Pomeroy, Washington

This town is located in the arid, wheat growing agricultural region in the far southeast corner of Washington. Pomeroy is an interesting old town with several antique stores, coffee/tea rooms, boutiques, a book store and opera house. The town has a small historic district with turn-of-the-century buildings along its main street. In 2003, the Downtown Pomeroy Historic District was recognized by the National Register of Historic Places. That same year, it was listed as a Historic District on the Washington Heritage Register by the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation. Pomeroy’s Pioneer Association sponsors the Tumbleweed Festival which is held in downtown each June. The nearby 177,000-acre Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness has almost 400 miles of managed trails in the Pomeroy District. Locals and visitors hunt for huckleberries, raspberries and mushrooms in this national forest land. To the north of Pomeroy is the 198-feet-tall Palouse Falls; to the southwest is the Tucannon River Fish Hatchery. Pomeroy is the County seat of Garfield County. This small town is named after rancher Joseph M. Pomeroy, who purchased the land in 1864, and platted the town's site in May 1878.