Wenatchee

Wenatchee
/weuh nach"ee/, n.
a city in central Washington. 17,257.

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 city, seat (1899) of Chelan county, central Washington, U.S., in the foothills of the Cascade Range, just below the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers, opposite East Wenatchee; the name derives from the Yakima Indian wenachi, meaning “river flowing from a canyon.” It was founded in 1888 and moved 1 mile (1.6 km) east in 1892 to a location on the Great Northern Railway (Great Northern Railway Company). With the development of the Columbia River Irrigation Project, the city grew as a packing and shipping centre for a large fruit- (especially apple-) growing district. Lumber mills and an aluminum reduction plant also aided growth. The city is the headquarters of the Wenatchee National Forest and is a base for the resort areas of the eastern Cascades. Wenatchee institutions include the North Central Washington Museum (containing Indian and pioneer relics), Wenatchee Valley College (1939), and a Washington State University horticultural experiment station. The city hosts the annual Washington State Apple Blossom Festival (April–May). Inc. village, 1892; city, 1901. Pop. (1990) 21,756; (2000) 27,856.

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