Editing Granger, Washington (section)

==History==

Granger was founded in 1902 and named after Walter Granger,<ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=117|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=101}}</ref> superintendent of the Washington Irrigation Company who also laid out the cities of [[Zillah, Washington|Zillah]] and [[Sunnyside, Washington|Sunnyside]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Meyers |first=Donald W. |date=March 31, 2019 |title=The name game |url=https://www.yakimaherald.com/the-name-game/article_f7366628-53b4-11e9-b3f9-7f913e57313c.html |work=[[Yakima Herald-Republic]] |accessdate=November 14, 2024}}</ref> Granger was officially incorporated on September 28, 1909. In the 1910s and 1920s, the town had several large industries including a tile and brick company and a [[cider mill]].

The Granger Farm Workers Camp, which opened in May 1941 two miles north of the city, became known as the Crewport, Washington Farm Labor Camp. It was built by the [[Farm Security Administration]] to house [[Okie|Dust Bowl refugees]], initially White, and later [[Mexican American]]s, who were brought in to work in the [[Yakima River|Yakima Valley]] as a result of [[World War II]] labor shortages. The camp closed in the late 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = An Oral History of the Crewport Farm Labor Camp
| work = Center for Columbia River History
| access-date = August 16, 2013
| date = 2013
| url = http://www.ccrh.org/comm/crewport/index.php
}}</ref>