Pioneer Portraits - August 13, 2015
Ten Years Ago
August 18, 2005
About a hundred years ago, Waitsburg businessman, E. L. Powell sold his interest in the Pioneer Supply Depot at 134 Main Street in Waitsburg to move to Spokane, where fame and fortune followed, including community service such as Spokane mayor and in the state legislature. Some 100 years later, the situation is reversed: John and Marilyn Stellwagen have migrated from Spokane to southeastern Washington and are the new owners of one of Waitsburg’s longest continuously operating businesses, though under different names through the years.
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