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Archive Home > 2005 > October > 23 > Echoes of Redmond's potato past

Echoes of Redmond's potato past

By Trish Pinkerton / The Bulletin
October 23, 2005

For the Redmond high school kids of decades ago, October meant time off from school for the potato harvest. For some it was just a vacation, but for others it was hard work to earn the year's spending money.

Ira Dell Kilgore grew up on a farm in Powell Butte that included 60 to 80 acres of....

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