Moses Lake

by Ann Golden, Freya Hart, Moses Lake Museum & Art Center

Book Overview

Moses Lake stands out as the "boomtown" of Grant County. A period of exponential growth began in the 1940s as the result of water and air power. Moses Lake sits at the heart of the Columbia Basin Project, a monumental irrigation system controlled by Grand Coulee Dam supplying water to over half a million acres. Activation of the Moses Lake Army Air Base (later Larson Air Force Base) during World War II added to the population boom of more than 3,600...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738596248
• ISBN13: 9780738596242
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"