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How the Apple Came to County
Stevens County history recounts how apple seeds from a London voyage in 1820 sparked a western fruit industry. Henderson Luelling and early nurseries expanded planting across the Columbia, Walla Walla, and Colville valleys, making apples a staple crop by the rail era.
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Stevens County
London
Washington
Hudson’s Bay Co
New World
Vancouver
America
Vanccouver
Mississippi River
Henderson Luelling
Luelling
Missouri River
Platte River
Great American Desert
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Continental Divide
Willamette Valley
Columbia River
West
Plains
Philip Ritz
Walla Walla
Colville Valley
John Rickey
Weaver
Rickey Rapids
Rickey
M. Pellisier
Lake Colville
Sprague
Colville
Cook
Fort Colville
Pingston Creek
Marcus
A. T. Pingston
Joseph Martin
Sam Oppenheimer
Pend Oreille Mills
Arden
James Monaghan
LaPray’s
Spokane River
Spokane County
Long Lake
Tom Brown
Chewélah
Oppenheimer
Pend Oreille
Northern Pacific Railway
Michigan
New York
Lewiston