How did Pasco get its name? According to Edmond Meany in this document, Origin of Washington Geographic Names, page 208:
Pasco, a town near the junction of the Snake and Columbia Rivers, and the county seat of Franklin County. The name was bestowed by Virgil Gay Bogue, Location Engineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad. At the time the place was dusty, hot and disagreeable. He had read of a disagreeable town in Mexico by that name and gave it to the new station with no suspicion that it would become an important county seat and railroad center. (F. W. Dewart, Spokane, in Names MSS. Letter 599) Another version is that Harry McCartney, associated with Mr. Bogue as locating engineers, named it by way of contrast. Pasco was the flattest and hottest place he had found while in Cerro de Pasco, Peru, was the highest and coldest place he had ever been in. (Lewis A. McArthur, in Names MSS. Letter 606)
Tri-Cities 2023 Geocoin Challenge
Tales of the Tri-Cities
- Complete all 4 Adventure Labs and find 4 event geocaches in each city (16 out of 20 traditional geocaches).
- Return completed passport: John Dam Plaza: ~ Sat, June 24, 3-7pm & Sun, June 25, 9am-12pm
- After Sunday, June 25 @ 2 pm, return the completed passport to Richland Parks & Recreation
- Richland Parks & Rec: N46 16.369 W119 16.273 ~ Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 12-4pm
- Cache questions: call 509.578.9332
- Passport must be in one piece, not torn or mutilated.
- Coins available while supplies last.
- Passports available at John Dam Plaza on Saturday, June 24, after 9:30am.
EVENT GEOCOIN CHALLENGE PASSPORT (Link goes live: 6/24 – 11am)
Kid Challenge
- Find 10 out of the 20 event geocaches throughout the Tri-Cities.
- All the geocaches have 3D rubs.
- Complete the Kid’s Passport.
KIDS GEOCOIN CHALLENGE PASSPORT (Link goes live: 6/24 – 11am)