PICTORIAL PAST: 1916 WHEAT WAGONS

By Staff
Published on March 1, 1970
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Clarence E. Mitcham
We thank The Wenatchee Daily World newspaper for their permission to reprint the following picture and caption. Courtesy of Clarence E. Mitcham, Route 1, Mead, Washington 99021

Trailers were used in the horse and wagon days as they are today
to haul extra large loads. This 1916 picture shows Art Biram, now
of Palisades, and the late Jack Mayse, Waterville, each with a
trailer and wagon outfit, waiting to unload their sacks of wheat at
a Waterville warehouse. The wheat was shipped out by Great Northern
over the Waterville-Douglas branch line, in foreground. At the

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