Yakima Natural Gas & Oil Company
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- Apr 13, 1916The Sheep Herders Who Burned a Half-Million Dollars to Scare CoyotesFor eighteen months a Rattlesnake Hills gas well blazed away at a herders' camp — until experts did the math and a three-cornered oil race began.Kennewick, WA
- Apr 21, 1916A Roaring Flame in the Desert: Residents Hope for a Gas BoomA visiting party from White Bluffs witnesses a dramatic demonstration of a natural gas well near the Yakima river, sparking local hopes for a new industrial future.Hanford, WA
- May 4, 1916A Gasser, a Picnic, and a Promise: Kennewick Bets on Oil and GasDrillers pause to case off 400 feet of water, 85 people picnic at the well, and a Yakima promoter promises a franchise — and maybe oil — by summer.Kennewick, WA