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Article: Fair Hesperides was Valley's grand harvest celebration.
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- Wenatchee Business Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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The concept of celebrating the fruits of our labors was one that began early.
The first Wenatchee harvest fruits were displayed in a state exhibit at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901.
The State of Washington was again represented at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 and again in 1907 at the Lewis and Clarke Fair in Portland, each time with the Wenatchee Valley collecting many of the prizes.
In 1908, Spokane organized a National Apple Show. A railcar load of apples was taken over by Mike Horan and took first prize of $1,000 in competition with other Washington State growers.
1908 was declared a banner year for ...