Louis Lyons, Hermiston Photographer
Albert “Louis” Lyons, 1916-1990 From the Heppner Gazette Times, Sept. 2, 1987 When Louis Lyons, 70, Hermiston, retires at the end of this month, he will take many memories of Heppner and of Hermiston with him to his new home in Hawaii. The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce is hosting a reception in honor of Lyons’s retirement Sept. 10 at the Hermiston City Park. Many of Lyon’s memories are on
The Sweet Science of Hermiston’s Most Famous Crop
Each summer, the sandy, sun-baked soil of the Columbia Basin reveald their prize: some of the sweetest watermelons grown anywhere in the United States. Since the first half of the 20th century, when farmers started planting the seeds in rotation with the other onion, potatoes, and grain of Eastern Oregon, the melons of the Hermiston area have been delighting consumers with their natural sweetness. Watermelons come from
