Table of Contents Moses Lake An introduction to the Columbia Communities Web project An Overview The relationship of Grand Coulee dam to Moses Lake Native American Heritage and Moses Lake First Inhabitants: Columbia Sinkiuse Introduction Chief Moses and the Columbia-Sinkiuse people First Inhabitants: Plateau Neighbors The Wanapum people of Priest Rapids Other Native peoples of the region Go to the Source Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau Lewis and Clark Descriptions Central Plateau Epidemic History Conflict, Conquest, and Co-Existence: Native and non-Native Relations and Moses Lake Cultures Clash: The Land Grab American settlers confront the Native American inhabitants of the Columbia River Basin The impact of disease on the Native American population The 1855 Yakima Treaty Cultures Clash: Removal The Columbia, or "Moses," reservation The Wanapum avoid removal to a reservation Go to the Source Yakima Treaty of 1855 Correspondence of Chief Moses Executive orders creating and withdrawing the Columbia Reservation Department of Interior Relinquishment of Columbia Reservation Early Non-Native Settlement Ranchers and early homesteaders to the Moses Lake area Neppel (1911-1938), Predecessor to Moses Lake Neppel: The Early Years (1911-1938) Establishment of the community of Neppel Neppel and Water: Irrigation Attempts to harness Moses Lake for irrigation Establishment of the Moses Lake Irrigation District Neppel and Water: Adaptation Incorporation of Moses Lake Life on an arid landscape--personal experience Go to the Source 1902 Reclamation Act Grant County Realty Company Ad Incorporation papers for the town of Moses Lake Early Moses Lake City Council meeting minutes Intertwined Histories: Grand Coulee Dam and Moses Lake Overview: Moses Lake After Grand Coulee Dam, 1938-1990 Construction of Grand Coulee dam stimulates the growth of Moses Lake--a brief overview Grand Coulee Dam Promoting and building the dam Grand Coulee Dam, Defense, and Public Power Grand Coulee dam fuels the Pacific Northwest defense industry and development of the region's first Public Utility District Opposition to the Dam Ideological and political opposition to the dam Negative impact of the dam on area communities and their response Go to the Source Rufus Woods Workers reminiscences about building Grand Coulee Dam and life in Grand Coulee during the dam's construction Jack Pachoca Hap Longley Acquisition of Indian Lands, Relocation of Indian Cemeteries Reactions to inundation Newspaper clippings describe the inundation of communities Report, Committee on Natural Resources, 1994 Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act The fate of the Pacific Northwest Salmon (U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries Report, the Mitchell Act, "The Great Salmon Mystery") Transforming An Arid Land?: The Columbia Basin Project Comes to Moses Lake The Columbia Basin Project Introduction to the CBP Promoting the Columbia Basin Project "Farm-In-A-Day" The Columbia Basin Project: Promise and Reality Project expectations and the realities of modern agriculture The Columbia Basin Project and the Growth of Moses Lake The Columbia Basin Project draws agricultural industries to Moses Lake Go to the Source Remina Jorgensen describes challenges of irrigated farming 1935 Rivers and Harbors Act - authorizing construction of Grand Coulee Dam 1936 Rural Electrification Act - providing electricity in rural communities 1937 Anti-Speculation Act - preventing land speculation at Grand Coulee Dam Reclamation Project Act of 1939 - guidelines for the "Planned Promised Land." The Many Faces and Facets of Community in Moses Lake Building Community: Mexican Americans Mexican migration to Moses Lake Establishment of the area's largest ethnic group Building Community: Japanese Americans World War II Japanese internment Japanese American migration to Moses Lake Building Community: Mormons Mormon migration to Moses Lake Growth of the area's Mormon population Building Community: Larson Air Force Base (LAFB) (community4.html) Impact of LAFB on Moses Lake Building Community: Making Connections Housing shortages and solutions in post-World War II Moses Lake Building Community: Larson Air Force Base Closes Establishment of the Port of Moses Lake and Big Bend Community College anchor Moses Lake's economy Go to the Source Executive Order 9066 - Japanese Internment  Larson Air Force Base - Guide and Directory/Closure The Bracero Program - Public Law 45, April 29, 1943 Joe Tokunaga describes internment at Minidoka and coming to Moses Lake Lillian Tokunaga describes living in Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II Harry Yamamoto, Jr. describes farming in Moses Lake after 1943 Frank Koba discusses Moses Lake after 1943 Memories and the Shaping of Community Reflections, Gladys Hull A lifelong resident of Moses Lake reminisces about her town Reflections, Mount St. Helens Eruption The impact of the eruption on Moses Lake Reflections, Frontier Jr. High School Tragedy A community in crisis pulls together Reflections: Excerpts Residents young and old share their thoughts about Moses Lake Reflections Shared Your thoughts about Moses Lake Acknowledgements   To top of page Table of Contents <> Photo Archive Oral History Archive <> Documents Archive <> Bibliography To Top of Moses Lake Exhibit