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Archive Home > 2006 > June > 16 > Classic festival returns to Redmond

Classic festival returns to Redmond

The city celebrates its potato-growing past by reviving an old annual festivalA

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
June 16, 2006

ll hail the potato!

Redmond, once the largest potato-growing area in the nation, will celebrate its history on Saturday with a revival of the Redmond Potato Festival on its 100th anniversary.

The festival was started in 1906 by Fred Stanley of the Central Oregon Irrigation Co. to promote....

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