HANFORD, Wash. – The sweep of history turned dramatically forward in 1943 on this wind-swept steppe between Rattlesnake Ridge and the Columbia River near Richland. Here, the Manhattan Project took over the landscape and carried mankind across the threshold of the Atomic Age. In recognition, five project sites at the former Hanford Nuclear Reservation are being developed as part of the new, three-state Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Congress approved creation of the park in 2014 after years of urging from scientists and community leaders. As a national park, Hanford is expected to become a major tourism draw in Eastern Washington with up to 100,000 visitors a year by 2018 to the...
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