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Owen Beach Promenade Poems & Runway Mosaics – Point Defiance Park – Tacoma, WA
Eatmor Cape Cod Cranberries – Mayflower Brand – American Cranberry Exchange
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History of Cranberries
The cranberry, along with the blueberry and Concord grape, is one of North America’s three native fruits that are commercially grown. Cranberries were first used by Native Americans, who discovered the wild berry’s versatility as a food, fabric dye and healing agent. Today, cranberries are commercially grown throughout the northern part of the United States and are available in both fresh and processed forms.
The name “cranberry” derives from the Pilgrim name for the fruit, “craneberry”, so called because the small, pink blossoms that appear in the spring resemble the head and bill of a Sandhill crane. European settlers adopted the Native American uses for the fruit and found the berry a valuable bartering tool.
American whalers and mariners carried cranberries on their voyages to prevent scurvy. In 1816, Captain Henry Hall became the first to successfully cultivate cranberries. By 1871, the first association of cranberry growers in the United States had formed, and now, U.S. farmers harvest approximately 40,000 acres of cranberries each year. – Cranberries dot org
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Hayden Manufacturing Cranberry Labels & Collectibles
Bistokills – Dublin Grenade Wheatpaste Art – Featured Fade – Barbara Snow
Scott Mayer Commission Co – Maxwell House Coffee – Hot Springs, AR
Right beside the Farmers Market © Frank H. Jump
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Scott Mayer Commission Co citings:
Arkansas Disasters
- Fire starts in Negro cabin – spreads rapidly and leaves 55 blocks in ruins – Scott Mayer Commission Co claims $30,000 in losses – September 1913
- US Gen Web Archives– Lucien S. Ramseur, who is widely recognized as one of the leading and representative business men of Hot Springs, has since February, 1912, occupied the important position of manager of the local branch of the Scott-Mayer Commission Company, wholesale grocers and dealers in fruits and produce.
- 1912 Scott-Mayer Commission opened up a wholesale house in Prescott – Nevada County Depot & Museum Website
