2019 Annual Report a New Beginning

2019 ANNUAL REPORT A NEW BEGINNING

The Pullman Depot Heritage Center was established as an arm of the Whitman County Historical Society, a non-profit 501(c)3 organiza- tion chartered by the state of Washington. The building and grounds were purchased by WCHS in 2018 at the cost of $300,000, utilizing a $200,000 note from Columbia Bank and a $100,000 note from a pri-

Trains played a vital role in vate loaner. Two members of its board of directors, Linda Hackbarth the growth of the town and and Kathy Meyer, were appointed to assume a leadership role in es- university, transporting an tablishing a new steering/executive committee to begin plans for the abundance of passengers, utilization of the facility. students, and goods. The surrounding agricultural HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT community benefitted from The Northern Pacific Railroad came to Pullman in 1887, two years after the arrival the ability to send crops to of the Union Pacific line. Both railroads served the community with small wooden market. The hope is this stations – the Union Pacific on the south side of the Palouse River and the NP to the new Heritage Center will north, just east of Missouri Flat Creek. The arrival of train service was a boon to the again become a focal point local agricultural economy, enabling produce to be shipped around the country. for Pullman, a place that radiates our unique past and In 1902 the NP depot was relocated a bit to the south, alongside the curve in the continued progress. tracks and adjacent to the Palouse River. By 1910 Whitman County had one of the most extensive railway systems in the country and Pullman was being served by six daily passenger trains, two on Union Pacific and four on the Northern Pacific. Local businesses and residents relied on freight and mail delivered to the depot.

The current brick depot was constructed in 1916 at a cost of $40,000. Hundreds of Washington State University students arrived on campus via “Cougar Special” trains from Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, and Spokane until well into the 1950s. Steam engines were replaced by diesel. The coaling station and water tower along Grand Avenue were no longer needed. A drop in demand prompted service to change in the mid-1950s. A self-propelled diesel car, commonly called “The Bug,” maintained a daily run between Spokane and Lewiston from 1955-66, when passenger service finally ended.

In 1970 Northern Pacific sold the building to Burlington Northern (BN) who leased space to the Department of Agriculture for Soil Conservation District offices. BN continued freight service, using the depot until 1985. Local realtor Dan Antoni purchased the building in 1988, leasing portions to the Spokesman-Review and state vehicle licensing department. He placed five train cars on an auxiliary track next to the depot, using one for his residence and another for his real estate business.

2 | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT FOR NOW, AND FOR THE FUTURE

OUR MISSION

The Pullman Depot Heritage

Center will sustain the unique

character of the depot and

engage the community in

the exploration of Pullman’s

diverse history: its people,

businesses, and organizations.

It aims to explain how the

railroads served as a catalyst

for the growth of the town, its

neighbors, the university, and

local agriculture.

NP Depot circa 1925. Whitman County Historical Society Archive EPS-C-16.

PULLMAN DEPOT | 3 OUTREACH & IMPACT

EDUCATION & EVENTS

PALOUSE PEOPLE—A SERIES OF TALKS ABOUT AND BY PEOPLE OF THE PALOUSE, PAST AND PRESENT • Thelma VanTine, Railroad Cook Extraordinaire, Jamie Whitman—Feb • 1918 Spanish Influenza Epidemic: How it affected Colfax and Pullman, Dustin Dennis & Nicole Snyder—April • Spotted Horses on the Palouse: Appaloosas and the Nez Perce and Palouse Tribes, Ashton Satterlee—June AT THE DEPOT • Nancy L. Van Doren: WSU’s Founding Mother, Donna Potts—July • Readin’, ‘Ritin’, & ‘Rithmetic: One-Room Schools in Whitman County, Kathy Mey- The Freight Room is er—September open Saturdays from • The Fallen Cougars Project, Samantha Egerton—November

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. BOOKTALKS FEATURE AN AUTHOR OF A BOOK WITH REGIONAL INTEREST Exhibits and activities • “Reflections on the Road: A Journey Through Whitman County,” are staffed by Martha Mullen—March • “Wheat Country Railroad: The Northern Pacific’s Spokane & Palouse and Com- dedicated volunteers petitors,” Phil Beach—May

EVENTS AND EXHIBITS| NEW EVENTS AND EXHIBITS MONTHLY • Lentil Festival—August • Vintage Quilt Show - Stories of the makers—May • Pullman ArtFest—May 10 63 • Palouse Bike Ride—September VISITOR NUMBERS AS • Kate Watts Photography of the Palouse—November OF SEPTEMBER 2019 • Cougar Special Trains—August • Vintage Travel Postcards and Train post offices—December • Crops of the Palouse—October • Healthcare in the early 1900s—April • Explore the Palouse | Photography on the Palouse—October • Traveling Exhibits featuring our exhibits at regional venues - Neill Public Library, Gladish Community Center, Colfax Public Library, The Palouse Print Museum

4 | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT The Depot has had visitors from Albion, Colfax, Diamond,

Endicott, Garfield, Johnson, LaCrosse, Palouse, Pullman, Steptoe, and Uniontown. From other parts of Washington: Auburn,

Bremerton, Cheney, Graham, Kennewick, Lakewood, Moses

Lake, Olympia, Redmond, Richland, Seattle, Spokane, and

Wenatchee. From Idaho: Lewiston, Moscow, and Coeur d’Alene.

