Good Old Days

8 years ago

The Commoner

July 12, 1895

Elberton is nothing if not progressive.

The “Asphodel of the Palouse” during its short life has always been reaching out for more worlds to conquer and more business to do and is still at it. Its last effort is to develop its natural advantages as a trading place by constructing roads along the water courses. A party of Elberton business men and farmers were before the county commissioners on Tuesday with a petition for a road from Elberton up Silver Creek two miles to connect to the existing road to Garfield.

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