Wasco County Historical Society’s Summer Program-August
August 8 @ 11:00 am
Wasco County Historical Society invites the public to join them in the backyard of the 1850 Moody/Rorick House, 300 W. 13th St., The Dalles, 11:00 a.m., for the following program. For their comfort, visitors may choose to bring a lawn chair or a blanket on which to sit. Admission is free but donations are welcome. Refreshments will be available. After the program, the House will be open for viewing the impressive Tedd Lovell Family Bicentennial Exhibit.
Cheryl Ortega, Orchard View Farms
Saturday, August 8th, 11:00 a.m.
Moody/Rorick House, 300 W. 13th St., The Dalles
The Wasco County Historical Society invites the public to hear CHERYL BAILEY ORTEGA share the 100+ year history, from its origin in 1923 to current day, of her family’s Orchard View Farms, inducted three years ago into the State’s Century Farm Program.
Currently, their cherry business totals 3500 acres, owned or leased, including acreage in Dallesport, and in Wasco, Hood River, and Sherman counties. During peak season, they employ 700-800 pickers and nearly 300 employees in and around their packing house.
Ms. Ortega will tell of the many varieties of cherries today, what happens to these cherries in their packing house, how and where they are marketed, and the successes and frustrations in their multi-generational business.
Orchard View Farms will join other Wasco County Century/Sesquicentennial Farms and Ranches on display in the Open Class Building during the Wasco County Fair in Tygh Valley, August 20th to August 23rd. In addition to this year’s theme “Let the Bell Ring: Hear the Country Sing”, the fair has adopted as its logo, “Happy Birthday America”.
