The Hanford Veterans' Project Opens to the Public
After failing to fill with ex-service men, the state opens residential tracts at White Bluffs to general applicants.
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D. A. Scott, director of the state department of conservation and development, has announced that the White Bluffs-Hanford land settlement project would be thrown open to other than former soldiers, with ex-service men being given the preference in the order of application. Mr. Scott’s action followed a request that the project be opened to the public received from the executive committee of the Washington State American Legion. Thirty-nine tracts are ready for occupancy when applications are approved, Mr. Scott said. Buildings have been completed, wells dug and electric pumps have been installed upon 99 tracts.
“The White Bluffs-Hanford land settlement project would be thrown open to other than former soldiers.”
This 1925 initiative marked an early effort to settle the Hanford area for agricultural development. Today, the land is synonymous with the Hanford Site, a massive environmental cleanup project following its use for plutonium production, creating a stark contrast between this era’s boosterism and the region's current industrial legacy.
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