Nostalgia & History > Where The Olympian Hiawatha Once Ran

I took the back way home from Lind to Ritzville yesterday, and this scene along the way caught me eye, so I stopped for a photo.

A pole line, with some random wires, stands along Lind-Ralston Road, 46-years after the Milwaukee abandoned its route across Washington.

The right-of-way is now home to the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. 

There are interpretative signs, and maps at both Lind, and Ralston. There's a parking lot with a restroom at Ralston.

Plans are also in the works for a former Milwaukee signal to go up along the right-of-way at Ralston, just south of Highway 261. Hopefully, that will happen in 2026. Stay tuned for that.

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Beautiful.

What a loss for rail travelers.