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=== The Orchards === [[File:ThainGradeLewistonIdahoCirca2002.jpg|thumb|Traffic heading down "Thain Grade" in 2002. This is the road connecting [[Lewiston, Idaho#The Orchards|the Lewiston Orchards]] with the lower elevation area of downtown Lewiston. [[Lewiston Hill]] can be seen on the opposite side of the [[Clearwater River (Idaho)|Clearwater River]] and around the bend of the [[Snake River]].]] The heavily residential southern half of the city is referred to as "The Orchards". This area is much higher in elevation than downtown, at about {{convert|1400|ft||round=5|abbr=on}}, and is named for the [[fruit orchard]]s that previously covered the area. Formerly unincorporated, it was [[Municipal annexation|annexed]] {{nowrap|in late 1969,<ref name=ortrnwp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_JFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7TAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4430%2C3300057 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Hollister |first=Hal |title=Orchards tracts now part of city |date=December 17, 1969 |page=14 }}</ref><ref name=nxtin>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AZJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7TAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5980%2C5551283 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Brigham |first=Janet |title=Annexation: biggest story of year 1969 |date=December 28, 1969 |page=18 }}</ref><ref name=ogrdg>{{cite news |url=http://lmtribune.com/northwest/old-grudges-are-slow-to-pass-lewiston-orchards-annexation/article_755e17d4-6606-5ed5-bff5-04e6618e4d20.html |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Lee |first=Sandra L. |title=Old grudges are slow to pass; Lewiston Orchards annexation |date=January 1, 2005 |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101100330/https://lmtribune.com/northwest/old-grudges-are-slow-to-pass-lewiston-orchards-annexation/article_755e17d4-6606-5ed5-bff5-04e6618e4d20.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}} which nearly doubled the city's population and doubled the area of the city. There is little sign of any orchards today, although there is a wide proliferation of fruit trees in the backyards of many residences in this area of town. The [[Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport]] is located on the western edge of the Orchards plateau at {{convert|1438|ft}} above sea level, with Bryden Canyon Road providing westbound access via the [[Southway Bridge]] into Clarkston.
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