Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

June 25, 2014

Two years ago, the Garfield County Sheriff's Office's 911 call dispatch system was on the edge of failure. On May 29, Garfield County became the first in the state to implement an Internet Protocol connection with the state network. The county's Viper CPE system is currently the top-of-line in the Next Generation 991 digital technology.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

June 23, 1999

Cameron Mulrony, a 1999 graduate of Pomeroy High School, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the Washington State High School Rodeo Association. Cameron will also participate in the National High School Finals rodeo in Gillette, Wyo. He qualified for the bull-riding competition. Dustin Mulrony, who will be a PHS junior in the fall, also qualified for the NHSFR in bareback riding.

Fifty Years Ago

June 20, 1974

Milton and Donna Williams, Oregon residents, have filed a civil suit against the State of Washington, in Garfield County Superior Court. They allege that a truck-trailer rig driven by Ralph Moore in Garfield County was inspected by an officer from Washington State Patrol, and that while looking for the serial numbers on the back (second) trailer, the brake line handle was turned so the serial number could be more easily read, and the officer failed to return the handle to the proper position afterwards.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

June 23, 1949

The first party to cross the Blue Mountains via the Mt. Misery road south of Pomeroy are Mr. and Mrs. Everett Scoggin and son, Vernon, who made the trip last Sunday. No other party has reported that they've crossed this year, and Mr. and Mrs. Scoggin think they are the first ones through, because they had to practically hack their way in many places. "We went around the deep snow banks, and we cut down the trees across the road," Everett said today.

One Hundred Years Ago

June 21, 1923

Nicar-la-tsen, one of the Nez Perce Indians who took an important part as a guide for the soldiers during the Steptoe expedition, came to Pomeroy Wednesday with a party of his friends and with the aid of Silas Whitman, public interpreter of the Nex Perce reservation, told his own story of that historic event. Nicar-la-tsen and his friends believe Timothy is given too much credit for the services he rendered to Steptoe and other guides too little. This is the only living man who took an active part in defense of Steptoe's command. He is 88 years old.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

June 17, 1899

J. H. Bramley, an old wagon maker of Pataha city, was in town this week shaking hands with old friends. Mr. Bramley is now running a wagon shop at Chewelah and doing a nice business.

Moritz Wolff, the lad who made his appearance in the city a few months ago and has been boot black in Jim Lasityr's barber shop left Saturday for his home in San Francisco.