We Are East Idaho

Photo Gallery: Aberdeen

Published at 11:45 am, July 29, 2019 | Updated at 3:04 pm, July 29, 2019

Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com

farm — One of the countless farms near Aberdeen. It is agriculture that built and keeps the town alive. | Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com

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Aberdeen Springfield Canal — It is the construction of a canal near this Idaho Town that brought settlers to the area in the early 1900’s. The area has since become a global player in agricultural research. | Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com

IMG 20190724 150627 1 — Entrance to the University of Idaho’s Aberdeen Research and Extension Center. The facility shares the campus with the USDA’s National Small Grain Collection. | Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com

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Aberdeen Canal — The canal system was built in the early 1900s with the help of many Mennonite settlers. | Historical Photo

First M Church 1910 — The First Mennonite Church in Aberdeen shortly after its construction in 1910 | Historical photo

First Mennonite Church — The first Mennonite Church on West Washington Avenue in Aberdeen. While the building looks different than it did when built in 1910, portions if the original structure still stand today. | Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com

National Small Grians Collection — Harold Bockleman shows the over 50,000 varieties of wheat germplasms the USDA’s National Small Grain Collection holds in a building in Aberdeen | Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com

mennpic3 — An early photo of a farmer in the Aberdeen area. | Historical Photo

mennpic5 — The first dirt streets and buildings of Aberdeen in the early 1900’s | Historical Photo

mennpic7 — Farmers working in the fields shortly after settling Aberdeen | Historical Photo

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