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Born in Kennewick in 1920, Annette Heriford grew up in Hanford, where her family farmed alfalfa and apples. Heriford recounts the beauty of Hanford’s apple orchards and the sudden removal her family faced in 1943.

Annette Heriford’s Timeline
1920 Born in Kennewick.

1943 Mar Forced to leave Hanford by government.

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