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  1. A Cannery Comes Courting Puyallup Valley

    Chicago investors scout the valley’s fruit crop, eye the old Pacific Meat Company building, and dangle $1,000 for a bridge at Sumner.

    Jul 23, 1898Ranche and RangePuyallup, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust

  2. The Berry Math That Made Puyallup

    A fruit-growers' manager laid out the 1898 economics of Western Washington berries: $1 a crate, 75-cent hired labor, and a cannery on the horizon.

    Jul 16, 1898Ranche and RangePuyallup Valley, Puyallup, Pierce CountyWork & Pay

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