This Week in Odessa History

This being National Agriculture Week and the publication date of The Record’s annual Agricultural Progress issue, it seems fitting that we reprint an article in The Record 75 years ago this week on Odessa as a farming center.

The piece was authorized by Fred W. Graham, who was General Agricultural Development agent for the Great Northern Railway, and it originally ran in the railroad’s monthly magazine, then reprinted in The Record’s edition of March 25, 1927.

Reflecting what life was like on the farm in the Odessa area then, the article follows:

Odessa in Lincoln County has given a mighty goo...