Forgotten Mansion in Washington’s Wheat Fields | The LaFollette Ranch & Pioneer Cemetery

Описание: Hidden among the rolling wheat fields north of Almira sits a little-known piece of pioneer history — the LaFollette ranch house and the nearby LaFollette Cemetery.

In the early 1880s, members of the LaFollette family arrived in this remote part of Eastern Washington during the first wave of settlement in the Big Bend region. Like many pioneers of the time, they claimed land under the Homestead Act and began farming the open prairie that would eventually become one of the most productive wheat regions in North America.

Over time, the family established a large wheat ranch overlooking the rolling hills north of Almira. The large farmhouse that still stands here today — sometimes referred to locally as the “LaFollette Mansion” — reflects the prosperity that wheat farming brought to the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Just down the road lies the quiet LaFollette Cemetery, where early settlers of the area were laid to rest. The small cemetery contains graves dating back more than a century and serves as a reminder of the families who first carved farms out of the Big Bend prairie.

This video explores the LaFollette ranch site with drone footage and ground-level views of the historic house and cemetery, offering a glimpse into the early history of rural Lincoln County and the pioneers who settled Eastern Washington.

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