- On October 7, 1950, the Agate Pass Bridge opens. This is a steel truss cantilever bridge that carries State Route 305 from the north end of Bainbridge Island over Agate Pass to the mainland part of Kitsap County. The bridge replaces a car ferry service dating from the 1920s. The Agate Pass Bridge operates as a toll bridge until October 1, 1951.
- Yakima — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Yakima is the dominant city of central Washington’s fruitful Yakima Valley and the county seat of Yakima County. It sits on the banks of the Yakima River just below the mouth of the Naches River. A small village located farther south near Ahtanum Creek, which came to be known as Yakima City, emerged in the 1860s, serving the valley’s scattered ranchers…