Pomeroy is in Garfield County. It is also the county seat and the only town in the county. We are almost exactly 30 miles west of Lewiston, ID, and 30 miles north of the Oregon boundary. I see I spelled Alpowai incorrectly and apologize for that. Right now we are in the process of gettting ready for the Lewis and Clark Bi-Centennial celebration that occurs in 2003 so there are all sorts of interesting things in the planning stages. Shirley > At 08:36 PM 3/14/02 -0800, Shirley Johnson wrote: > >Hi Beth and others, > > > >The train came to this little - 1500 population - town of Pomeroy, in > >southeastern Washington in 1886. I know that for sure because the line was > >taken out in 1986, exactly 100 years after the beginning. This line came out > >of Walla Walla but there was also a line that ran up the Snake River to > >Lewiston, ID and I don't know what year that one was built. At one time > >there was a plan to run the Pomeroy line across the Alpowaii summit to > >connect with the Lewiston line but it never happened. > > That is fascinating to know. Somewhere I've seen a map that as I remember > had small little "fingers" of railroads going into several areas of eastern > Washington but don't remember that they were dated. What is the county for > Pomeroy? > > Beth > > [remainder of message snipped] > >

Hi all train buffs. I rode that Empire Builder from Pasco to Seattle from the 5th grade until I could drive there!! Fabulous, hanging out in the blue dome chatting with people from Chicago. Great for a kid growing up in Pasco, WA. Would love to see some great web links for the trains about Walla Walla and the Tri-Cities area to Chicago too. I have lots of friends who parents were railroaders from White Bluffs, Beverly and Pasco during the 40's and 50's. One gal used to stop at Wishram for a sandwich with her mom as they rode the train in the late 50's to Portland. Now there is a winery at Wishram, Cascade Cliffs and a guy from the Sea-Tac Airport in Burien left and I think he is trying to open an antique mall "uptown," Wishram, a train stop on the Columbia River east of Bingen, WA. Share your childhood train stories and some good links for trains. Laura -----Original Message----- From: Shirley Johnson [mailto:grandmaj@pomeroy-wa.com] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:04 AM To: OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Trains Pomeroy is in Garfield County. It is also the county seat and the only town in the county. We are almost exactly 30 miles west of Lewiston, ID, and 30 miles north of the Oregon boundary. I see I spelled Alpowai incorrectly and apologize for that. Right now we are in the process of gettting ready for the Lewis and Clark Bi-Centennial celebration that occurs in 2003 so there are all sorts of interesting things in the planning stages. Shirley > At 08:36 PM 3/14/02 -0800, Shirley Johnson wrote: > >Hi Beth and others, > > > >The train came to this little - 1500 population - town of Pomeroy, in > >southeastern Washington in 1886. I know that for sure because the line was > >taken out in 1986, exactly 100 years after the beginning. This line came out > >of Walla Walla but there was also a line that ran up the Snake River to > >Lewiston, ID and I don't know what year that one was built. At one time > >there was a plan to run the Pomeroy line across the Alpowaii summit to > >connect with the Lewiston line but it never happened. > > That is fascinating to know. Somewhere I've seen a map that as I remember > had small little "fingers" of railroads going into several areas of eastern > Washington but don't remember that they were dated. What is the county for > Pomeroy? > > Beth > > [remainder of message snipped] > >