African American Baseball Exhibit in Seattle

Yes, Hanford's a mess, and it's not getting better. Leaks, seeps, and spills. Down-winders with dramatically increased cancer risks, etc.

Strangely, when we were looking for information on the Eagles, I contacted the Washington State Library in Olympia, and they had no record of a newspaper in Hanford during the war, only the nearby Pasco Courier. When I said, the paper is referenced here, here, and here. They just said good luck. It was a friend who was a technician at Hanford who said we should try the Dupont Chemical Company, it seemed suspicious but worth a shot. Sure enough, yes we have the newspaper that will be $1 per page for three years worth of papers (1943-45)!

The disclaimer above the header was too funny, but all sorts of stories of government spies at local bars listening for drunk workers running their mouths. These people were gone the next day, shipped out, some just disappeared. The project was of course very hush, hush. Here's Wilson Alexander, catcher and manager 1944 Hanford Eagles: