Pomeroy, Washington

 
 

The Garfield County Courthouse

  
 

1901 after the Pomeroy fire. This picture was taken from about where the current Garfield County Courthouse now sits.


This view shows an early view, unpainted, of the Garfield County Courthouse Courthouse. This same postcard, but a different copy because the pencil writing is not there has been seen on eBay annotated with "Postally Used, PM 1907".

I am placing this shot of the Garfield County Courthouse between the 1907 shot above and the 1912 based on what's been painted and what hasn't. Also the River Rock that holds up the laws hasn't been concreted over yet, as in the next picture. Unfortunately the image is small. I wonder if the man on the lawn is an early tourist or perhaps a native Pomeroyite.


1912 or earlier (see cancelled stamp from back of postcard).

1913/1923

The eBay description of this postcard "This is a real photo postcard that shows a view of the Court House in Pomeroy, Washington. No. 5. Garfield is written on the building. Sent to Miss Edith Harding in Savannah Missouri from Ora. Used in 1923, divided back." The same card was in another eBay auction where it was described as having been cancelled "July 3, 1913."

Taken from the roof of the Hotel Revere, here is Main Street and the Garfield County Courthouse.

This picture has been dated (by ??) as the 1930s.
1940s
another ca. 1940's shot

 

  
   

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According to the eBay description of this item, it was postmarked in 1954.
  I'm not sure where this image came from, but a relatively new picture as Governor Cosgrove has been replaced by the Civil War soldier. Notice how the beautiful reddish brick has become white.  
 

 
 

 
  This is the original statue that sat on the lawn of the Courthouse. It is (barely) seen in the postcards above.  
   
 

 
The Pomeroy Train Depot
  Pomeroy Railroad Depot 1910  
  Dated about 1910 by seller. (Scan from ebay)

 

  
 

A Million Bushels of Grain!

  
  a million bushels of grain from Pomeroy Washington  
  Dated "about the 1940's" by seller, here is a million bushels of grain, from the heyday of Pomeroy/Garfield County farming. According to Florence Sherfey in This was their Time, during the ####'s Pomeroy  
   
   
 

 
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