Kennewick Commercial Club
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- Apr 9, 1914The Day the River Stopped Running: Kennewick’s Fight to Keep the Columbia OpenWhen the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway threatened to cut its vital boat service on the Columbia River, local merchants and farmers united in a rare show of civic solidarity to save their lifeline.Kennewick, WA
- Apr 16, 1914The River That Wasn't: A Captain’s Quest to Put Kennewick on the MapCaptain Martin L. Volwiler isn’t just shipping strawberries; he’s filming them from a boat deck to prove that the Columbia River is worth knowing about.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
- Jul 23, 1914The Peacemaker from ProsserThe Prosser Commercial Club president visits Kennewick to mend fences in the long-standing Benton County seat rivalry.Kennewick, WA
- Oct 1, 1914The Struggle for Kennewick's River FutureAs the Celilo canal nears completion, local business leaders push for a Port district to tax outside corporations and secure the town's maritime edge.Kennewick, WA
- Oct 1, 1914The Editors Came, Saw the Grapes, and Went Home to Boost KennewickFor three days in September 1914 the young river town threw its Fourth Annual Grape Carnival, wined and dined the weekly editors of three counties, and sent them home to write love letters about cement sidewalks, shade trees and enormous bunches of grapes.Kennewick Highlands, Kennewick, WA
- Oct 22, 1914Benton County Bets on Hogs, Corn and a Free BoarProsser's first annual Hog and Corn Show drew Kennewick crowds on the morning trains — and a warning that exclusive fruit raising would not carry the county forever.Prosser, WA
- Dec 31, 1914The Inland Empire Land RushA massive regional promotion campaign is drawing interest from the Midwest, though Kennewick risks being left off the map.Kennewick, WA
- Feb 25, 1915The Battle Over Kennewick's Port FutureA fiery public debate erupts as boosters defend the creation of a port district against claims of government overreach and potential tax hikes.Kennewick, WA
- Mar 25, 1915The Oregonian Forgets KennewickA major Portland newspaper omits the city from a map of Columbia River ports, triggering a swift and apologetic correction from the editors.Kennewick, WA
- Apr 1, 1915Kennewick Pushes Back on Cost of Scenic Highway PromotionThe Kennewick Commercial Club rebels against an unequal funding proposal for a regional automobile route.Kennewick, WA
- May 27, 1915The Myth of Easy ProsperityA Northern Pacific railroad superintendent tells local business leaders that a geographic location on the Columbia is useless without the infrastructure to back it up.Kennewick, WA
- Aug 12, 1915The Apple Market RevolutionA local lecturer urges Kennewick fruit growers to bypass traditional middlemen and adopt large-scale auction houses to fix stagnant apple prices.Kennewick, WA
- Sep 2, 1915The Pastor’s Sales Pitch for KennewickRev. C. D. Rarey returns from an Indiana lecture tour, selling the Northwest as a land of opportunity to those weary of rain-soaked, failing harvests.Kennewick, WA
- May 4, 1916The Forgotten Promise to HoverA simmering dispute between the Kennewick Commercial Club and the residents of the lower valley highlights a growing rift over infrastructure priorities and civic trust.Kennewick, WA
- Jun 29, 1916The Rural Infrastructure FightFarmers in Hover confront Kennewick business leaders over years of neglected road funding and tax inequity.Kennewick, WA
- Jul 13, 1916The Desert Beckons: The Fight to Irrigate Benton CountyHighland Improvement and Commercial Clubs launch an ambitious campaign to finally secure irrigation rights for the long-promised Benton Unit.The Highlands, Kennewick, WA
- Aug 10, 1916The Perils of the Oiled RoadA disastrously bumpy trip by local boosters to Attalia results in wrecked cars and a debate over infrastructure priorities.Kennewick, WA
- Sep 21, 1916The Students Steal the SpotlightKennewick’s youth outshine the annual Grape Carnival with a massive industrial fair of their own, proving their mettle in cooking, agriculture, and craftsmanship.Kennewick, WA
- Nov 2, 1916The Battle Over Benton County's GovernanceA fiery editorial calls for the decentralization of county power to curb political patronage and take road building 'out of politics'.Kennewick, WA
- Dec 28, 1916The County Agent, the Sugar Beet, and the Strawberry Harvest That Finally Went RightIn his 1916 annual report, county agriculturalist Lee M. Lampson chronicled a quiet revolution in Benton County — homegrown seed, revived sugar beets, cooperative buying, and the federal employment office that finally matched a thousand strawberry pickers to the ripening crop.Kennewick, WA
- Feb 1, 1917The Great University Feud: A Lawmaker’s StandGordon C. Moores breaks with local sentiment to support a contentious bill restricting academic duplication between Washington State College and the University of Washington.Kennewick, WA
- Jun 7, 1917The End of the Old Wallula CrossingA historic Columbia River ferry, rendered obsolete by new competition, finds a second life upriver at White Bluffs.Wallula, WA
- Sep 13, 1917The Great Yakima River Fish WarLocal leaders are locked in a standoff with the state government over salmon rights during food shortages.Kennewick, WA
- Oct 25, 1917Benton County Educators Pledge War-Time ServiceTeachers at a local institute resolve to prioritize food conservation and explain the causes of the Great War to their students.Kennewick High School, Kennewick, WA