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A Harvest of Memories: Rural Life in the Kettle River Valley
Location: The Kettle River Valley

 
Overlooking the Kettle River as it flows east, downstream toward Midway
1 of 48 		Imagine how the early settlers might have seen their new land...
2 of 48 		Looking west up the Kettle River over Midway, formerly Eholt's Farm.
3 of 48 		Cottonwood trees line the banks of the Kettle River and can withstand the spring flood
4 of 48 		Goods moved by pack train in the early days, like this one along the Kettle River
5 of 48 		Crossing the Kettle River at Bubar Ford; bridges were few and far between
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Homesteading the Bubar Ranch
7 of 48 		Following fencelines along the valley
8 of 48 		The J.R. Jackson Ranch on the Kettle River just west of Midway
9 of 48 		The Jackson Ranch
10 of 48 		Along the wagon road past an unknown homestead
11 of 48 		A Kettle River Valley homestead in the early days
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J.R. Jackson and Robert "Sonny" Jackson: harvest time on the Jackson Ranch
13 of 48 		Old style haying on the Jackson Ranch
14 of 48 		Haying at the Jackson Ranch
15 of 48 		Down by the Kettle River on the Jackson Ranch
16 of 48 		Jessie Home Raycroft, John S. Shaver and Clara Maud Raycroft on an outing
17 of 48 		Learning farming skills began at an early age
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