Threshing Wheat in Seltice,1899
This file appears in: Farmington,WA
The Thompson outfit used this threshing machine to harvest hundreds of acres of wheat on his Seltice farm. This particular thresher made it possible for Thompson to become one of the wealthier farmers in the Farmington-Seltice area during the turn-of-the-century.
Image courtesy of Tornado Creek Publications.
This file appears in: Farmington,WA
Farmington,WA
Like most towns in Whitman County, Farmington was once a prosperous and rapidly expanding community during the early twentieth century. An abundance of nearby timber and a close water source was what first attracted settlers to the area in theā¦
