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  1. The Palouse Wheat Boom Was a Gold Mine—Until the Debt Came Due

    An agricultural professor traces the Palouse’s speculative wheat economy: inflated land purchases, the rain-ruined crop of 1893, the panic that followed, and the sudden recovery by 1897.

    Apr 2, 1898Ranche and RangePalouse, Whitman CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

  2. The Wheat Boom That Carried a Bust in Its Backwash

    As six-bit wheat enriched the Palouse, a farm editor warned that debt and one-crop farming were setting up another 1893-style crash.

    Jan 1, 1898Ranche and RangePalouse, Whitman CountyBoom & Bust

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