Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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This year’s 4-H and FFA Market Sale at the Wahkiakum County Fair brought local businesses, families and other supporters to bid top prices for 4-H youths’ swine, poultry, canned goods and craft items. Brian McClain, auctioneer and owner of McClain Auctions, auctioned 11 animals and 15 still life items, including canned goods and crafts. FFA youth, Dylan Hansen, sold his 236-pound barrow for $725 to Walter Deege of Deege Insurance in Cathlamet. Hansen is also a member of the 4-H Afterschool Club. Zach Calvert, member of the 4-H Afterschool Clu...
Columbia River Country Days, October 2 and 3, will feature all things Wahkiakum Grown, including farm tours and a gourmet menu of local courses served on the Grays River Covered Bridge. Friday kicks off with a Slow Moving Parade, led by Rob Stockhouse and his league of friends driving tractors, classic trucks and all things slow moving. The parade will travel through downtown Cathlamet at 3 p.m. and end at the Two Islands Farm Market. The Farm Market will feature an old-fashioned corn roast, pumpkin patch, kids’ train rides around the farm b...
WSU Extension celebrates a rich history in Wahkiakum County this weekend with Columbia River Country Days. A brief look at that history shows a record of innovativeness in Wahkiakum County; such as establishing the first Extension agent west of the Mississippi in 1912 and the first home economics 4-H club in the country in Seal River in 1914. That history also shows a long record of tumultuous funding from county government. Grays River Grange member W.N. Meserve initiated the establishment of Extension in Wahkiakum County in 1911, with a...
This year brings the 100th year of the County Fair in Wahkiakum County, and with it a long tradition of volunteerism and county-wide collaboration. WSU Wahkiakum County Extension shares that tradition, and the work of our 4-H youth and volunteers, Master Gardeners, and Food and Farm volunteers will be on display this week throughout the Fair. The Fair is the culmination of a year of practice and training for our 4-H youth, with this year’s projects in horses, beef, poultry and other animals; as well as photography, visual arts, baking, g...
