Area fertile in agricultural history, still holds promise
Roots of Anway strawberry may date to 1880s

John S. Hagen
Bob Henderson
Haines miner Fred Meyer grew a field full of cabbages where a gas station stands today on Second Avenue. At the site of the Department of Transportation barn on Main Street, Henry Vermiere drained five acres of swampland to raise vegetables he sol...
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