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At the headwaters of the Lemhi River, a company of Latter-Day Saint men called to establish a mission among the Indians traveled about 30 miles downstream, chose a site for a fort and farming land, and on June 18, 1855, dug a ditch and turned water over the land. After ploughing about 8 acres, they planted corn, turnips, peas, beans and potatoes in what became the first irrigation project in the Great Northwest.
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