The Yakima Fruit Boom
A North Yakima ranch sells for $11,000 after shipping thousands of dollars in fruit to Montana.
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D. E. Lesh's improved fruit ranch, consisting of forty acres and located near North Yakima, has been purchased by Fred R. Reed for $11,000. Mr. Lesh decided to sell the ranch on taking charge of the Moxee farm. From three and one-half acres of this ranch, $3,500 worth of fruit was shipped last year to Butte, Montana.
“From three and one-half acres of this ranch $3,500 worth of fruit was shipped last year to Butte, Mont.”
The transition from orchard land to larger agricultural holdings remains a familiar story in the Yakima Valley. The high yield mentioned—$3,500 from just 3.5 acres—highlights why land in Eastern Washington became such a high-value commodity during the state's early agricultural boom.
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