Bygone Walla Walla: vintage images of the City and County (and beyond), collected by Joe Drazan: Inland Empire Highway began construction of the concrete roadway from Walla Walla to Dixie in 1913. By 1920 this roadway covered a large area of the "Inland Empire" .

BYGONE WALLA WALLA PROJECT BY JOE DRAZAN is a local non-profit, non-commercial effort to build and share a visual history of Walla Walla. Use SEARCH box or the INDEX, or just scroll. CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE; right click & open in new tab for even LARGER view. WANTED! Your old snapshots, slides, or negatives of Walla Walla area places and events to share in this project, please contact me to get them scanned in; over 500 individuals have so far. CONTACT me; skippycat3@charter.net. c2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Inland Empire Highway began construction of the concrete roadway from Walla Walla to Dixie in 1913. By 1920 this roadway covered a large area of the "Inland Empire" .

August 1913

December 1913

Plaque (42 x 20 inches) that was on or near the Burbank-Pasco bridge. Image after its restoration courtesy of the Montgomery Construction Group, Salem OR