Once the site of the Satchwell Farm on Wyoming Ave., Wade and Wanda McLean's water irrigation pump gets water to the alfalfa and grass grown on the farm. The pump house was once struck by lightning and had to be rebuilt.
September 15, 2024
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The new gold: Small farms cope with cost of water
Gordon Sylte’s father fled the Dust Bowl of the Dakotas and came West in 1934. When he arrived in Washington and there was mud on the ground rather than dry dirt, he felt relief after not seeing any rain for seven years.