Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

June 11, 2014

"Communities of the Past-Peola" is the theme of the 2014 Pioneer Day celebration held on Saturday, June 13. The parade will include recognition of 2014 Honored Pioneers Elton Brown, Quest Keatts, and Wayne Brown, class reunions, kids, a band, and more.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

June 16, 1999

Roger and Mary Dye of Pomeroy will bring the farmers' side of the dam breaching equation to a national audience on Sunday, June 20, on the CBS "Sunday Morning" program. The Dyes were interviewed last week Wednesday by CBS correspondent Jerry Bowen about how losing the barge transportation on the Snake River would affect regional farmers already hard-pressed by low grain prices and bleak prospects for this year's harvest.

Fifty Years Ago

June 13, 1974

The 66th annual meeting of the Garfield County Pioneer Association was held at the grade school's multi-purpose room Saturday, June 8. A smaller than usual crowd of a little over 100 people attended the event. President Don Stallcop welcomed the pioneers and led the crowd in the flag salute. Miss Joan Scoggin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Scoggin, entertained the crowd by singing a couple of songs. She accompanied herself on the guitar. Bud Vogt led the community singing and was assisted by Narva Davis on the piano.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

June 16, 1949

State Grangers and their families at the Grange convention in Pullman last week saluted Garfield County on Friday, June 10, the day set aside to honor the productive farms of Garfield County. The county was well represented at Pullman with scores of farmers attending. Carl Baden gave a 15-minute talk on Garfield County, which boosted the county and Pomeroy. The speech by Granger Baden was well-received, and he got a big hand of applause. Highlight of Friday was the singing of "To Washington" by Ted Webb, who warbled his famous ballad in Bohler Gym in Pullman.

One Hundred Years Ago

June 14, 1924

Harry Harris of Spokane, when landing an airplane on the Theinert field Sunday, ran through the barbwire fence onto the state highway, hitting a parked automobile on each side of the plane, and stripping off both wings. The fact that no one was hurt in plane or cars is remarkable. The accident is said to be due to a heavy "tail" wind and lack of room on the field.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

June 10, 1899

A crowd of interested men were watching a novel little machine in the shape of a key-seater, in operation in Krouse and Huffman's shop Saturday. The machine will cut from 1/8 to 2 1/8 inches in width, is adjustable to various measurements in circumference, and travels along cutting a path through a solid bar of iron at the rate of one inch per minute.