Looking Back

100 years ago

Road work progressed on the hairpin curve on Sunset Highway and on state road No. 22 across from Detillion Bridge.

200 people attended the annual banquet of the Davenport W.C.T.U.

75 years ago

Ray Rohlman of Davenport was laid to rest in his hometown after he was killed in action during World War II. He was one of 6,515 bodies killed in the Pacific Theater that were returned to California 3.5 years after the war ended.

Temperatures around Lincoln County plummeted to as low as -14 degrees Fahrenheit.

50 years ago

10-year-old Elizabeth Wamba of Davenport took second place in the mighty girls giant slalom ski race near Kellogg, Idaho.

The Lincoln County road department began the process of changing the county’s highway speed limit from 60 mph to 55 mph.

25 years ago

The Harrington School Board asked voters to pass a $350,000 maintenance and operations levy. It amounted to about $4.54 per $1,000 assessed property value.

Two local youths were charged in a petty cash theft at Davenport Elementary School.

10 years ago

Signs and spirit around Lincoln County celebrated the Seattle Seahawks advancing to Super Bowl XVIII with a win over the rival San Francisco 49ers.

Davenport city council was forced to conduct a regular meeting by flashlight due to a lengthy electrical outage.