Farms & Pumpkins
Before it was a weekend escape, Half Moon Bay was farm country, and it still is: pumpkins, artichokes, flowers, houseplants and Christmas trees grow between the hills and the sea.
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By 1916 Half Moon Bay artichokes were known from San Francisco to New York, and the town had the largest mushroom farm west of Chicago. (History of San Mateo County, 1916)
Local farms still grow houseplants, flowers, Christmas trees, pumpkins and artichokes. (Wikipedia)
The Art & Pumpkin Festival began in 1971 to raise money for Main Street and drew 30,000 people the first year. The weigh-off is held on Columbus Day Monday; its 2023 winner weighed 2,749 pounds. (Wikipedia)
In the early 1970s Circleville, Ohio challenged Half Moon Bay for the title of Pumpkin Capital of the World, and the two towns settled it with a weigh-off over the phone. (The Christian Science Monitor)
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