| The second book will have more
pictures to compare the old and new way of doing things and include more
valley information.
Pictures from the first book will not be duplicated in the second book. Click
here for contact information:
Pictures To Be Published In Second History Book |
No book is complete without
some family portraits, so, you are invited to send a picture and short
manuscript about your parents, grandparents or yourself.
Suggested subjects: Was your relative born here. If not, when and where did they come from? Did they have a farm or work in town? How did they manage during the “Great Depression,” before electricity or rationing in the World War II years? Remember to add your recollections of Toppenish and the valley. |
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The family of Arthur
L and Cedora (Jones) Bozarth who owned and operated the Bozarth Nursing
Home at 307 North E Street from 1927-1932. After the death of Cedora in
1932 their daughter, Blanche Richards, took over. The nursing home was
in operation until the Central Valley Hospital opened in Toppenish.
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Hilling up rows of seedlings at the Washington nursery. Photo about 1910 |
Hilling up rows of seedlings the way its done today. |
Martha and Henry Meyers picking hops by hand in 1932. |
Hops being picked by modern machinery in the year of 2000. Note the picker pushing the truck in front of it so the hops will drop onto the truck’s special hop-rack. |
It’s off to work we go. These geese are headed to the mint fields for a day of weeding. They disliked the taste of the mint so only ate the weeds. At night they were brought back to pens and given a daily ration of grain. Photo circa 1940. |
The modern farmer uses a tractor and spray machine to kill weeds by spraying with chemicals also to fertilize the land. |
