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Winema Elevators, Inc.

Est. 1944 in California. Two sites in Oregon, one in California. Certified organic, their motto is "Agrilicious!" ; )

The word "winema" means female chief in the Modoc language. The name appears in multiple uses in the S. Oregon & N. California region, from a national forest to a county to businesses. Winema was a real person, a Modoc woman also named Toby Riddle, who served as an interpreter between her tribe and the US Army during the Modoc War of 1872-73. The war took place just a few miles from this grain elevator.

Winema
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Photo: Smithsonian Institute Archives, Public Domain
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6 comments

Heidiho said:

Still producing ?
Can see nobody ...
9 years ago

Diane Putnam replied to Heidiho:

It's past harvest time. I think it's barley in this area, considering what I saw on the ground around the train car.
9 years ago

polytropos said:

agrilicious – could be a composition from 'agricultural' and 'delicious'
at least, Google translator don't know this word :-)
9 years ago

Diane Putnam replied to polytropos:

Absolutely right, sir. Google doesn't know these ridiculous conglomerations in American advertising!
9 years ago

Keith Burton said:

Super juxtapositon between the natural "structure" and the man-make one!
9 years ago

Diane Putnam replied to Keith Burton:

It was quite appealing! Thanks, Keith.
9 years ago
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