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2C THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015 HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE WEEK Courtesy Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum A train travels down the street in Ilwaco, Wash. ‘The Cantankerous Farmer versus the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company’ By AMY BOZORTH For The Daily Astorian ILWACO, Wash. — The CROXPELa 3aFL¿F +eULWaJe 0XseXP SUeseQWs a OeFWXUe, ³The CaQWaQNeURXs )aUPeU YeUsXs Whe IOZaFR 5aLOZa\ aQG 1aYLJaWLRQ CRPSaQ\,´ aW S.P. ASULO . +aYe \RX eYeU ZRQGeUeG ZhR¶s EXULeG LQ Whe ORQeO\ OLWWOe FePeWeU\ ZesW RI 6WaWe +LJhZa\ , MXsW QRUWh RI LRQJ %eaFh" WaQGeU XS Whe JUass\ NQROO WR Whe ZhLWe SLFNeW IeQFe aQG \RX¶OO ¿QG WZR JUaYesWRQes, a hXsEaQG aQG ZLIe. The LQsFULSWLRQs aUe ZRUQ EXW FOeaU, ³-RhQ %ULsFRe, ERUQ LQ 1eZWRZQe, CRQQ. AXJ. , . 'LeG 0a\ , ´ aQG ³LXF\ A. %ULsFRe, ZLIe RI -RhQ %ULsFRe, WhR 3asseG IURP (aUWh WR +eaYeQ OFW. , ´ WhR ZeUe Whese eaUO\ seW- WOeUs RI Whe LRQJ %eaFh 3eQ- LQsXOa" Michael Lemeshko WhaW sWRU\ GR WheLU OLYes SOa\ LQ RXU ORFaO hLsWRU\" LRFaO hLsWRULaQ, 0LFhaeO LePeshNR asNeG hLPseOI Whese TXesWLRQs aQG hLs LQWeU- esW OeG hLP WR Whe CROXPELa 3aFL¿F +eULWaJe 0XseXP aQG Whe CRPPXQLW\ +LsWRULaQ 3URMeFW. The UeseaUFh sNLOOs he JaLQeG WhURXJh Whe SURMeFW OeG hLP GeeSeU LQWR Whe %ULsFRe IaPLO\ aQG Whe ePeUJLQJ sWR- U\ RI Whe FaQWaQNeURXs IaUP- eU, -RhQ %ULsFRe. A FRORUIXO ¿JXUe ERWh as Whe ¿IWh UeSUe- seQWaWLYe IRU 3aFL¿F CRXQW\ WR Whe WashLQJWRQ TeUULWRULaO LeJLsOaWXUe aQG as a SUREaWe MXGJe, %ULsFRe¶s ³IeXGs´ ZLWh GeYeORSeUs aQG OaQGRZQ- eUs ZeUe PaQ\ aQG hLs OeJaO ZUaQJOLQJ Zas ZeOO NQRZQ. %ULsFRe¶s OeJaO GeaOLQJs ZLWh Whe IOZaFR 5aLOZa\ aQG 1aYLJaWLRQ CR. aUe RQe FhaS- WeU LQ Whe FRORUIXO OLIe RI WhLs eaUO\ seWWOeU aQG Whe sXEMeFW RI LePeshNR¶s OeFWXUe aW Whe CROXPELa 3aFL¿F +eULWaJe 0XseXP¶s AQQXaO 0eeWLQJ. The OeFWXUe Ls IUee aQG RSeQ WR Whe SXEOLF. The PXseXP Ls ORFaWeG aW 6.(. LaNe 6W. LQ IOZaFR. IW Ls RSeQ a.P. WR S.P. TXesGa\ WR 6aWXUGa\, aQG QRRQ WR S.P. AGPLssLRQ Ls IUee RQ ThXUsGa\s, IUee WhaQNs WR Whe sSRQsRUshLS RI Whe 3RUW RI IOZaFR. Amy Bozorth is PR/mem- bership coordinator for the &olXmbia Paci¿c HeritaJe Museum. Courtesy Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum Courtesy Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum John Briscoe’s grave. John Briscoe was a representative to the Washington Legislature and a canterkerous oponent of the railroad. A lecture April 11 is focused on him. GE T Y O U R CO PY TOD AY ! D iscoverO urCoa st.com
