Thus, the Hanford Site contains an extensive record of more » aboriginal archaeological sites and Native American cultural properties, along with pre-Hanford Euro-American sites (primarily archaeological in nature with the removal of most pre-1943 structures), and a considerable number of Manhattan Project/Cold War era buildings and structures. For cultural resources on the Hanford Site, establishment of the nuclear reservation as a high security area, with public access restricted, has resulted in a well-protected status, although no deliberate resource protection measures were in effect to mitigate effects of facilities construction and associated activities. Since 1943, the Hanford Site has existed as a protected area for activities primarily related to the production of radioactive materials for national defense uses.
The US Department of Energy`s Hanford Site encompasses an area of 560 square miles on the Columbia River in southeastern Washington. It is hoped that the government agencies and ultimately the energy company will feel a similiar responsibility toward the study area's historical = , Several ideas have been concentrated upon: its American Indian heritage the Euro-American's exploitive relationship with the region and the overriding fragile, arid nature of its land. The writer of this history has felt a responsibility for providing a realistic assessment of the themes of the study area's historical development. In addition, the study must be tied into appropriate local, state, and national history. The request for a cultural resource investigation states at a minimum the study shall be a literature search on the narrow one mile corridor along the proposed pipelines, areas included within the various facilities plus a one mile buffer surrounding these facilities. The goal of this study is to provide a literature search and write a historical narrative of the cultural significance of the study area for the proposed W圜oalGas Inc., pipeline, railroad, well fields, and coal gasification plant.
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