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Athena Oregon Becomes Wheat Center Amid Regional Growth
The Athena area shows rising prosperity with the Preston Parton Milling Co. in town, a 50 horsepower harvester on Umatilla land, and local boosters noting Athena’s population around 1,200. The piece highlights wheat yields around 272,000 sacks for 1906, a strong local press led by F. B. Boyd, and plans to expand while cautions about bonanza farming and depopulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.L. Wilhelm
Athena
Umatilla County
Oregon
Pendleton
Washington & Columbia
Hunts Janction
Attalia
Pasco
Washington
Walla Walla
Preston-Parton Milling Co
Athens
George Perringer
Umatilla Reservation
Landa
Couren
Ators
Avbo
Thors
Val
Athenu
F. B. Boyd
Atheun
Howe
Ameris