Talk:Richland, Washington

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Starting Richland, Washington discussion page. BiggKwell 00:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Great. Waht do you want to talk about? Williamborg (Bill) 03:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

There is a considerable amount of info on the historic Richland "Alphabet Houses" at http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/ but the information there gives no attributions. I'm trying to locate a source for documentation.

It's "Bookwalter", not "Brookwalter". --DMC198.232.211.130 23:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

"Sister City"
Why is a sister city in Taiwan given? There is no explanation provided.--Grendlefuzz 11:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Pop culture references
In Douglas Coupland's "Shampoo Planet", Richland serves as the loose basis for the main character's fictional hometown "Lancaster". Similarities include the desert climate, the Columbia River, neighboring Pasco, inclusion in Benton County, proximity to nuclear production facilities, and the the high school's mushroom cloud mascot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.164.250 (talk) 04:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

"Famous People"
You should add Travis Buck of the Oakland Athletics to famous people. He was born and raised in Richland and he attended Richland High.

Hanford workers camp location
I have removed this from the text of the article, as it was inappropriately placed there:

"Correction.

The Hanford construction workers housing camp built during WW II was located approximately 35 mi north of Richland. The construction workers camp that was built for the early Cold War (1947-49) expansion was located less than five miles north of Richland."

If a good reference could be found to clear up the disagreement, that would be well.—Saxifrage ✎ 17:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Too many images
There are too many images in this article. Try having images placed in an appropriate category at Wikimedia Commons (Main Page) and place an interwiki link to it in the "See also" section. -- allen四names 03:35, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I failed to note the photo gallery section. I will move the images from the main body of the article into the photo gallery section. Please consider witch images belong in the main body of the article before moving them back. -- allen四names 05:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The images were all moved to the gallery section, which was then removed in place of a link to the commons. Now we have gone from an article with 'too many images' to one with no images at all. The style manual says nothing (that I could find) about banning images from cities' articles. I will replace some of the images as soon as I find time - but in the interest of those who felt there were 'too many images' - I will try to show restraint. Nothingofwater (talk) 05:32, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure what happened, but none of the images removed from this page's 'gallery' made it to the Commons page that was inserted in their place. I'm going to have a crack at figuring out how that is done, and see if I can fix it. Nothingofwater (talk) 20:46, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Try Category:Richland, Washington and commons:Category:Richland, Washington. Look for the bridge photo here. – allen四names 02:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

George Washington Way
The text of this article states that G-way was named after George Washington, the first president. Is that substantiated somewhere, or is there a chance that it was named after George Washington Goethals, who is more in line with the other engineers that have Richland streets named after them? Just wondering if it is referenced anywhere... Nothingofwater (talk) 21:15, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * One might guess that Goethals Drive in Richland is named after George Washington Goethals - so it would seem excessive to name both George Washington Way and Goethals Drive named after the same individual. But that's all speculation. We need a reference and I can't help you there. Cheers - Williamborg (Bill) 04:18, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * And to make it more interesting, http://www.answers.com/topic/george-washington-goethals states "In World War II the United States liberty ship SS G. W. Goethals was named in his honor. He has one street named for him in the city of Richland, Washington." So which street was it - Goethals Drive or George Washington Way...? Or did he actually get two "named" after him by a fan who was into subtlety? Williamborg (Bill) 04:32, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * And to make it worse - I now find that the source behind www.answers.com is, you guessed it - a Wikipedia article. Recursion probably doesn't make for truth. Williamborg (Bill) 04:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems that George Washington (the president) is better known for being a president then any kind of civil engineer. To put it a different way, if one were asked to name well-known engineers, would George Washington make the list among the others (Stevens, Goethals, Thayer, etc)? Reading the George Washington article, i see that he was home-schooled, and worked as a surveyor from age 17-18. After this, he was elected as the county surveyor of the newly-created county. While admirable, it doesnt really set him aside as an engineer. If the street in Richland was indeed named after George Washington, then we can say so - but saying that it is an example of streets being named after notable engineers seems like a stretch without some kind of supporting documentation. Nothingofwater (talk) 22:06, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * George Washington just might be included among the engineering types if you were trying to include a president and this was the only one you could think of who did anything related to engineering. And my generation of Americans learned in grade school that Washington was a surveyor. So the statement as written isn't implausible.
 * However, plausible or not, it really should have an inline citation. The Richland Library has several books on the "letter homes" that would cover this bit of history - either you or I ought to go check that out when we're next out that way. Unless you want to volunteer to find it, you can let me see what can be done when I next get up from Portland.
 * Cheers - Williamborg (Bill) 03:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Closed city?
That statement that Richland was a restricted-access city during WW II is incorrect. I was born there in 1945 and it was an open city during my childhood. I recall reading somewhere that the open access was one feature that distinguished it from the other two Manhattan project towns, Oak Ridge and Los Alamos. --Charles Packer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.156.36.60 (talk) 19:08, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Asked my 90-year-old mom & she confirmed that Richland was never a closed city, so I removed the statement from the article. 216.164.40.79 (talk) 01:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)Charles Packer

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World War II image not
In the World War II paragraph, the original image captioned "Richland during the early days..." actually showed an area under construction after the war, in 1948-49. I replaced it with a more apt image that I found in the gallery. Fun fact: the field that occupies the lower right area became the neighborhood that now comprises the Gold Coast Historic District. I also brought some text over from the District page that is more appropriate here, in preparation for making a major edit to that page. Cpacker666 (talk) 01:55, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Merger Discussion
Request received to merge articles: {Richland Y, Washington} into {Richland, Washington}; dated: {February/2024}. Proposer's Rationale: {I've checked all the local papers on the history of this place. It's just a community in Richland and needs merging.} Discuss here. James.folsom (talk) 21:45, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with this. The Richland Y is only distinctive as a part of Richland, and any history pertinent to the Y would also be a part of Richland history.  If it has/had some other significance, I am unaware of it.  I vote merge. Nothingofwater (talk) 01:25, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 14:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)