1951 Map of Grandview

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Irrigated valleys and the rising Rattlesnake Hills define the landscape of the Yakima Valley at mid-century. The intricate engineering of the Sunnyside Canal and the Roza Canal dominates the lowlands, supporting the intensive agriculture that drove the development of Grandview and Sunnyside. In the southern portion of the sheet, the transportation network is anchored by the competing lines of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, which parallel the canal systems through the valley floor.