| Wenatchee, Washington is a fun city to visit with a | | | | of the mountain there is still wreckage visible from a |
| great many things to do. Some of the fun things to do | | | | 1944 crash of a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. A wing |
| there can be found inside the city limits, while others | | | | of the bomber was removed from the hillside and now |
| are located in the surrounding area. Here is a look at | | | | sits in the lodge down below. |
| five little known facts about the city of Wenatchee. | | | | #4 Wenatchee Valley College began in 1939 as a |
| #1 The Rock Island Dam was completed in 1936 just | | | | private college that operated in the third floor of the |
| south of Wenatchee. Fourteen dams cross the | | | | first Wenatchee High School building. It was relocated |
| Columbia River at various spots between British | | | | to its current location two years later and it was then |
| Columbia and where it empties into the Pacific Ocean. | | | | that it joined Washington State's public education |
| Of all those important hydroelectric structures, the | | | | system. |
| Rock Island Dam was the first to ever do so. | | | | #5 Though Wenatchee has a population in the 30,000 |
| #2 Bud Sagendorf, the writer and artist responsible for | | | | range, the local Apple Blossom Festival that is |
| creating the Popeye comic strip from 1945 on, was | | | | organized each and every year, seriously increases |
| born in Wenatchee in 1915. | | | | the population by attracting approximately 100,000 |
| #3 Located just south of Wenatchee is the very | | | | people to town for the two week long celebration. |
| popular Mission Ridge Ski Area. On the upper slopes | | | | |