sentences:  The brothers initially raised sheep and horses; in later years they, mirroring the transitions of many others in the region, cultivated dryland winter wheat.This area developed into the town of Lamar when the Hunt Railroad was built along the Touchet River valley in 1888.The railway left the Touchet River and continued west at Lamar at the point where the Touchet River turns south to meet the Walla Walla.