April 14, 2017
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Each fall a
train bell
calls riders
SIEMERS from Page 16
develop children’s educational
activities to draw new visi-
tors to the farm. She started
with story book time and en-
tertaining lessons on growing
corn.
“The first year of school
tours were in the corn patch,”
Byron remembered. “Donna
made a scarecrow and told
the kids when they got off the
bus the scarecrow was hiding
in the corn. When those final-
ly kids found that scarecrow
they whooped and hollered!”
Donna promoted the tours
to schools and visitation to
the farm slowly increased.
In 1997 construction on the
farm’s signature castle began.
“People saw it under con-
struction and asked what it
was,” Donna said. “When we
told them it was a castle their
eyes would light up. People
came back and it was the start
of making enough money
to make improvements each
year. We were making enough
to add or change something
each year.”
One year, Donna took a
chance when she saw the City
of Chewelah selling its tourist
train. She purchased the train
and each fall you can hear the
train bell calling riders.
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