Oral History; Cheney Women - Interviews; Zoning - United States; Municipal government by commission; City Planning - United States; Planning Commissions - Washington - Cheney; League of Women Voters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
Oral history interview transcript with Shirley Billings and her topic concerns the Cheney planning commission and her involvement with it.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction; Scrapers (Earthmoving machinery) ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- History
Construction of the temporary railroad from Coulee City to the dam site utilized methods common a half century earlier when the Northern Pacific built its branch to Coulee City. Horse drawn fresno scrapers are being used to grade the roadbed.
Photograph shows men and boys in period dress posed with wagons, carts, and horses in front of numerous buildings on First Street in Cheney, Washington. Many of the buildings have the false fronts common to the period. Included in the buildings is...
Automobiles; Automobile travel -- Washington (State) -- Photographs; National Parks Highway Association -- Photograph collections; Inland Automobile Association -- Photograph collections; Guilbert, Frank W., -- d. 1940 -- Photograph collections;...
City limit sign asking drivers to slow down and respect the law. This sign was located along the route of the National Parks Highway Association tour. The tour began on June 4, 1916 and was to last 33 days and cover 3,100 miles. The tour officially...
The “Government Town” in the foreground, and the “Contractor’s Town” across the river, in the background. Mason City, the contractor’s town, was named for Silas B. Mason.
Eastern Washington College of Education - students; College students -- Washington (State) -- Cheney -- Photographs; Students
Photograph of Edith Giles, from Pine City, Washington. Taken on the front steps of Martin Hall on the campus of Eastern Washington College of Education (currently Eastern Washington University).
Eastern Washington College of Education -- Students; College students -- Washington (State) -- Cheney -- Photographs; Students
Photograph showing the view of the Eastern Washington College of Education (currently Eastern Washington University) campus looking toward the City of Cheney from the roof of the Administration Building [Showalter Hall.]