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Umatilla County Address On Growth Of The Wheat Country
A address delivered by Del A Wade at the Lewis and Clark fair details Umatilla and Morrow counties decline to frontier, then rapid development. He recalls past plains and fences, the shift from sparse farming to wheat and cattle, and the eastern view of the region. He notes land values, resource potential, and the need to scale operations to achieve greater prosperity.
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Aimata
Deel A. Wade
Umatilla
Morrow
Brush
Umatiia
Portland
Pendleton
Columbia
Blue Mountains
Minch Grass Hills
Kwexinuk
Cayum
Rockies
Oregon
Cascades
Platte
Mississippi
Casenses
Dakotas
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Plas
Uma- Ulla
Collumbia
Soll Black
Namette River
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