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7 unusual facts about Yakima


Desert Wine

Desert Wine died of a heart attack at age twenty-three on October 15, 2003 at St. Hilaire Farm near Yakima, Washington where he had stood at stud since 2000.

Hub Kittle

Two years later, Kittle won 20 of 30 decisions pitching for the Yakima Pippins of the Class B Western International League — beginning a long association with professional baseball in Yakima, Washington, and the Pacific Northwest.

Lamson Air Tractor

In 1953, Central Aircraft, a crop-spraying company based at Yakima, Washington, went into collaboration with the Lamson Aircraft Company, whose President and designer, Robert L. Lamson was a former test pilot for Boeing, setting up a joint venture, the Central-Lamson Corporation, to design and build a specialized agricultural aircraft, the Air Tractor, one of the first purpose-built aircraft for this role.

Microbrewery

Interest spread to the US, and in 1982, Grant's Brewery Pub in Yakima, Washington was opened, reviving the US "brewery taverns" of well-known early Americans as William Penn, Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry.

Nat Emerson

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in October 1874 to Henry & Edith Emerson, he moved to Yakima, Washington by 1911, where he owned an apple orchard.

Timken 1111

The railroad renumbered it to 2626, classifying it internally as locomotive class A-1 (this locomotive was the class's sole member), and used it in passenger service between Seattle and Yakima, Washington, and later shifted its service to passenger trains between Seattle and Missoula, Montana.

Universal Camouflage Pattern

There were a total of fifteen evaluations, which took place at Fort Benning, Fort Polk, Fort Irwin, Fort Lewis, and Yakima, Washington.


Bridge FM

KYYR-LP, known as "The Bridge FM 97.9", a Christian radio station from Yakima, Washington, US

Chester Adgate Congdon

He had membership with the Kitchi Gammi, Northland Country, Commercial and Duluth Boat Clubs, all of Duluth; the Minnesota Club of St. Paul; the Minneapolis Club of Minneapolis; the University Club of Chicago; the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Bankers Club of New York; the Commercial Club of North Yakima; and with various college fraternities, including the Upsilon Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Theta Nu Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.

Fraser Valley Mariners

However, following their come-from-behind 3-2 win against Yakima Reds at the end of June, something clicked into place for Abbotsford: from that point on they began to utterly demolish their opponents, thrashing Cascade Surge 4-0, topping Yakima Reds 3-0, beating Tacoma Tide 4-1, and finishing the year with an absolutely astonishing 11-0 win over Spokane Spiders which included a double hat-trick SIX goals from striker James Severn.

Kennewick High School

The 4A division consists of Richland High School, Pasco High School, Walla Walla High School, Eisenhower High School and A.C. Davis High School, Moses Lake High School, and Wenatchee High School.

Nicolas Eugene Walsh

On August 10, 1976, he resigned as Bishop of Yakima for health reasons; he was named auxiliary bishop of Seattle and titular bishop of Volsinium on the same date.

Outward Bound USA

ELOB has a national headquarters located in Garrison, New York as well as eight regional offices which are based in Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York City; Annapolis, Maryland; Palm Harbor, Florida; Puerto Rico; Dubuque, Iowa; Boise, Idaho; and Yakima, Washington.

Packwood, Washington

Packwood is located in the White Pass School District, which, in addition to Packwood, covers the small towns of Randle and Glenoma, Washington and the vast forested expanse in extreme eastern Lewis County, terminating at the Cascade Mountains and the county border with Yakima County, Washington.

Spider Ledesma

-- A source for the match, not merely some description of Stevens. --> Ledesma played for several years at tournaments in the Northwest on Indian reservations of the Chiloquin (Klamath), Hoopa (Hupa), Warm Springs, and Yakima.

Stephen McAlpine

He attended school in Yakima, but two years at Maryknoll Seminary in Mt. View, California.

SWX Right Now

The channel is operated by Cowles Publishing Company and airs over Cowles' three NBC affiliated channels in Eastern Washington, including Spokane's KHQ-TV, KNDO in Yakima, and Richland's KNDU, as well as on cable systems throughout the market.


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