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Willowmoor Farm, where the Japanese government came to study dairying
1904
Redmond, Washington
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James Clise bought 78 acres at the north end of Lake Sammamish in 1904, built a hunting lodge that he kept extending into a mansion, and turned the land into Willowmoor, a farm running prize Ayrshire cattle and Morgan horses. The operation was well enough regarded that Japanese government delegates came in 1914 to study its dairy methods, and Henry Ford would serve only Willowmoor milk at his hospital in Dearborn. King County bought the property in 1962, making it the county's first park.
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