coulee

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In “The Boys in the Boat,” Brown wrote about the Grand Coulee Dam, where Berlin-bound rowers Joe Rantz, Johnny White and Chuck Day worked grueling hours over the summer of 1934.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

From Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River to Hoover Dam on the Colorado, reservoirs have fueled toxic algae blooms, increased evaporation and flooded land that was home to Native Americans for millennia.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Then, in the 20th century, the descendants of white settlers built the Grand Coulee, Chief Joseph and other dams.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

“After work in the fields, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, go to Soap Lake, Coulee Dam, swim, explore.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Now, in the summer of 1935, he’d arrived at Grand Coulee looking for more—more money and more muscle.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown