This photo shows the original deed filed by Sweden immigrant Fredrick Johnson on Feb. 9, 1901, under the Homestead Act for the 157 acres on which Black Rock Commercial Orchards was operated between the 1890s through 1915. HANNAH NEFF/Press
October 22, 2021
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