Editing Kennewick, Washington (section)

===Native peoples===
Native Americans populated the area around modern-day Kennewick for millennia before being discovered and settled by European descendants. These inhabitants consisted of people from the [[Umatilla people|Umatilla]], [[Wanapum]], [[Nez Perce people|Nez Perce]], and [[Yakama]] tribes. Kennewick's low elevation helped to moderate winter temperatures. On top of this, the riverside location made salmon and other river fish easily accessible. By the 19th century, people lived in and between two major camps in the area. These were located near present-day [[Sacajawea State Park]] in Pasco and Columbia Point in Richland. [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] noted that there were many people living in the area when they passed through in 1805 and 1806.<ref name=HistoryLink>{{cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8499 |title=Kennewick — Thumbnail History |first=Jim |last=Kershner |date=March 2, 2008 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217213321/https://www.historylink.org/File/8499 |url-status=live }}</ref> The map produced following their journey marks two significant villages in the area - Wollawollah and Selloatpallah. These had approximate populations of 2,600 and 3,000 respectively.<ref>{{cite map |author1=Lewis, Samuel |author2=Clark, William |title=A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North America, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean : by order of the executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4126s.ct000763/?r=0.133,0.121,0.215,0.133,0 |year=1814 |scale=1:4,400,000 |publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316133708/https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4126s.ct000763/?r=0.133%2C0.121%2C0.215%2C0.133%2C0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are conflicting stories on how Kennewick gained its name, but these narratives attribute it to the Native Americans living in the area. Some reports claim that the name comes from a native word meaning "grassy place".<ref name=majors>{{Cite book |last=Majors |first=Harry M. |title=Exploring Washington |publisher=Van Winkle Publishing Co |year=1975 |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ |isbn=978-0-918664-00-6 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102082345/https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> It has also been called "winter paradise", mostly because of the mild winters in the area. In the past, Kennewick has also been known by other names. The area was known as Tehe from 1886 to 1891, and this name appears on early letters sent to the area with the city listed as Tehe, Washington.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hagey |first=Jason |date=January 12, 1997 |title=Tehe And Yakitat All But Lost In History Of Benton County |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19970112&slug=2518395 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316151823/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19970112&slug=2518395 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other reports claim that the city's name is derived from how locals pronounced the name Chenoythe, who was a member of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]].<ref name=TCH>{{cite news |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/special-reports/article32047965.html |title=Brief history of Kennewick up to 1909 |first=R. E. |last=Read |work=Tri-City Herald |date=February 19, 1950 |access-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230131442/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/special-reports/article32047965.html |url-status=live }}</ref>