Grape carnivals, town fairs, grape festivals and the first Benton County Fair in 1948 had long established tradition of festivals flavored as fairs in Kennewick. But 1949 saw the addition of the rodeo to the event.
A crew of 30-plus volunteers from Hayden Homes and Simplicity by Hayden Homes recently built trails for a sensory garden and did other work at The Ranch near Prosser.