Kamiakin's Gardens
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kamiakin-s-gardens-297-18194384
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Kamiakin's Gardens
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Kamiakin's Gardens were the first place to be irrigated in the Yakima River valley in central Washington state. Chief Kamiakin (1800–1877) was a leader of the Yakama Nation who sought to avoid conflict with European settlers and missionaries who started arriving in the region in the 1840s. Kamiakin directed that a ditch be excavated to nourish a plot near Ahtanum Creek, hoping to provide a sedentary existence for his people that would keep them out of conflict with the settlers. Crops included s
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First place to be irrigated in the Yakima River valley
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamiakin%27s_Gardens
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2023-08-07T21:54:36Z
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