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Kennewick, Washington Real Estate
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About Kennewick WA
Kennewick, the largest city in the "Tri-Cities" area of Southeast Washington State, celebrated its centennial in 2004, marking 100 years of incorporation.

Founded in 1883-1884 by railroad workers, arid Kennewick nearly died before the Northern Pacific Railroad built an irrigation canal that brought cool water to the parched earth in 1903.

With irrigation came agriculture and, beginning in 1973, it was Concord grapes that put Kennewick's name on the map. At one time it was said there were more acres of Concord grape vineyards in Kennewick than anywhere in the world. Sold to Welch's in 1953, the plant still operates successfully in Kennewick.

Up until World War I, Kennewick remained a small agriculture-oriented town. Vast orchards surrounded the town, which had fewer than 2,000 inhabitants at the dawning of the War. With wartime projects in nearby communities, Kennewick's population swelled as newcomers moved into town.

In 1969, a new indoor shopping mall was built in the middle of sand and sagebrush. Now Kennewick surrounds the mall and has become the center of retail business for a region that encompasses all of southeast Washington and northeast Oregon.

Kennewick's five-mile long riverfront park, Columbia Park, has been the location of unlimited hydroplane races for nearly forty years and now hosts diverse community events and family activities. Columbia Park is also the site of the "Kennewick Man" discovery, a 9,200-year-old skeleton unearthed in 1996. Its discovery has led to increased scientific questioning of the origins of the human race in North America

Kennewick WA History
Kennewick was officially incorporated on February 5, 1904. Previously, the town had been known by many names, arguably the strangest was "Tehe" which was allegedly attributed to the reaction from a native girl's laughter when asked the name of the region.

The name "Kennewick" is believed to be a native word meaning "grassy place." It has also been called "winter paradise," mostly because of the mild winters in the area.

Kennewick Man is the name for the remains of a prehistoric man found on a bank of the Columbia River nearby, having Caucasian features, despite being indigenous and living 9000 years ago. Ownership of the bones has been a matter of great controversy

Kennewick WA Attractions
Kennewick is the host city of the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League, as well as of the Arena Football League's Tri-Cities Fever. They both play their home games in the Toyota Center, which hosts many other regional events as well. Every year during the summer, hydroplane racing takes place at the Water Follies event on the Columbia River. Residents from all of southeastern Washington come to Kennewick to shop in the city's commercial district, the center point of which is Columbia Center Mall.

Education
Public schools located in the city are part of the Kennewick School District. The Kennewick School District has thirteen elementary schools (Amistad, Canyon View, Cascade, Eastgate, Edison, Hawthorne, Lincoln, Ridge View, Southgate, Sunset View, Vista, Washington, Westgate), four middle schools (Park, Highlands, Desert Hills, Horse Heaven Hills), three high schools: Kennewick High School (the Lions), Kamiakin High School (the Braves), and Southridge High School (the Suns), and a vocational school operated by Kennewick and other local school districts, the Tri-Tech Skills Center.

Kennewick WA Famous Residents
Rick Emerson, Radio Personality
Jeremy Bonderman, Major League Baseball Pitcher, Detroit Tigers
Damon Lusk, NASCAR driver
Ray Mansfield, National Football League player, center, Pittsburgh Steelers
Sharon Tate, Actress, victim of the Manson Family murders
Danica Stewart, Actress, Passions
Joseph Santos, Artist/Painter
John Bozung, National Yo-Yo Trick ladder Gold medalist
Don Mariotto, Slurpee King, Franchisee of 7-Eleven at 3606 W. Clearwater, Kennewick, Wa.
Adam Carriker, Nose Tackle for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League and graduate of Kennewick High School.
Kimo von Oelhoffen, NFL defensive tackle.