#374 - Mesa Orchards
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Volcanoguy
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“Mesa Orchards” sign along U.S. Hwy. 95 between Council and Cambridge, Idaho.
Waymark Code: WMB8P7
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2011
Views: 4
Idaho History Sign #374 is located on U.S. Hwy. 95 about 7.5 miles south of Council, Idaho.
Marker Name: Mesa Orchards
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text:
For more than half a century, after 1910. An apple orchard of nearly 1400 acres, thought to be the largest in the United States under one management, covered this area.
Investors, mostly from the eastern U.S., bought 10 acre shares to finance the project. An eight mile wooden flume carried water for irrigation from the Middle Fork of the Weiser River, and in 1920 a unique gravity tramway was built to carry fruit 3 1/2 miles north to a rail siding. Production lasted until about 1960 when frozen crops and production problems led to its demise.
County: Adams
Group Responsible for Placement: State of Idaho
Marker Number: 374
City: Not listed
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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