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- The Tomato Whisperer of the Columbia Valley
After two decades of watching his crops wither, a local farmer discovers the surprising secret to thriving garden plots in volcanic soil.
- Seven Years of Sagebrush
A Highlands farmer transforms raw desert land into a productive bungalow estate.
- Local Produce Dominates at Seattle Land Products Show
Despite a rushed preparation, White Bluffs and Hanford growers sweep grand prizes in grape and apple categories at a major Seattle exhibition.
- Richland Growers Weather the Frost
While Yakima orchards suffer, Richland farmers see potential for a record apple crop following a mild spring frost.
- Inside the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane
A biennial report highlights the Medical Lake institution's agricultural successes and its surprisingly high recovery rates.
- Betting on the Valley's Harvest
Local farmers and 'soldier settlers' unite to experiment with commercial vegetable production, aiming for a cooperative future.
- The Cherry Boom: How a Local Cannery Turned Wenatchee’s Orchardists into Millionaires
In July 1905, the Wenatchee Canning Company reported an unexpected surplus of cherries, revealing that local growers were netting $6 per tree—profits impossible to achieve by shipping to Seattle.
- Farmers and Merchants Plot a Cannery
Producers gather at the Chamber of Commerce to organize a cooperative cannery, seeking to solve the region's surplus waste problem.
- The Unkind Spring of 1892
A biting cold snap across the Washington territory freezes out the fruit harvest and stalls farm work.
- How an old mining ditch and a boulder patch became a $6,000 orchard
A correspondent's tour of the Methow valley and the benches above Pateros finds peaches by the boxcar, seven-pound carrots, and a warning that California land had already outrun the poor man.
- The 175-Pound Ghost That Fought Back
A skeptic grabbed a séance spirit, discovered a 175-pound man under the gauze, and touched off a fistfight in a Fremont parlor.
- Seven-Cent Meals: Seattle's City Mission Fed Thousands in 1893
In November 1893, the Seattle City Mission served 3,049 free meals, provided 1,071 lodgings, and begged the city for underclothing as the depression deepened.
- The Produce Hustlers of Western Avenue
A newspaperman walks Seattle's commission district and finds winter vegetables, Yakima potatoes and shipments bound for Alaska, Asia and the East.
- The Glasshouse Farm That Fed Seattle's Hotels
In 1898, an editor toured a Lake Washington model farm where seven greenhouses and a prize Jersey herd supplied the city's finest tables.
- Wenatchee, 1898: A Valley Sold on Irrigation and Fruit
A booster's tour of the Wenatchee Valley recounts the first settlers, the whisky traders who fled the law, and the orchards and ditches that promised to turn sagebrush into wealth.