From Oregon: Lake Oswego and Hood River. From California: Celebrating the “burning” of the Columbia Bank note. L to R: Mary Schweitzer; Bob King; Glenn Johnson; Bakersfield, Glendale, and Chatsworth.From Montana: Eden Dan Mattson, Columbia Bank; Linda Hackbarth Prairie and Helena. From Utah: Bountiful and Salt Lake City.

From other parts of the United States: Cary, North Carolina;

Joplin, Missouri; and Troy, New York. From outside the US: THANKS TO GENEROUS DONORS WE HAVE... Vienna, Austria and Abbottsford, BC. ...Retired the Columbia Bank note and have repaid $23,000 to a private loaner, leaving a balance of over $76,693 to be repaid before end of 2019.

FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO DATE HAVE PROVIDED: $317,000 Donations in cash or from pledges $216,000 Pledges made but not yet fulfilled $6,408 In-kind donations

PULLMAN DEPOT | 5 Donation from the Whitman County The Depot receives a new name. Saddle-Tank engine preparing to leaving for Genealogical Society. Reardon and the Inland Northwest Rail Museum.

WORKGROUPS AND VOLUNTEERS

EDUCATION & EVENTS — To provide a variety of educational experiences relevant to the mission of the Depot by 1) creating short-term exhibits that rotate from the Freight Room to local exhibit venues; 2) provide staffing for depot reg- ular hours open to the public, and for other depot events; 3) create educational programs on topics relevant to the Depot mission.

FUNDRAISING — Focus on raising funds to insure the viability and stability of the The Northern Pacific Depot. Depot has been FINANCE — Develop a business plan and strategize financial components for a accepted onto the sustainable facility. Washington State and GRANTS — Develops grant applications to support the restoration of the facility, National Register of site and rail cars. Historic Places. This LONG-TERM EXHIBITS — Develop an Interpretive Master Plan (IMP) to identify success was due the interpretive themes and interactives to support the mission of the PDHC. The to the outstanding IMP will identify stories to be told, and interpretive and interactive exhibit formats.

application prepared MARKETING & PROMOTIONS — Develop and implement marketing strategy by Marc Entze, Allison RAIL CARS — Encouraging curiosity and engaging the community through the Munch-Rotolo, and restoration and re-purposing of a heritage passenger coach and caboose. Kathleen Ryan. RESTORATION & FACILITIES — Responsible for maintaining the building and site, arranging for repairs/restoration, facilitating leases and rental space. Develop- ment of the Facilities Master Plan.

6 | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT HERITAGE FARM PROJECT

The Education & Events Committee has embarked on an exciting venture to showcase and honor the nearly one hundred fifty farms in Whitman County that have continued to be operated under the ownership of one family and their descendants. This project is an extension of the Centennial Farms program, initiated in 1989 by the Washington State Department of Agriculture. A display is planned for the freight room at the depot where each Heritage Farm will be located on a map of the county with accompanying information about the farm and its founders/owners. GRANTS IN 2019 They will be listed in three categories: • Platinum Heritage Farms Homesteaded on or before 1869 $5,000 • Gold Heritage Farms Homesteaded or purchased between 1870 and 1919 AVISTA Foundation to fund • Silver Heritage Farms the Facility Master Plan Purchased between 1920 and 1945

Letters are going out to the farm owners identified for $5,000 the project. There is no cost associated with having a Northern Pacific Railway farm highlighted in the ex- Historic Association to fund hibit. Optional certificates or plaques are offered at an rail car restoration additional fee.

A large map will display the names of the $4,450 farms and the Pullman Chamber of dates of their establishment. Commerce Community The Heritage Investment Fund for Farm Map will be divided into technology equipment grids and in- dexed for ease of use. Information on each farm and its founders will be available in large, loose-leaf binders adjacent to the map. The logos and/or names of individuals and businesses that donate to or underwrite this project will be displayed in an artistic border around the map.

PULLMAN DEPOT | 7 A VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Funded by a grant from the Avista Foundation, the consulting services of Design West Architects has been engaged to develop a Master Facilities Plan. A depot team of five volunteers is meeting regularly with Ned Warnick of Design West to better define priorities, associated cost estimates, and a potential phased restoration plan.

