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High Country News -- Printable -- July 3, 2000: Drying up the Melon capital.
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High Country News -- Printable -- July 3, 2000: Drying up the Melon capital.
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ROCKY FORD, Colo. - In this southeastern Colorado community, the self-proclaimed Melon Capital of the world, only agriculture rivals the wide, blue sky for attention. Every summer, this town of 4,256 sends hundreds of thousands of melons to cities like Denver and Kansas City.
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