throwback thursday

Before it was moved to Prosser in the 1940s, the Benton County veterans cemetery was north of Richland in White Bluffs. Click to see a photo from the air.

Everywhere I go this time of year I see kids playing baseball. It wasn't any different 100 years ago.

Allow me to answer a question with a question: how much do you really know about swastikas?

Things were different in 1925. A farm boy with a rifle near White Bluffs (north of Richland) could entertain himself with a little hunting. Can you tell what he got?

Ferries and steamships connected the Tri-Cities before the bridges were built. Here's one from 1909.

Before grocery stores had refrigerated aisles the Milk Man would rove town delivering fresh milk and other produce. Their role was so important to the survival of Pasco that men delivering milk were exempted from military service during World War II.

There are a lot of churches around here, but you probably can't guess who built the first one? I didn't even know these people lived in Tri-Cities!

One of the most popular topics on the Tri-Cities Reddit page right now is the ghost town of Ainsworth.

The name for Richland was chosen by lottery. The winner of the lottery, a member of the Rosencrance family (the first to introduce irrigation to the Mid Columbia), chose Benton.

Believe it or not, I have a picture worse than this (but I can't find it -- yet -- ohhh, but I will!) For now, you just have to enjoy this Throwback Thursday with me and my awesome red bangs and crooked, thick, black glasses (6th grade, Clancy, Montana)...