Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - Page updated at 11:11 AM
Palouse, Washington in the mid-1940s
This footage, courtesy the Washington State University's Extension Communications and Educational Support, was taken around the Palouse area in Eastern Washington in the mid-1940s. It shows horses pulling combines and other agricultural work.
This weekend, the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum, opens. It includes acreage to demonstrate how wheat used to be harvested by horsepower.
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