Yakima County, in south-central Washington, is home the city of Union Gap, which borders Yakima City's southern edge. The Union Gap, a narrow valley separating Ahtanum Mountain and Rattlesnake Ridge, was where a wagon train traveling to Puget Sound paused in 1865. The settlers chose to remain there under the direction of Dr. L. H. Goodwin. Yakima City was the name given to what was then only a tiny town around 1869 or 1870. The settlement grew into a small town, which was legally constituted in 1883 under territorial law.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company unpredictably chose a location for its first and main Yakima Valley station that was about four miles from Yakima City in 1884. The majority of the town was relocated to a new location, originally known as North Yakima and then just Yakima, along with the railroad. At least 100 buildings were put on rollers and moved by horses to the new location. Yakima City's remains were renamed Union Gap in 1917.
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