{"id":1585,"date":"2014-02-17T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peachylife.net\/blog\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2014-02-17T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T18:32:13","slug":"hermiston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/17\/hermiston\/","title":{"rendered":"Hermiston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of visit<\/strong>: May 27, 2012<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 16,745 (2010 Census)<\/p>\n<p>Watermelons are famous in Hermiston even though they are not the biggest crop in this area. Back in the 1960s the Hermiston mayor, Frank Harkenrider, was looking for a way to promote his town. Potatoes and alfalfa weren&#8217;t very interesting, but watermelons were. So he decided to market Hermiston as a place that grew quality watermelons and even started delivering Hermiston watermelons to the mayor of Portland. Eventually the melons started becoming so popular around the Pacific Northwest that the name Hermiston became synonymous with watermelons. Umatilla County produces 45,000 tons of watermelons annually. Well-drained sandy soils, long growing season, and plenty of sunshine make for good growing conditions. High daytime temperatures and cool nighttime temperatures make for a sweeter melon as well.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Welcome to Hermiston by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7302219836\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Welcome to Hermiston\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7230\/7302219836_d2441cfdac_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Hermiston Watermelons\" src=\"https:\/\/ycpi-farm8.staticflickr.com\/7240\/7308726400_77d4c2ca2c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><br \/>\nAdvertising the watermelons<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Hermiston Main Street\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7095\/7302201958_4e53e9be10_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><br \/>\nQuiet Main Street on a Sunday morning<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Clock\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7081\/7302201636_61a6bcd825_z.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" \/><br \/>\nClock in McKenzie Park<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Peaceful evening\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7103\/7308726524_43300ee1c3_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><br \/>\nRiverfront Park<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Roemarks\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8016\/7302202296_c213f55fdf_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><br \/>\nRoemark&#8217;s Men&#8217;s Wear<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Maxwell Siding\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7228\/7302201734_2aff7dbd3a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><br \/>\nOld trail cars at Maxwell Siding<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7078\/7302202224_d11ac3dcbe_z.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" \/><br \/>\nFlorist shop in historic building<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Hermiston Library\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7104\/7302202138_013e470f25_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><br \/>\nHermiston Public Library<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Hermiston,+OR\/@45.8354225,-119.2876173,12z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x54a2b9026e29d2d7:0x82ea06f10bd63cbb\">Map of Hermiston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peachylife.net\/blog\/oregontownsproject\/\" target=\"_self\">Oregon Towns Project<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of visit: May 27, 2012 Population: 16,745 (2010 Census) Watermelons are famous in Hermiston even though they are not<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/17\/hermiston\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hermiston<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66],"tags":[138],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}