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3 Features

Lentil Farming in Washington

The Palouse region of Eastern Washington and Idaho is famous for for its rolling hills of wheat. Until the early 2000s, it also was famous as the lentil capital of the United States, producing nearly ...

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Rodeo in Washington

Contests pitting humans against animals appear in cultures throughout recorded history. In the U.S., that tradition is the rodeo, which emerged from tasks cowboys did while working cattle in the 1800s...

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Washington State Farm Bureau

Since 1920, the Washington State Farm Bureau (WSFB) has served as a political voice for Washington state farmers, bringing local and county issues to the attention of state and federal legislators. Th...

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3 Timeline Entries

Upland Winery, the first winery in Washington to bottle its own European-style wines, is founded in November 1934.

In November 1934, William Bridgman starts Upland Winery, one of the first wineries in Washington to take advantage of the December 1933 repeal of Prohibition. Upland is the first bonded winery east of...

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Sagemoor in Pasco plants Washington's first large-scale commercial vineyard in 1972.

In the spring of 1972, Sagemoor manager John Pringle begins planting 280 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling vines on two of Sagemoor's vineyards, Sagemoor and Bacchus, situated...

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Washington rodeo star Wade Leslie records the first perfect, 100-point bull ride in professional rodeo history on October 6, 1991.

On October 6, 1991, Washington native Wade Leslie takes eight seconds to make Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association history, scoring the first – and as of 2023, the only – perfect, 100-poi...

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