Inspiration Park is located on W. 45th Ave. just east of Ely St. and adjoins Inspiration Estates. The park was a development by the Kennewick Park and Recreation Department. It was named after Inspiration Point just south of the park. The peak is at an elevation of 1192 feet. The last 322 feet of the hill may be accessed from the south off of County 397. The name of the hill is unknown, but a closed road to the top of the hill is called Jay Perry Monument Rd. Jay Perry (1889-1993) was the Benton County Commissioner for 16 years and one of the original residents of Kennewick. He was an avid Native American artifact collector/preservationist and helped established the museum at Sacajawea Park. Some of his collection may be seen at the East Benton County Historical Society. Before his death, he purchased the land on top of the hill from the Coffin Brothers. He then moved a big granite rock to the land and affixed a bronze plaque that said, “Dedicated to the men and women who loving this area, worked to make possible the scene below.” The plaque was destroyed twice by vandals and is no longer there. The area has come to be known as Inspiration Point for the beautiful vista. In past years it was visited by many local young couples taking advantage of the access road and the nightly view. Back on October 1, 1962 the Tri-City Herald reported, “Two couples, parked at Inspiration Point south of Kennewick told police that someone fired at them twice at 10:48 p.m. The first shot whizzed past their heads, the second kicked up dirt at their feet.” Perry Monument Point and Overlook, a 5.5-acre site located at the top of the hill is in the developmental phase as per the future plans of the 2013-2018 City of Kennewick Comprehensive Parks and Recreation.
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Web Links:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9182705
http://www.arrowheads1.com/artifactinfo/ColumbiaRiverV1.pdf
http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/clipping&CISOPTR=10820&CISOBOX=1&REC=2
http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/clipping&CISOPTR=10819&CISOBOX=1&REC=1
Stage One:
As per initial coordinates, locate the tic-tac-toe board; rotate all cylinders so all simple shapes face north and all children pictographs face southeast.
To find the new north coordinate, record horizontally the color and simple shapes in order from left to right and top to bottom in a row. Use the below code to decipher.
0 Plum Square
0 Yellow Square
1 Red Triangle
1 Yellow Circle
1 Red Circle
2 Blue Square
3 Orange Circle
4 Plum Circle
5 Green Triangle
6 Red Square
6 Yellow Triangle
N Plum Triangle
W Plum Crazy
To find the new west coordinate record horizontally the children pictographs in order from left to right and top to bottom in a row. Use the below code to decipher.
0 “Whatever you carry in, you carry out.”
0 “Always makes me happy.”
1 “for me”
1 “I will cry if I want to.”
2 “to be or not to be”
3 “If life is a bowl of these, then what am I doing in the pits?”
4 “for sale”
5 “It takes a village.”
6 “pickup sticks”
7 “Swans a swimming”
8 “Sink this ball first and you lose.”
9 “what’s your twenty good buddy”
9 “America’s Cup”
W “up, up and away”
N “to Alaska”