McCoy Museum hosts Benscoter apple program

David Benscoter continues hunting for extinct apples in Whitman County.

Benscoter, who lives in Chattaroy, spoke to a crowd which packed the McCoy Museum in Oakesdale Saturday.

“I’m finding potentially lost apples of Whitman County,” he told the audience.

He made the presentation courtesy of the Friends of the Oakesdale Historical Society.

He began his presentation by describing how apples, which originated in the Middle East, migrated from the East Coast to Whitman County. He said Penawawa became an important port for apples in Whitman County, not only because apples could grow well there, bu...