Looking Back

100 years ago

Leonard Day, who claimed to walk 10,000 miles on foot across the United States, arrived in Davenport.

A new oil company was granted permission to build on Northern Pacific railroad property near the Davenport water tank.

Voters narrowly decided against a school tax levy to pay general fund deficits in Davenport.

75 years ago

Lincoln County 4-H girls entering the costume selection contest at the State Fair in Yakima included Yolanda Rettkowski and Marilyn White of Govan, Verna Eagle of Wilbur, Betsy and Lora Belle Keener of Almira, Kay and Sandra Childs, Mary Jane Olson and Dorothy Teel of Davenport and Dolores Plaster of Edwall.

Veterans explained the need for building a new Memorial Hall in Davenport.

Deputy Sheriff Vern Denson used a new panel truck to take Earl Tyler to the state penitentiary in Walla Walla after Tyler was sentenced for ransacking a home and church.

50 years ago

A Harrington couple, Ralph and Verla Slack, faced larceny charges after taking household goods and livestock from the farm where they had rented a home.

Deanne Bodeau of Wilbur and Jennie Bolenus of Reardan were named alternates to the National 4-H Congress.

Davenport city councilmen met to open bids for the city’s new proposed well, but no one had made a bid.

25 years ago

Reardan received funding to renovate Lake Street.

An old city bell was returned to Harrington from storage in Medford, Oregon.

A forum covering the life and work issues faced by disabled citizens was held in Odessa.

10 years ago

Charley and Linda Colbert were recognized as Harrington’s Honored Citizens ahead of Fall Festival.

Reardan High School crowned Jeff Bergeron and Riann Quinn as homecoming king and queen.

Concerns about Lincoln County Jail inmates waiting for the bus at Pioneer Plaza in Davenport prompted a meeting of city officials with the Sheriff’s Office and county commissioners.