Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Winter 2008
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Resource Management
Committee Chair
Kathleen Barlow
Second Committee Member
Patrick McCutcheon
Third Committee Member
Steven Hackenberger
Fourth Committee Member
Patrick Lubinski
Abstract
Johnson Orchards in Yakima, Washington is an example of the fruit boom of the early 1900s in the irrigated Pacific Northwest. Its history is a part of the formative years of the apple industry in Washington State. Archival research of period documents, oral history interviews, historical photographs, and current on-site evaluations were viewed through a historic context statement were used to identify and assess properties at Johnson Orchards that would be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic context statement for the Johnson Orchards property can be used for other historic buildings, landscapes or structures from this era into the 1950s. The information within this thesis provides the basic tools for cultural resource managers to evaluate the special agricultural buildings and orchards from the fruit boom in the Pacific Northwest.
Recommended Citation
Doncaster, Kelsey James, "From Shrub Steppe to Fruit for the Nation: Historic Preservation of Washington's Early Fruit Industry at Johnson Orchards in Yakima, Washington" (2008). All Master's Theses. 2361.
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