Good Old Days April 7

The Steptoe Butte Hotel is shown here in its heyday. The photo is not dated, but it does have an inscription which reads “Steptoe Butte 3,800 feet high. The best place in Washington to get a good view of the country.” Photo courtesy Joann Hamlin.

Shown here is the Colfax Telephone switchboard in an undated archival photo. This switch bank was once state-of-the-art technology. Photo courtesy Joann Hamlin.

125 years ago

The Commoner

April 3, 1891

Garfield was the scene of a rousing and earnest mass meeting last Tuesday afternoon, the purpose of which was to more thoroughly organize and unite the...