April 30, 2021
TravelAwaits Apr.30.2021 Richland, Washington, is one of the three cities that comprise the Tri-Cities (with Kennewick and Pasco completing the triangle). It has long been a natural spot for human settlements, with the Wanapum, Walla Walla, and Yakama tribes fishing for salmon here. The town was named after Nelson Rich and incorporated in 1910. In 1943, the population swelled when the Hanford Site was established as part of the Manhattan Project, the secret effort to build an atomic bomb. The a...