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- Nov 23, 1923The Promised Industrial MetropolisA massive 100-million-dollar hydroelectric and industrial project proposed for the Columbia River promises to transform the region into a global manufacturing hub.Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA
- Nov 30, 1923The Ghost of a Industrial MetropolisA century ago, planners envisioned Priest Rapids as the 'Niagara Falls of the West,' a massive industrial city of 50,000 destined to power the Pacific Northwest. It never arrived.Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA
- Jan 4, 1924The Battle for the Columbia RiverA Seattle attorney challenges a major dam project to secure the water rights of the Hanford-White Bluffs community.Priest Rapids, Priest Rapids, WA
- Jan 11, 1924The Niagara of the WestPromoters promise a massive industrial city and the world's longest dam, envisioning Priest Rapids as a global manufacturing hub.Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA
- Mar 6, 1925Priest Rapids Dam License Brings White Bluffs a City DreamA century ago, boosters dreamed of a massive industrial city on the Columbia, promised by the General Electric Company as a 'second Niagara Falls.'Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA