For most of the next two decades, Porter was the only White settler on the Enumclaw Plateau. Over 125 pioneer families either filed claims or purchased nearly 19,000 acres on the Enumclaw Plateau. The top cash crop that practically every Enumclaw Plateau farm planted was hops. Enumclaw farmers flourished on the rich plateau soils. As hop crops faded, dairy farming became the new darling on the Enumclaw Plateau.