Mega Tri-Cities Timeline
MEGA Tri-Cities Timeline
The recorded history of the Mega Tri-Cities Domain.
Early History
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
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
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
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
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