介绍：The town continued in quiet prosperity until the need for irrigation water prompted Ephrata residents in 1918 to push for a new dam on the Columbia River. The Grand Coulee Dam transformed the community into a government town from 1933 to 1941. The theme of government "industry" continued when the U.S. Army Air Corps built a large training base here in 1942. After the war in 1951, the Columbia Basin Project was created, delivering water from Grand Coulee Dam to over 600,000 acres of fertile, but otherwise dry, farmland. At the same time, the people of Grant County formed a utility district and began construction of two great hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. These two dams continue to provide all of Grant County with cheap, clean, reliable power at stable rates. Since the completion of the dams and the Project, Ephrata has enjoyed a slow and steady growth due to our high quality of life, the local public schools, and the low cost of living.

Each of these four massive government projects brought growth, prosperity, talented people, and their families to Ephrata. This has also created a community that is stable, better educated, and has very high standards for local government. Each period has enlivened our history and enriched our community.