Current cost for purchase of property $ 315,000

FUTURE COST ESTIMATES Construction costs to stabilize and restore the exterior, renovate and upgrade interior, preserve railcars, and other sitework $2,250,000

Furnish and equip facility $ 500,000

Planning, Design, and Management $ 270,500

Contingency, Permits, and Misc. $ 142,000

Sales tax $ 175,500

Total restoration cost $3,338,000

Desired additional cost for an endowment $ 500,000

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET $4,153,000

A second joint venture with WSU will begin in January 2020. Members of the depot finance committee will meet with students from the Carson College of Business Entrepreneurship program, under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Warnick, to develop strategies for business planning.

DESIGN PROPOSAL

8 | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT WORDS OF SUPPORT FROM OUR HONORARY CO-CHAIRS OF THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

I fully support the addition of the Pullman Depot Heritage Center to our growing community. Pullman’s pioneers sacrificed and worked hard to make it a viable, thriving town. How can we appreciate them if we don’t know the history? Having a history museum available to us all, tourists included, will give us a sense of ownership and an awesome opportunity to continue in developing our community because we understand what/who DESIGN PROPOSAL came before us.

–Mary Schweitzer

THE ROAD AHEAD Kudos to the Whitman County Historical • Develop a hub for downtown along the river and trail Society, and the many who helped, for • Preserve an iconic building acquiring the historical Northern Pacific Depot. What an opportunity to share • Restore a caboose and passenger car to share rail history the heritage of the ribbons of steel that • Promote/share knowledge of our regional heritage transformed this country. I’m hoping all of us pitch in and give generously to preserve • Showcase Pullman’s uniqueness through exhibits and interactive displays this remarkable edifice that will be such an • Attract residents and visitors of all ages important gathering place for the county, the city of Pullman, visitors, and all of us who • Establish ongoing programs which highlight local history have put down roots here. • Provide space for public meetings, events, and gatherings –Alex McGregor • Establish a shop to sell items of local interest

• Create an area for inside & outside Travelers look today for Wi-Fi hotspots to gathering with café make connections. When the Pullman Depot • Build indoor and outdoor area for was booming with rail passengers—it was children the hotspot for connections. Now, we have a great opportunity to make this important connection to our Pullman history by helping to restore and preserve this important part of our city.

–Glenn A. Johnson

PULLMAN DEPOT | 9 2019 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

LEGACY DONORS SUSTAINING DONORS

(Donations, pledges, and in-kind gifts)

