Eventually the salmon wheels were outlawed along the Northwest rivers, but you can still find the rusted out ruins of some of them in places, the remains of a way of life for early pioneers along the Northwest rivers.
Next time...Wyoming
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Salmon Wheels Keep on Turning?
Long before Salmon canning was an industry, early settlers along the Columbia River set up wheels which caught the salmon, and deposited them in handy tanks to await packaging.
Eventually the salmon wheels were outlawed along the Northwest rivers, but you can still find the rusted out ruins of some of them in places, the remains of a way of life for early pioneers along the Northwest rivers.
Next time...Wyoming
Eventually the salmon wheels were outlawed along the Northwest rivers, but you can still find the rusted out ruins of some of them in places, the remains of a way of life for early pioneers along the Northwest rivers.
Next time...Wyoming
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