Lost towns: A look at the area that became home to the Hanford Manhattan Project
The main street of White Bluffs as it looked in 1922. The picture is looking east towards the river. On the left is the Commercial Hotel, formerly Oasis Saloon, with the Leggett Mercantile Store, on the right. They were moved from East White Bluffs, the original site of the town on the east side of the Columbia River.
In 1909, the White Bluffs Ferry was powered by horses.
This poster from 1909 promoted White Bluffs as the place to live.
HANFORD, Wash. — The towns of Hanford and White Bluffs were growing towns until 1943 when residents were told to leave to make way for the Manhattan Project.
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