urban development in 1914.Hotel Kennewick, Kennewick, WA
- May 7, 1914The Battle for the Benton County RoadsKennewick business leaders protest a county road project, arguing that their tax dollars are being diverted to build infrastructure in empty, undeveloped territory.Kennewick, WA
- Oct 22, 1914Federal Relief for Failed HomesteadersA new act of Congress allows pioneers who lost their land to try again if the initial failure was truly beyond their control.Kennewick, WA
- Aug 12, 1915The Carnival Committee’s Riverfront Dream Faces PushbackA committee proposes a riverfront carnival featuring water stunts and a baseball diamond, but locals worry the site is too far from town and too expensive.Kennewick, WA
- Sep 9, 1915Finding Kennewick on the Yellowstone TrailA transcontinental automobile pioneer discovers that the city is far more than the 'blacksmith shop' his rivals in Pasco claimed it was.Kennewick, WA
- Dec 30, 1915Kennewick Merchants Organize to Save Berry GrowersLocal business leaders launch a cooperative marketing scheme to stabilize the fluctuating strawberry market.Kennewick, WA
- Jul 27, 1916Benton County Organizes a Road LobbyFarmers, businessmen and all three commissioners met in Kennewick to create a county-wide good roads association—one dollar to join, a seat at the levy table.Kennewick, WA
- Jun 14, 1917The War Over the DraftA young member of the I.W.W. is arrested for failing to register for the draft, exposing the intense friction between local authorities and the labor movement during WWI.Kennewick, WA
- Aug 9, 1917Frustration Mounts Over Hover Ferry MonopolyThe Commercial Club launches an investigation after travelers complain that the lack of competition has made the ferry operator indifferent to public needs.Kennewick, WA
- Nov 22, 1917The Price of Dissent in WartimeA Richland man faces federal charges for treasonable utterances against the President and the U.S. Army during the fervor of the First World War.Richland, WA