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| 1890 | 1 |
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7 stories
- The Sunnyside Canal Sale
Irrigation officials discuss selling the Sunnyside Canal system to the U.S. government to secure Yakima Valley land rights.
- The Fruit Orchard Purge of 1916
As fruit growers in the Yakima Valley panic and rip out their orchards to plant alfalfa, one local paper warns that the cycle of boom and bust is as predictable as the rising sun.
- The Desert to Bloom in Sunnyside
A major irrigation project backed by the Northern Pacific Railroad promises to transform 60,000 acres of arid land.
- The Four-Year Schoolhouse Commute
A rural school district finally completes its long-delayed migration, ending years of hardship for pupils and teachers.
- The Fight for the Sunnyside Belt Line
Residents are firing back at rumors of railroad abandonment, insisting their fertile soil promises a profitable future for the Northern Pacific.
- Sunnyside’s Eight-Ton Alfalfa Boast, Put to the Test
A North Yakima skeptic doubted the valley’s famous hay yields. A local correspondent polled the oldest growers and came back with a table—and a defense of the district’s sales pitch.
- The Suspicious Sunnyside Blaze
A doctor's Ford car is reduced to ashes in Sunnyside while en route to Kennewick under mysterious circumstances.