Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters in the area got new Ford tractors from Adams Tractor Company. Photos courtesy of Helen and Bob Adams.

Wa-Hi, 1939; Chet Lybecker, instructor.

 

Mac-Hi, 1951

Wa-Hi, 1953

Wa-Hi, 1953

Waitsburg, 1957

 

Carroll Adams Tractor Company selected and developed this site at 13th & Rose in 1947 to start the business. Second batch of pictures shows the business in 1964. Photos courtesy of Helen and Bob Adams.

1947

Looking east to Van Petten Lumber & Coal yard on 11th Avenue, 1947

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Looking east on Rose Street in 1964

                                   Red barn on left was the victim of an arson fire in November 2003.

History of the Adams Tractor Company from the New Holland dealers magazine, 1967.

Carroll Adams

 

Rose Street at 13th Avenue, June 29 1975. Photos by Bill Lilley.

Adams Tractor, a Farmhand dealer

Police car by Adams Tractor, Inc

Terminal Ice & Cold Storage

Fort Walla Walla Park; early development and heavy equipment demonstration by Carroll Adams Tractor Company and others followed by a picnic with box lunches from Arctic Circle, June 6 1967. Photos by Bill Lilley courtesy of Jeanne Lilley Savage.

Myra Road in background

Duck pond dredged and renewed

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