Looking back in time

10 years ago

Davenport native Tim Briggs won a 60-hour competition to win the honor of being the “Best (Army) Ranger.”

Members of the Harrington Lions Club worked on installing pavers for a new bathroom in the city park.

A moose was spotted near Stockland Livestock and Mountain View Cemetery.

25 years ago

Charlie Varain was approved by Davenport city council to become the city’s police chief. The city had operated without a chief for 18 months.

Kevin Hupp was hired as the coordinator of the Lincoln County Noxious Weed Board.

Davenport city council reversed a decision to keep Sixth Street open from Park to Merriam Streets during pool season.

50 years ago

Hay yields were projected to be as little as 40% of the previous year’s crop.

A water shortage forced Davenport city leadership to consider constructing a new well.

Mike Leffel was accepted as a partner in the accounting firm of Avery Olson Christie and Lyle.

75 years ago

At least $250,000 in damages were caused by floods and electric storms in Lincoln County, with Mohler being the hardest hit area.

President Harry Truman passed through Davenport on U.S. Highway 2 enroute from Spokane to Coulee Dam.

Young farmer Orrie Morse suffered a peculiar accident southeast of Davenport while working in a field with a team and wagon, having no recollection of the events which slashed his neck. Morse lived to tell the tale, albeit with few available details.

100 years ago

Former Lincoln County Commissioner Aaron Miller died at his home in Sprague.

Lincoln County officers arrested Robert Cress on suspicion of breaking into the Sheriff’s Office and stealing 26 cases of bonded whiskey from a jail cell.

The largest opening day crowd in several years gathered at the beginning of the Lincoln-Adams County Pioneer and Historical Association picnic on Crab Creek.