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Word: grainlands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cities of coastal Washington and Oregon, to the potato farmers of south Idaho and to the ranchers of Montana's eastern plains. In lusty growth (its population has swelled by 51% since 1940), it is building new towns and industry on a solid base of natural treasures: rich grainland including the nation's top wheat-producing county (Whitman County, Wash.), lush wild-grass valleys providing year-round range for sheep and cattle, the U.S.'s last great stand of valuable whitepine lumber and huge mineral resources in Washington's Metaline and Idaho's Coeur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The INLAND EMPIRE | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

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