Towns In Basin Named After Considerable Thought

 

1910s New Towns And Business Opportunities

 

Farms Menaced As Dam Breaks

From the "Spokesman Review."

February 8, 1925

New Schedule On Milwaukee

From the "Spokesman Review."

May 19, 1913

1933 Neppel Grain Statement

Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz.

Wenatchee Apple Shipments Heavy

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

December 5, 1924

The Floods of February 1932

Thanks to Ted Curphey for digging this one out.

From the "Spokesman-Review."

February 27, 1932 

 

1912 Neppel Depot Drawing

From the "Neppel Record."

December 27, 1912

1912 Neppel

Map view from not too long after the line was opened, but long before the spur to the Air Force Base was considered.

Milwaukee To Have New Line To Tidewater

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

May 20, 1913

Speed Up Fruit To BC Ports

From the "Spokesman Review."

November 4, 1936

Teacher Recalls Difficult Early Days Of Basin Area

From the "Spokesman Review."

May 21, 1952

Neppel Depot Perspective Scetch

From the "Neppel Record."

December 27, 1912

Undated Neppel Depot Photo

Photographer unknown.

Milwaukee Road Moses Lake Station Area Plans

As drawn by the Milwaukee Road, then transferred to the Burlington Northern, and updated to the time of purchase by the Washington Central.

Columbia Basin Project Yields Abundant Fruit

From "The New Reclamation Era."

February 1931.

Columbia Basin Project Yields Abundant Fruit

From "The Reclamation Era."

February 1931

Neppel Boosterism

From the "Neppel Record."

March 14, 1913

Neppel City Lots and Moses Lake Tracts Open For Public Sale

From the "Spokesman-Review."

February 28, 1913

Neppel Promotional Map

From "The Neppel Record."

January 12, 1912