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Get Ready for Tonasket’s Garlic Festival!
Get Ready for Tonasket’s Garlic Festival!
When you think of garlic, you probably think of vampires and Italian food, right? Well, I know I sure do at least. But even though the first mental whiff of this pungent little pal, whose proper name is Allium sativum, might tend to conjure images of the Mediterranean mainland and ancient Romania, it's actually native to Southern and Central Asia, as well as northeastern Iran, but has proliferated
THE TINY TOWN: Skykomish
THE TINY TOWN: Skykomish
And then there are really small towns. Like Skykomish, here in the state of Washington. The tiny town has a total area of 0.33 square miles. Its current population is about 160 people. The population peaked in the 1930’s when the census count was 562. You can almost fit the whole population into the town’s favorite local pub called, Whistling Post Saloon. Where when the train cruises by and blows the whistle…they serve up free shots.