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Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA



 


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Wenatchee is a city located in north-central Washington and is the largest city and county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925. The population was 33,070 at 2014 Estimate from Office of Financial Management. Located at the confluence of the Columbia and Wenatchee rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range, Wenatchee lies on the western side of the Columbia River, across from the city of East Wenatchee. The Columbia River forms the boundary between Chelan and Douglas County. Wenatchee is the principal city of the "Wenatchee–East Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area", which encompasses all of Chelan and Douglas counties (total population around 110,884). However, the 'Wenatchee Valley Area' generally refers to the land between Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dam on both banks of the Columbia, which includes East Wenatchee, Rock Island, and Malaga.

The city was named for the nearby Wenatchi Indian tribe. The name is a Sahaptin word that means "river which comes from canyons" or "robe of the rainbow". Awenatchela means "people at the source ". The city of Wenatchee shares its name with the Wenatchee River, Lake Wenatchee and the Wenatchee National Forest.

Wenatchee is known as the "Apple Capital of the World" due to the valley's many orchards. The city is also sometimes referred to as the "Buckle of the Power Belt of the Great Northwest". The "Power Belt of the Great Northwest" is a metaphor for the series of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. Rock Island Dam is located nearest to the middle of this "belt", and so was labeled the "Buckle". This saying is printed at the top of every issue of Wenatchee's newspaper, the Wenatchee World, and is no longer in common use elsewhere.

History:

Archeological digs in nearby East Wenatchee have uncovered Clovis stone and bone tools dating back more than 11,000 years, indicating that people migrating during the last Ice Age spent time in the Wenatchee area. The Columbia River and nearby mountains and sagebrush steppes provided an ample supply of food. Clovis points are on display at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center and research findings are available through the Wenatchee World.

As early as 1811, fur traders from the Northwest Fur Company entered the Wenatchee valley to trap and trade with the Indians. In 1863, Father Respari, a Catholic priest, began his missionary work with the Indians. He was followed some 20 years later by Father De Grassi, who built a log cabin on the Wenatchee River near the present town of Cashmere. Throughout the 19th century other white settlers came to homestead the land. Wenatchee was platted in September 1888 and officially incorporated as a city on January 7, 1893. The 1900 U.S. Census counted 451 residents.

The Great Northern Railway completed its railroad line between St. Paul, Minnesota, and Seattle in 1893. Its route through the Wenatchee Valley was significant to the development of this region. The railroad not only provided passenger travel to and from Wenatchee, but it provided for freight service for shipments of wheat, apples, and other products to out-of-state markets.

By the early 20th century the Wenatchee Commercial Club, now the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce, was advertising the region as the "Home of the World's Best Apples." The tree fruit industry provided the economic backbone for the region for a century and still is an important source of revenue. The Wenatchee Valley also boasts one of only two aluminum smelters remaining in the Northwestern United States at the ALCOA plant that expanded production in March 2011. Other growing areas of the regional economy are tourism and information technology.

On October 5, 1931, Clyde Pangborn and his copilot Hugh Herndon landed their airplane, named the Miss Veedol, in the hills of East Wenatchee, and thus became the first aviators to fly nonstop across the Pacific Ocean. The 41-hour flight from Sabishiro Beach, Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, won them the Harmon Trophy for the greatest achievement in flight of 1931.

In 1936, with the completion of Rock Island Dam, Wenatchee was protected from the summer flooding of the Columbia River, and the first of 14 hydroelectric projects on the Columbia began generating electric power. The reservoirs thus generated also made it possible to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in the Columbia Basin.

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Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Cooksey, Mable Ruby  13 Mrz 1925Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I94161
2 Simons, Don B.  27 Jun 1925Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I2375
3 Weber, Darrell Lee  10 Sep 1940Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I3515
4 Weber, Marlene  25 Nov 1936Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I3514
5 Zimbelman, Richard G.  16 Okt 1936Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I2359

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Allen, Lee Thomas  11 Mai 1999Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I159472
2 Avery, Roland Curtis  22 Mai 2000Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I97766
3 Banko, Gottfried D.  15 Feb 1939Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140211
4 Banko, Louisa E.  28 Dez 1973Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140308
5 Carper, Willie Washington  5 Jan 1976Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I200197
6 Delabarre, Arthur Charles  25 Jan 1982Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I193792
7 Doerr, Kathryn R.  29 Sep 2010Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I97765
8 English, Robert Lupton Sr.  13 Nov 2006Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140100
9 English, Unbekannt  7 Nov 1945Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140102
10 Esterling, Ella Regina  5 Jan 1986Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140182
11 Fish, Eugene  23 Jul 2018Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I3505
12 Green, Philmore Vilas  12 Jul 1972Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140183
13 Groß, Emilie  3 Sep 1955Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140304
14 Gumke, Elsie  21 Jan 2013Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I173840
15 Hauff, Johnnie  2 Feb 1968Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140105
16 Hieb, Martha  15 Aug 1985Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I74785
17 Hildebrand, Alfred  17 Mrz 1974Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140103
18 Hildebrand, Ella Melvina  20 Jan 2002Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140099
19 Hildebrand, Elta M.  11 Apr 1993Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140104
20 Hildebrand, Reinhold F.  14 Sep 1960Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140097
21 Hopp, Conrad H. Jr.  30 Okt 1954Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I76983
22 Kison, Ilene  25 Nov 1961Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I119663
23 Klein, Martha  16 Dez 1997Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I193791
24 Klein, Martha  16 Dez 1997Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I219664
25 Lippert, George Edmond  19 Mrz 1982Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I173841
26 Lippert, Larry Georg  2 Jul 2009Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I173843
27 McCreary, Ross Chester  31 Mai 1971Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I42986
28 McDonald, Dewey Charles  11 Apr 2009Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I88232
29 Newell, Eugene Abner  5 Nov 1942Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I94251
30 Perry, Nathan W.  27 Jul 1953Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I94183
31 Rahl, Katharina  15 Jun 1928Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I153271
32 Schoch, Robert Marion  10 Feb 1940Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I32608
33 Schorzman, Anne C.  27 Sep 1972Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I159471
34 Schultz, Margaret S.  13 Sep 1968Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140098
35 Shelton, Reamy William  23 Jan 2003Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I94440
36 Soule, Edna Evelyn  4 Dez 1984Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I265610
37 Truitt, Charles Wilbur  23 Mai 2007Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I140194
38 Woehl, Dena  16 Okt 2003Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I88382
39 Wright, Gus  30 Mai 2004Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I256998
40 Zimbelman, Leola Catherine  18 Jul 2001Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I3508

Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Bich, Jacob J.  13 Mai 1965Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I76438
2 Cochran, Ella Jane  Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I94184
3 Newell, Eugene Abner  Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I94251
4 Perry, Nathan W.  Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I94183
5 Winter, Leontina  16 Jul 1988Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA I76439

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Gilligham / Zimbelman  25 Okt 1933Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA F1157