Mega Tri-Cities Timeline
The recorded history of the Mega Tri-Cities Domain.
Early History [1805 - 1910]
1805
- Lewis and Clark camp in the Pasco area, near what would eventually become Sacajawea State Park.
1855
- The Umatilla and Yakama tribes cede the land that would later become Kennewick.
1880s
- Construction of the Northern Pacific Railway brings settlers to the Columbia Basin.
1891
- Pasco is officially incorporated.
1900
- The Columbia Courier newspaper is established.
1904
- Kennewick becomes incorporated.
- W.R. Amon and his son Howard purchase 2,300 acres and propose a new town on the north bank of the Yakima River.
1907
- Seattle opens Pike Place Market.
1910
- Richland is incorporated.
The Sabbat Years [1909 - 1933]
1909
- The Sabbat claim the Tri-Cities as their domain.
1914
- World War I begins.
1915
- The Celilo Canal connects Kennewick to the Pacific Ocean through the Columbia River.
1918
- The Pasco Herald is founded.
- World War I comes to an end.
1919
- Charles Fort publishes The Book of the Damned, collecting reports of unexplained phenomena.
1922
- The Green Bridge opens, linking Pasco and Kennewick and creating the "Twin Cities."
1929
- The Great Depression begins.
1933
- Construction starts on Grand Coulee Dam.
Camarilla Ascendancy [1939 - 1965]
1939
- The Camarilla wrest control of the Tri-Cities from the Sabbat.
- World War II begins.
1942
- Grand Coulee Dam is completed.
1943
- The United States Army acquires 640 square miles for the Manhattan Project and Hanford Engineer Works.
1945
- An atomic weapon is dropped on Hiroshima.
- World War II ends.
1947
- The Pasco Herald becomes the Tri-City Herald.
- Federal investigations into UFO sightings begin.
1954
- The Blue Bridge opens.
- Herold Orlando Monson becomes the first Mayor of Richland.
1958
- Richland becomes a fully self-governed city.
1961
- A Gideon Bible is mysteriously misprinted with references to Elimelech and Lazarus. Most dismiss it as a prank, though Kindred whisper of a possible Masquerade breach.
1965
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory opens.
- The Sabbat launch a devastating assault and reclaim the Tri-Cities.
Nights of Fire and Blood [1978 - 1999]
1978
- The Cable Bridge opens.
1980
- Mount St. Helens erupts, blanketing the region in ash.
1982
- Home computing arrives.
1986
- Interstate 82 is completed.
- The Chernobyl disaster shocks the world.
1991
- The Soviet Union collapses.
1993
- An epic war erupts between Garou and Kindred in Chicago.
1994
- Amazon is founded.
1995
- The U.S. government privatizes NSFNET, helping create the modern internet.
1996
- Kennewick Man is discovered along the Columbia River.
1997
- The Reawakening restores Dementation to Clan Malkavian.
- The Slayer premieres.
- The Night of Bloody Terrors sees Giangaleazzo defect to the Ivory Tower.
1998
- Google is founded.
1999
- Clan Gangrel abandons the Camarilla.
- The Week of Nightmares shakes the Kindred world.
- Anton Petrov and loyal Camarilla forces reclaim the Tri-Cities from the Sabbat.
- Y2K passes without apocalypse.
Modern Nights [2000 - 2025]
2000
- The Orpheus Opera House and Botanical Gardens opens.
2002
- The Tri-City Herald closes. The Mega Tri-Cities Tribune begins publication.
2004
- Anarchs Unbound: A New Manifesto for the Digital Age appears online.
2006
- The Camarilla formally bans Anarchs Unbound.
2011
- The Inner Circle convenes for its 41st gathering and appoints new Justicars.
2012
- The Chaos Kings motorcycle gang claims territory in Pasco.
- The Conclave of Prague expels the Anarchs from the Camarilla. Open conflict follows.
2014
- A construction boom transforms the city's skyline.
2015
- The Mega City Reactors football stadium opens.
2019
- Clan Lasombra joins the Camarilla.
2020
- The COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe.
2022
- Camarilla and Anarch leaders begin negotiating a lasting peace.
2025
- The Church of St. Gabriel explodes under mysterious circumstances.
- The Chaos Kings vanish without explanation.
Domain Control
1909–1939 — Sabbat Domain
1939–1965 — Camarilla Domain
1965–1999 — Sabbat Domain
1999–Present — Camarilla Domain