Apple trees at Ft. Spokane, 2016

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A modern-day visitor picks an apple from one of the remaining trees. At its height, this field grew more than 600 apple trees, plus potatoes, strawberries and other crops.

This file appears in: The Orchard at Ft. Spokane

By Charlie Byers
Today, most of Fort Spokane is bare foundations. But in the shade of the ponderosas on the western edge of the site, a few of the orchard’s original apple trees have held their ground for more than a…