Images From the Attic: Clark County History
By Martin Middlewood, for The Columbian
Published: March 14, 2021, 6:04am
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Posing for a photo, a woman wearing a man's shirt and a little girl holding a fruit bucket take a break from picking, sorting and boxing prunes. Perhaps they were harvesting in an area known for its prunes, Prune Hill or Fruit Valley. The undated photo shows low growing prune trees and prunes scatted in front of the two for sorting and boxing. Such prune pickers helped Clark County become the "Prune Capital of the World" by World War I. (Contributed by Clark County Historical Museum)