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Stein Distillery

A grain-to-spirit business with a Joseph tasting room.

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Joseph and the surrounding valley, with Wallowa Lake and the mountains beyond. Community context for this record.
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Joseph and the surrounding valley, with Wallowa Lake and the mountains beyond. Community context for this record.

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Stein dates its opening to 2009. The company describes a process extending from growing grain through fermentation, distilling, and bottling.

The tasting room and distillery are listed at 604 North Main Street. Its history connects agricultural production, craft manufacturing, and hospitality.

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2009

Opening date reported by the company.

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Agriculture, making, and hospitalityFood, drink, and local making
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Around Joseph, in photographs.

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A street scene in Joseph, photographed in April 2013.View photograph
Joseph

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Visitor72013-04-09
An aerial view of Joseph and the fields around its streets.View photograph
Joseph

Town and working fields

Sam Beebe2007-07-08
Wallowa Lake and the valley, seen from Mount Howard.View photograph
Wallowa Lake

The valley from Mount Howard

Finetooth2010-09-17
The larger story

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An old truck in a field near Enterprise, with the Wallowa Mountains behind it.
Chapter 04 Work & livelihoods

The sawmill, the foundry, and the city crew

In 1998 Justin Doherty walked out of Joseph High School and into the sawmill. When the mill closed he poured bronze, and when he left the foundry he went to work for the city. One man’s path ties together industries a directory would list apart.

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