Picking Apples at Five Mile Prairie, near Spokane
This file appears in: The Apple Boom and Otis Orchards: Orchards and canals once dominated this area
This is a postcard from 1908 when the apple craze was in full swing in the Spokane Valley. Local residents flocked to the booming job market to get their share of apple wealth.
Image courtesy of fruitfromwashington.com
This file appears in: The Apple Boom and Otis Orchards: Orchards and canals once dominated this area
The Apple Boom and Otis Orchards: Orchards and canals once dominated this area
Washington's commercial apple industry got its start in the Spokane Valley