Moxee Company
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- Apr 18, 1889The Valley's New Tobacco BoomYakima prepares for massive production as tobacco emerges as a leading rival to hop farming.Moxee, Yakima, WA
- Sep 26, 1889The Oasis in the Arid BeltHow irrigation transformed the Yakima Valley from desert to a model of agricultural productivity and speculative ambition.Yakima, WA
- Jun 4, 1891Fatal Farm Accident in the Moxee ValleyA longtime Moxee Company employee dies after a gruesome machinery accident, leaving behind questions about his missing life savings.Moxee, WA
- Aug 17, 1893The Hop Fields Open for White LaborAs harvest approaches, growers pivot toward white pickers and away from Indigenous labor, offering special rail rates to bring in thousands of workers.Yakima, WA
- Jun 7, 1897Six Mowers in the Alfalfa: Inside the Northwest's Largest Irrigated RanchThe superintendent of the Moxee Company's farm walks a reporter through 680 acres of alfalfa, 180 of barley and a hop yard rented out for a quarter of the bale — and explains why California-style hay stacking won't do for Yakima Valley stockmen.Moxee, WA