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Don’t laugh, but the Washington State city of Kennewick was once rumored to have been nicknamed Tehe, after the cackle a native girl made after she was told the town’s name was Kennewick. Kennewick is a native word meaning “grassy place” and It is the most populous of Washington State’s tri-cities, the other two being Pasco and Richmond. If you’re flying in to Kennewick, you’ll probably be landing at Tri-Cities Airport, a regional airport in Pasco. Kennewick is located along the southwest bank of the colossal Columbia River and in 1915, the Dallas-Cellilo Canal was opened connecting Kennewick to the Pacific Ocean. If you’re heading to Kennewick, the “grassy place” has beautiful countryside to do SUV tours but before you jump the hills on an SUV, you’re going want to check out the best deals on Kennewick rental car prices, RentACarNow.com is the place to get the best options on rental cars.

If you are not from the Pacific Northwest, the name Kennewick might ring a bell for its contribution to science and more specifically paleoanthropology. In 1996, one of the most important discoveries in the field occurred as two men found a well preserved human skeleton. This skeleton has captivated scientists because of the unusualness of finding remains that were so intact. The skeleton became known as the Kennewick Man and it appears it was a European settler, as opposed to a native which triggered a clash between scientists and members of the Umatilla Native American tribe and made the “Kennewick Man” more famous than Kennewick the city.

The East Benton County Historical Museum is a small museum in downtown Kennewick which contains a significant number of historical artifacts and if you’re looking for take in some local culture, it might be worth a trip. If you’re a sports fan than you should check out the Tri-City Americans hockey team, of the Western Hockey League and the Indoor Football League’s Tri-Cities Fever. They both play at the Toyota Center. There’s also plenty of shopping available at the Columbia Center Mall. If you want to bond with a friend or a person you meet on your visit to Kennewick, you can buy them a Slurpee. Kennewick aspires to be the “Slurpee Capitol” of the world and has been battling Winnipeg in recent years for the title of “Slurpee King” for selling the most Slurpees.

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