Grand Coulee Dam (song) Grand Coulee Dam (song) "Grand Coulee Dam" is an American folk song recorded in 1941 by Woody Guthrie. He wrote it during a brief period when he was commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration to write songs as part of a documentary film project about the dam and related projects. The song was part of the "Columbia River Ballads", a set of 26 songs written by Guthrie as part of a commission by the BPA, the federal agency created to sell and distribute power from the river's federal hydroelectric facilities, in particular the Bonneville Dam and Grand Coulee Dam. On
Coulee City, Washington Coulee City, Washington Coulee City is a town in Grant County, Washington. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. The town was named after nearby Grand Coulee. Coulee City was officially incorporated on May 10, 1907. Coulee City is located at (47.611942, -119.290904). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 562 people, 265 households, and 150 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 331 housing units at an average density of . The racial