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Permanent Grape Carnival urged across Columbia river towns
Pasco Washington October 2 1911 letter from W P Gray mayor urges making the Columbia Valley Grape Carnival perpetual with Kennewick as headquarters. He argues the region has 130 miles along the river suitable for grapes melons and citrus and envisions river steamboats trains and bathtubs delivering prize products to a national audience.
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Pasco
Wash
Pasco Express
Kennewick
Columbia River Valley
Columbia Valley
Priest Rapids
Whitcomb
North Bank Road
Columbia River
Spokane
Marriest Rapids
Wahlake
Bluffs Ferry
Savage Island
Oae Pasco
Burbank
Attalia
Ula
Hermiston
Umatilla
White Nuffs
Hanford
Richland
Kennece Finley
Hover
Mottinger
Coolidge
Patterson
Blaeran
Celilo
Okanogan
Alles City
W. P. Gray