Cherry Day at the Watson Ranch – Nebraska State Historical Society

Posted by Dominique Worthing

June 18, 1908 was “Cherry Picking Day” at the Watson Ranch, located just west of Kearney, Nebraska. The Kearney Daily Hub reported that visitors began arriving at six in the morning, and by “quitting time” (5 p.m.), they had picked 623 bushels of cherries.

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