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Yakima was born Enos Edward Canutt in the Snake River Hills near Colfax, Washington, one of five children of John Lemuel Canutt, a rancher, and his wife Nettie Ellen Stevens. He grew up in eastern Washington on a ranch near Penawawa Creek, founded by his grandfather. His father operated the ranch and also served a term in the state legislature.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yakima County, Washington, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.
Yakima County, Washington. / 46.467°N 120.733°W / 46.467; -120.733. Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 256,728. [1] The county seat and most populous city is Yakima. [2] The county was formed out of Ferguson County in January 1865 and is named for the Yakama tribe of ...
Fifes Peaks[ 2] is a compact group of summits and spires from an eroded volcanic cone located in Yakima County in Washington state. Fifes Peaks is situated in the Cascade Range on the east side of the crest, within the Norse Peak Wilderness. The Fifes Peaks are remnants of a now extinct caldera which exploded 25 million years ago with volcanic ...
Cerastes gasperettii, also known commonly as the Arabian horned viper and Gasperetti's horned viper, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to the Arabian Peninsula [3] and north to Palestine (region) , Iraq , and Iran .
Kamiakin's Gardens were the first place to be irrigated in the Yakima River valley in central Washington state. Chief Kamiakin (1800–1877) was a leader of the Yakama Nation who sought to avoid conflict with European settlers and missionaries who started arriving in the region in the 1840s. Kamiakin directed that a ditch be excavated to ...
Lytorhynchus. Species: L. gasperetti. Binomial name. Lytorhynchus gasperetti. Leviton, 1977. Lytorhynchus gasperetti, also known commonly as Leviton's awl-headed snake and Leviton's leafnose snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Saudi Arabia.
July 26, 2024 at 12:26 PM. YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. - The Board of Yakima County Commissioners approved a Declaration of Emergency for the Rimrock Retreat Fire, which has spread more than 13,000 acres ...