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Published: 2012-06-02 18:02:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 539; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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Main Street in Farmer, WA ~ now just an old west ghost townRelated content
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What is the story of this region? I guess it was like how most old towns became abandoned, with a boom that started and then a bust that made them all leave?
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There never really was much of a town there.Β Just a general store, livery, grain storage, and a school.Β This area is in the dry land wheat growing region on the Columbia Plateau in the North Central part of Washington State.Β The area was settled in the late 1800βs, many homesteaders were German immigrants.Β They created a cultural community and built a large German Lutheran church.Β Their homesteads were generally 180 acres which is a lot to cultivate with horses.Β Β Β As mechanized farming came into use these smaller farms were consolidated or bought out.Β And places were abandoned.Β Β The typical wheat ranch now is 1200 to 2400 acres with sections under cultivation one year and lying fallow the next.
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Farmer was a place to get goods and sell wheat.Β As truck and automobiles became more common, it was more convenient to travel a further distance to a bigger town with more products and services.Β So these villages became ghost towns.Β Β There are at least 6 or 8 ghost town up there and hundreds of abandoned farmhouses, barns and at least 9 schools, many, many windmills and a dozen abandoned cemeteries.Β Β My gallery is full of photos of some of these.Β Β
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wow, what few. shame its a ghost town...
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Thank you! And thanks for the favorite!
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you're welcome!
and thank you for the points! thats so kind of you!!!
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Well this is the American West and this is cowboy country...so yeah...that works.
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well night dude, signing off shortly getting abit late here, have fun
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better since the heatwave flew off
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That's good! We had 2 days of rain...but the sun is finally back.
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I don't mind the heat. Of course I have a heat pump which heats the home and reverses when needed to air conditioning.
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lucky you 
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How progressive!
But I suspect the humidity is much lower here than you have to deal with.
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A real ghost town is all that's left.
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Good place + nice weather + great camera + talented photographer = Awesome shot!!! I love it
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Why thank you, Rodrigo.
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Great scene..
DOF...your frickin kiddin me....damn dude,great shot choice!!!
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It was a great find. I knew it was out there somewhere...but until that day I had yet to find it.
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Nailed it Bob...many will miss it..
im still stunned,the detail....XD!!!!
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Thanks....was worth putting up with the insect.
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Looks like the folks of Farmer need to apply for a Tourism Grant and get the economy moving!
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Not much traffic in that area any more. But there is a story to tell.
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