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“where roam” Granger, founded in 1909, VISIT GRANGER’S WELCOME TO GRANGER’S City of is a quiet, industrial and farming NEW MEMORIALS community located on the banks of Granger the Yakima “where dinosaurs roam"™ River. The City of Granger is nestled in the D I N O S A U R DINOSAURDINOSAUR Yakima Valley, at the intersection of Interstate 82 and Highway 223. P A R K ! DRIVEDRIVE The City has two municipal parks. The most popular, “Hisey 9-11 Memorial constructed in 2011 and dedicated 9-11-11 Park”, often referred to as the “ Park”, offers fun and recreation for the whole family. Here you will find a man-made pond, stocked annually for public fishing, that has a volcano-shaped fountain, and Plesi the dinosaur. Veteran’s Memorial The pond is constructed in 2011 and dedicated 11-11-11 Visit surrounded by a 5/8th-mile walking path. Granger, Washington C ITY O F We have something The Park has plenty of picnic and for everyone! barbecue areas, dinosaurs and the GRANGER

GRAND Amphitheatre used for City “where dinosaurs roam"™ 509-854-1725 102 Main Street ● P.O. Box 1100 [email protected] and other events! “where dinosaurs roam”™ Granger, WA 98932 P H O N E : 5 0 9 - 8 5 4 - 1 7 2 5 Facebook: City of Granger Located next to the Hisey Park pond Email: [email protected] is a boat ramp to the Yakima River. FACEBOOK: City of Granger

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Roosevelt School - Middle School Dinosaur Reader Board Seattleto 82 EllensburgYakima Toppenish Zillah The Granger Dinosaurs The dinosaur project was physically BAILEY AVENUE EXIT 58 To Granger To 58 EXIT started around April 1994. 3-Maiasauras’ Public Pterandon Library The idea was actually mentioned a 1-Euplocephalus couple earlier at a community planning meeting. At those meetings the

agenda was to create a community theme and come up with something to revitalize

SUNNYSIDE AVENUE our Main Street and downtown area. Several ideas were offered: a Spanish/

Scout Cabin Mexican theme, historical preservation

Granger City Hall & with the old brick buildings etc... The City of Police Department Spinosaurus In the early part of 1994, the Town’s & Public Works Department was given the Granger’s

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E. 2nd Works crew was in varying degrees Street responsible for the community float which had taken top honors all over the Apatosaurus 9/11 Northwest for three-four years prior, so Veteran’s Memorial

MAIN MAIN STREET Brachiosaurus Memorial this project was well suited for their W. 3rd Street Park Maiasaura 2-’ Dilophosaurus abilities. Triceritops Parkside HISEY PARK The first dinosaur constructed was Missionary Church Stegosaurus SR 223 the baby brontosaurus. Public Works E. 3rd. STREET NOTES:

Pachycephalosaurus experimented with the construction

2-Brontosaurus’ Corythosaurus  Hisey Park has several process and has very much refined the 3-Velociraptor’s T-Rex BBQ& Picnic Areas MAIN STREET EE.Street steps in completing one of these PUBLIC PARK WORKS creatures.  HISEY PARK Public Boat Launch to and Fishing in the Yakima River As of 2015, the City of WATER-SEWER TREATMENT ENTRANCE Granger is home to 31 dinosaurs and PLANT 2-Megalosaurus’ POND  Public Fishing in the one caveman. stocked Pond Join us, the first Saturday of June, Plesiosaurus each for Dino-n-a-Day, and help th  5/8 mile Walking Path create the newest member of the To Dimetrodon Granger dinosaur family. Hwy 22  Fun For The Entire Family