▁Mis awa , ▁A om ori ▁Pref ect ure , ▁Japan , ▁won ▁them ▁the ▁Harm on ▁Tro phy ▁for ▁the ▁greatest ▁achiev ement ▁in ▁flight ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁Miss ▁Ve ed ols ▁prop eller ▁is ▁on ▁display ▁at ▁the ▁W en atch ee ▁Valley ▁Museum ▁& ▁Cultural ▁Center . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁with ▁the ▁completion ▁of ▁Rock ▁Island ▁Dam , ▁W en atch ee ▁was ▁protected ▁from ▁the ▁summer ▁flo oding ▁of ▁the ▁Columbia ▁River , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁hydro elect ric ▁projects ▁on ▁the ▁Columbia ▁began ▁generating ▁electric ▁power . ▁The ▁res er voir s ▁thus ▁generated ▁also ▁made ▁it ▁possible ▁to ▁ir rig ate ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁acres ▁of ▁far ml and ▁in ▁the ▁Columbia ▁Bas in . ▁ ▁Modern ▁era ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁St em ilt ▁G row ers ▁moved ▁its ▁headquarters ▁from ▁nearby ▁St em ilt ▁Hill ▁to ▁Old s ▁Station , ▁W en atch ee . ▁The ▁company ▁grows , ▁pack s ▁and ▁ships ▁tree ▁fruit ▁and ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁largest ▁fresh ▁market ▁sweet ▁cher ry ▁sh i pper ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Every ▁year ▁from ▁the ▁last ▁week ▁of ▁April ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁week ▁of ▁May , ▁W en atch ee ▁hosts ▁the ▁Washington ▁State ▁Apple ▁Bl oss om ▁Festival , ▁which ▁probably ▁brings ▁in ▁the ▁largest ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁W en atch ee ▁sees ▁ann ually , ▁with ▁the ▁exception