MAGNATE CONDUCTOR Ray and Marjean McCown, Garfield, WA ($100,000–$249,000) ($10,000–$14,999) Mary McGregor, Cheney, WA Andrew McGregory, Port Townsend, WA Dr. Robert King, Anchorage, AK Annette Pettenger, Pullman, WA Peg Motley, Pullman, WA Anonymous, Pullman, WA FIREMAN Greg and Sherry Partch, Garfield, WA C. Doreen Peek, Bandera, TX ($5,000–$9,999) STATION MASTER Donald and Monica Peters, Pullman, WA Ken and Dorothy Casavant, Pullman, WA ($50,000–$99,999) D.A. and Carolyn Priest, Waitsburg, WA Jim and Maureen Everman, Pullman, WA Anonymous, Pullman, WA Pullman Lions Club, Pullman, WA Tom and Faye Neill, Pullman, WA Re/Max Home and Land, Pullman, WA SEL Engineering Laboratories Barbara Petura, Pullman, WA Jack and Belle Rogers, Pullman, WA Ron and Barb Wachter, Pullman John and Debbie Sherman, Pullman, WA Allison Munch-Rotolo, Pullman, WA ENGINEER TICKET AGENT Kathleen Ryan, Pullman, WA Keith and Mary Lou Saxton, Pullman, WA ($25,000–$49,999) ($ 1,000–$4,999) Randy and Cindy Schlee, Uniontown, WA Merry Lew, Pullman, WA Linda Hackbarth, Pullman, WA John Schneider and Shira Brochat, Pullman, WA Edwin Garretson, Uniontown, WA Doug and Kathy Meyer, Pullman, WA David Seamans, Pullman, WA Maggie Highland, Pullman, WA Mary Schweitzer, Pullman, WA Luanne Semler, Pullman, WA Marian Hood, Pullman, WA Meade Snoddy and Nancy Gillard, Pullman, WA Whitman County Genealogical Society, Pullman, WA COUGAR SPECIAL Janice Stewart, Pullman, WA ($15,000–$24,999) BRAKEMAN United Church of Christ, Pullman, WA Libby Walker, Pullman, WA ($100–$999) Whitman County Retired Teachers’ Association, John Anderson and Alberta Brassfield, Pullman, WA Pullman, WA Karl and MaryAnn Boehmke, Pullman, WA Ernie and Ellen Williams, Bainbridge, WA College Hill Association, Pullman, WA Greg and Karin Bloom, Pullman, WA GANDY DANCER Dean and Jane Bloomfield, Pullman, WA ($1–$99) Carol Chipman, Pullman, WA Betty Adams, MD, Pullman, WA David and Deanna Collins, Glen Mills, PA Bob and Barb Bates, Colton, WA Manning and Linda Cooke, Pullman, WA Greg Bear, Garfield, WA Carol Dahl, Pullman, WA Doug and Wendy Blake, Pullman, WA Rex and Alice Davis, Pullman, WA Kathleen Bowers, Glendora, CA Cynthia Day-Elliott, Long Beach, CA Harold and Patricia Braman, St. George, UT Richard Domey and Diane Gillespie, Pullman, WA Matt and Lynda Carey, Pullman, WA Mary Martin Farrell, Seabeck, WA Natalie Clark, Pullman, WA Karen Fishburn, Spokane, WA Mary Loski-Cole, Pullman, WA Doug and Pat Flansburg, Palouse, WA Jack and June Davis, Ferndale, WA Valoree Gregory, Steptoe, WA Norma Dippel, Spokane, WA Helene’s Property Place, Pullman, WA Brent Jeffers, Pullman, WA Mike and Sue Hinz, Pullman, WA James Gillespie, Clarkston, WA David and Chris Hoyt, Pullman, WA Delores Haley, Oakesdale, WA Glen and Gloria Hower, Pullman, WA Carol Harding and KR Jansson, Monmouth, OR Barbara Johnson, Pullman WA Nancy Gould-Hilliard, Bellevue, WA Glenn and Kathryn Johnson, Pullman, WA Wiley Hollingsworth, Pullman, WA Mike and Donna Kallaher, Pullman, WA Mahlon and Monika Kriebel, Garfield, WA Orville Lee, Front Royal, VA Jon Noxoll, Eugene, OR Carrie Lipe, Colfax, WA Frances Pettit, Pullman, WA Bob and Lu Luhring, Pullman, WA Eric Sorensen and Beth DeWeese, Pullman, WA Nancy Mack, Pullman, WA Susan Songer, Portland, OR Tim and Diane Marsh, McMinnville, OR David and Ann Williams, Pullman, WA Elinor McCloskey, Pullman, WA Jeff Zeller, Pullman, WA

10 | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL REPORT

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS AT-LARGE (OCTOBER 2018—SEPTEMBER 2019 FISCAL YEAR) Linda Hackbarth David Hoyt Kathy Meyer John-Mark Mahnkey BALANCE FORWARD FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR $ 17,236.14 Annette Pettenger SECRETARY Sid Pierson Kathleen Ryan Debbie Sherman INCOME TREASURER Jon Anderson RENT/LEASED SPACE $ 26,275.00 DONATIONS $235,907.55 MISC. INCOME $ 771.17 VISIT US NORTHERN PACIFIC GRANT $ 5,000.00 Pullman Depot Heritage Center TOTAL INCOME $267,953.72 330 N. Grand Avenue Pullman, WA 99163

EXPENSES pullmandepot.org

DEBT REDUCTION Whitman County Historical Society • COLUMBIA BANK NOTE $200,507.00 PO Box 67 Colfax, WA 99111 • PRIVATE NOTE $ 22,703.00 whitmancountyhistoricalsociety.org • INTEREST $ 8,738.76 INSURANCE $ 1,706.50 PROPERTY TAXES $ 3,485.31 HOP ON BOARD PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING UTILITIES $ 9,696.35 A GIFT TODAY MEMBERSHIPS $ 50.00 In addition to cash gifts, the Pullman Depot Heritage Center can accept Stock PRINTING, COPYING $ 1,954.83 Transfers, Planned Giving (Will or Trust REPAIRS $ 2,290.57 designations), Memorial Gifts, and Commodities or In-Kind Donations. SUPPLIES $ 835.62 Contributions to the PDHC TRAVEL & MEETINGS $ 40.00 are tax deductible.

LEGAL FEES $ 428.36 DONATIONS CONTRACT SERVICES $ 3,000.00 Donations may be sent to: Whitman County Historical Society COMPUTER SERVICES $ 132.16 PO Box 67 EVENT EXPENSES $ 44.69 Colfax, WA 99111 or give online at: TOTAL EXPENSES $255,613.15 pullmandepot.org whitmancountyhistoricalsociety.org BALANCE IN ACCOUNT $29,576.71 QUESTIONS? Contact Val Gregory [email protected] or Debbie Sherman [email protected]

PULLMAN DEPOT | 11 Pullman’s Past Comes Alive

A project of the Whitman County Historical Society