Yakima County Prepares Bounty for Lewis and Clark Fair
Kennewick and Yakima farmers scramble to showcase the region's agricultural success at the 1905 Portland exhibition.
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Yakima county will have a good supply of farm products on display at the opening of the Lewis and Clark fair at Portland on June 1st. F. Walden, who was selected by the committee, will go to Portland at an early date and get things in shape for the opening day. There are 165 boxes of the finest kind of apples to be shown, along with vegetables and small fruits. The first strawberries that ripened at Kennewick have been secured and placed in cold storage ready for the opening. Mrs. C. J. Grenache has been appointed to look after the poultry display for Yakima, with 60 fowls promised for the exhibit.
“The first strawberries that ripened at Kennewick have been secured and placed in cold storage ready for the opening.”
This reflects the early boosterism era of the Pacific Northwest, where local pride was aggressively tied to agricultural output to attract investment and settlers to the Kennewick area.
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