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Empire of the Northwest irrigation drive spurs western growth
The article portrays the Northwest as a vast, irrigated land opening to settlement. It recounts travels through Terry Forsythe Lewiston Kendall Tekoa Rosalia Ellensburg and North Yakima noting crops wheat fruit and mining, the St Paul railroad and government irrigation projects, with hopes of rapid development and eastern markets demanding its output.
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Northwest
United States
Mr. Reilly
America
Reilly
Terry
Forsythe
Rosebud Land and Improvement Company
Yellowstone River
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Huntley
Montana
Lewiston
Judith
Cook
Kendall
Barnes-King
Fergus County
Hamilton
Wood River
Wenatchee
Idaho
St. Marie’s
St. Paul
Tekoa
Washington
Rock Lake
Rosalia
Spokane
Ellensburg
North Yakima
Hood River
Oregon
Kittitas
Seattle
Pacific
Mississippi
Lewis
Clark
Prairies
Empire of the Northwest