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The Yakima River is a tributary of the Columbia River in south central and eastern Washington state, named for the indigenous Yakama people. Lewis and Clark mention in their journals that the Chin-nâm pam (or the Lower Snake River Chamnapam Nation) called the river Tâpe têtt [6] (also rendered Tapteete), [7] possibly from the French tape-tête, meaning "head hit".
Washington State Route 821. State Route 821 ( SR 821) is a state highway in central Washington state. It runs for 25 miles (40 km) through the Yakima Canyon, following the meandering Yakima River between Selah and Ellensburg. Both ends of the highway are at interchanges with Interstate 82 (I-82) and U.S. Route 97 (US 97).
Yakima Indian Painted Rocks. Indian Painted Rocks is a tiny state park (approximately 2,000 sq ft (200 m 2 )) right outside Yakima, Washington at the intersection of Powerhouse and Ackely Roads. The Indian rock paintings, also known as pictographs are on a cliff of basaltic rocks parallel to the current Powerhouse road which was once an Indian ...
Umtanum Ridge Water Gap is a geologic feature in Washington state in the United States. It includes the Yakima Canyon (or " Yakima River Canyon "), and is located between the cities of Ellensburg and Yakima in central Washington. [1] Washington State Route 821 (formerly numbered "U.S. Route 97") was once the main route between Ellensburg and ...
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Apr. 3—A ranch property and popular boat launch in the Yakima River Canyon are now in public hands. The Bureau of Land Management announced this week that it has taken ownership of 647 acres in ...
Black Canyon Fire burns 4,500 acres in Yakima County, residents evacuate. YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. - The Black Canyon Fire burning in central Washington has charred an estimated 4,500 acres, and some ...
Yakima (/ ˈ j æ k ɪ m ɑː / or / ˈ j æ k ɪ m ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city.As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. [3]