id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 15229 Howell, Ithamar A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 .txt text/plain 43858 4027 81 Hops are a large staple product in many counties of the state. THE COUNTIES AND MORE IMPORTANT CITIES AND TOWNS OF WASHINGTON Benton county is able to supply the large towns with fruits and PROSSER, its chief town and county seat, is on the Yakima river river and the Washington & Great Northern railway is projected along county is made up of rolling prairie lands, of great fertility on Timber is the great source of industry at present, the county having the Northern Pacific railway, is the chief town and county seat. [Illustration: Plate No. 49.--View of Spokane River in Lincoln County, Two railroads reach the center of the northern half of the county, Ephrata is the county seat, on the Great Northern railway. northern portion the county is well watered by the Columbia and The Columbia river is the great highway of the county; no railroads State lands, distribution by counties 97 ./cache/15229.txt ./txt/15229.txt