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County approves $42,138 outreach grant to help shelter 1878 “Blue Mountain” locomotive
Summary
The Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners approved a $42,138 award from its Community Outreach Fund to support construction of a weathered shelter, viewing platform and replica tender for the Fort Walla Walla Museum’s historic Blue Mountain locomotive ahead of the line’s 150th anniversary.
The Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 on July 7 to award $42,138 from the county’s Community Outreach Fund to the Fort Walla Walla Museum to help build a shelter, viewing platform and a replica tender for the museum’s 1878 Blue Mountain locomotive.
The funding was requested to close an approximately $42,000 fundraising gap so the museum could complete the shelter and exhibit work in time for the railroad’s sesquicentennial and the schools’ fall tour season. Groover Snell, operations manager at the Fort Walla Walla Museum, described the locomotive as “one of our most prized possessions or prized artifacts,” and said volunteers have done extensive restoration but the wooden cab and…
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