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one in every three years
just how did the economy survive? I found the answer
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that there was also a huge barter system built around homemade wine. After all, most of these growers still maintained small vineyards and they were all proficient at winemaking.
I have always known that commercial fishing
was big here but upon researching it I was amazed to find that in 1913 there were at least eight fish companies lining the Portage River. In that year those eight fish companies reported catches of over 7,000 tons of fish!
So there you have it. Grapes, peaches, and fish all came together to create our great heritage. I hope to see you on August 8th at our Peach and Wine Festival to celebrate this heritage and support the Ottawa County Humane Society.
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The peach industry thrived on Catawba in the early 1900’s.
sometimes make only years of entire crop losses,
while interviewing one of the old-time peach growers. I was told that most of the growers and probably a huge portion of the local workforce also worked in the fishing industry.
By growing peach varieties that ripened near the end of the summer (mostly Elberta) a farmer could make a living in fishing while tending the orchard at night. I have read that in two good years an orchard could pay for all of its land and the house build upon it. I have to believe
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