Hiram F Smith Orchard

  • Also Known As: Thorndike Orchard also Okanogan Smith Orchard

  • Address: Eastlake Rd
  • Vicinity: 2 mi N of Oroville on Osoyoos Lake
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1857/00/00 Hiram F Smith Entrepreneur Hiram Smith plants apple tree saplings on the east shore of Osoyoos Lake, eventually establishing 24 acres of apple orchards, eight acres of peaches grown from pits, and three acres of grapes, marking the beginning of Washington's apple industry. Apple
1858/00/00
1894/00/00

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Particulars for Hiram F Smith Orchard:
Historic Use Agricultural fields
Area of Significance Agriculture
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Area of Significance Invention
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Sight Category Site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th November 1975

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Smith, Hiram F., Orchard
Registry Address: 2 mi. N of Oroville on Osoyoos Lake
Registry Number: 75001863
Resource Type: Site
Owner: Private
Area in Acres: 5
Contributing Sites: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Exploration-settlement, Invention, Agriculture
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1858, 1894
Associated People: Smith,Hiram F.
Historic Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Agricultural fields
Current Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Agricultural fields

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