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Communities are rarely able to exist in isolation. The Yakama Indians traded with other tribes throughout the Pacific Northwest to obtain things they did not have. After the arrival of white settlers, roads, the railroad, and eventually the airport made it easy for not only people, but also products and ideas developed elsewhere, to make their way into the Yakima Valley.

Las comunidades raramente pueden subsistir en el aislamiento. La tribu indígena Yakama negociaba con otras tribus del Noroeste Pacifico para asi obtener articulos que ellos no tenian. Despues de la llegado de los colonos blancos, las carreteras, el ferrocarril y posteriormente el aeropuerto hicieron possible que no solamente la gente, sino tambien productos e ideas creadas en lugares, pudieran llegar al Valle de Yakima.

General Store

A re-creation of a c.1900 general store in Selah, together with an extensive exhibit on mail-order catalog shopping, will show how goods were distributed in a growing city. The early telephone system, newspapers (continuous with the exhibit on Ted Robertson), and a restored section of the old Yakima Post Office will show how communication systems are essential parts of any community.


The William Gannon Collection of horse-drawn vehicles will tell stories of travel before the automobile. Visitors will learn how the railroad "created" the city of Yakima and opened the Yakima Valley to new pioneers, and that Yakima's unique interurban line was actually intended to transport fruit, not people.

We will see how the automobile has changed our lives and the landscape, and we will look at the impact of aviation and air travel on our isolated valley. The La Framboise Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shop will be compared with a 1920s automobile service station, and visitors will see how changing methods of transportation require changing service technology.

High-tech components and computer stations in Yakima Moves will provide access to more information on the vehicles and an archive of photos and video of early transportation. Interactive games will allow visitors to trace historic stage coach routes and computer activities will explore the "car culture" of the 1950s and 1960s.

Plane

Concord Stagecoach
Northern Pacific Depot
Dodge