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Little Surprises

The first non-Native American pioneers in Wenatchee were gold miners and cattlemen who traded with resident Native Americans. In 1872 one of the earliest white settlers, Phillip Miller planted the first apple trees. Imagine only 108 people lived there in1891, my grandparents’ generation. The addition of a railway connecting Seattle to Wenatchee contributed to theContinue reading “Little Surprises”