Pendley built over a mile of irrigation ditch that included sections of pipe and flume, some of it piercing rock in which he blasted holes to accommodate the gradual angle needed for gravity flow of the water. He grew corn, squash, and alfalfa, but also developed a commercial orchard business of strawberries, blackberries, peaches, pears, apricots, walnuts, and apples. Pendley's orchard is now Slide Rock State Park.
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