The Lights Go On in Coulee City
After months of wiring homes and businesses, the Grant County Power Company finally turns on the electrical current.
Coulee City is all ‘lit up’ in a blaze of glory. The Grant County Power Co. turned on the ‘juice’ for the first time last Saturday night, since when we have basked in the glowing effulgence of its brilliant rays. A majority of the business houses and residences have been wired for some time in anticipation of the event. Those who were dilatory are now hurrying to get in on the light.
“Coulee City is all ‘lit up’ in a blaze of glory.”
The transition to electric light was a major infrastructure milestone for early 20th-century Washington, transforming how business and social life operated after dusk. Today, as Coulee City explores new energy projects, the same excitement and anxiety over 'getting in on' modern utility grids remain a persistent feature of local growth.
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