Downtown Pomeroy Building Inventory
Service Station
Southwest Corner of Current 6th and Main Streets
Description:
There's a new service station in town, according to a front page article in the January 24, 1957, issue;
Bostrom Opens Richfield Station
The first proprietor of the new Richfield service station completed last fall is Axel Bostrom of Spokane.
Bostrom, who is an experienced station operator, opened the station at the corner of sixth and Main last week.
The same (1/24/57) isue had this advertisement.
From a late 1950's Pomeroy HS yearbook, here is Ledgerwood Richfield.
Starting in October, 1966, you could now rent U-Haul at Bob's Richfield.
In the 1967 Pomeroy HS yearbook, this was Monty's Richfield
Apparently the remains of Summers' Shell station at the southwest corner of 5th and Main, Pomeroy, as seen by Google's cameras mid 2010s
Dan and Cathy owned Summers Shell.
This advertisement from the January 2, 1975, New Year's special advertising supplement in the E-W.
Area Traffic Cameras
Alpowa Summit
Delaney (20+ miles W on
Highway 12)
SE Washington Traffic
Alerts
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