Pomeroy’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Pomeroy. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Nez Perce trail existed in the area before history was recorded, and the first written record of caucasians passing through the area were Lewis and Clark in 1805. Captain Benjamin Bonneville also passed through the future site of the town while he was surveying for the US government in 1834. In 1860, an Irish settler named Parson Quinn settled just east of present-day Pomeroy, and lived there for the next 40 years. Rancher Joseph M. Pomeroy purchased the land in 1864, and platted the town's site in May 1878.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Pomeroy’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pomeroy’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGarfield County courthouse, 1911: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Pomeroy
See all 1 →Pomeroy, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
the same place, years apart
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1911 · LOCToday · Wikidata
Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.