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Ghost of Walhachin (Sign missing)

Here bloomed a 'Garden of Eden'. The sagebrush desert changed to orchards through the imagination and industry of English settlers during 1907-14. Then the men left to fight - and die - for King...

Here bloomed a 'Garden of Eden'. The sagebrush desert changed to orchards through the imagination and industry of English settlers during 1907-14. Then the men left to fight - and die - for King and country. A storm ripped out the vital irrigation flume. Now only ghost of flumes, tress, and homes remain to mock this once thriving settlement.

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