Bacon has been found

Several people responded to the plea for info about Bacon.

"Dennis,

"Bacon is not far from the intersection of Pinto Ridge Road and Dry Coulee Road.

"I believe the name Bacon came from a lack of supplies at the general store, with one exception, bacon. Not sure what year that was. Others should be able to add to this as I cannot find the book that I had which mentioned Bacon.

"As the rumor goes, Monte Holm has the station sign from Bacon from when he scrapped that rail line in 1979.

"I have never seen any foundations for buildings due to the rattlesnake factor, but I would really like to go look around some time."

Dan Bolyard

Carl Smith writes:

"What is Bacon? To me it was a main repeater hut located on the Ephrata to Spokane toll telephone cable, linking many Columbia Basin towns together and with the rest of the world.

"I've spent many a hot hour working in that building and other main repeater huts during my career as a telephone company technician up until 1990.

"Bacon main repeater's location is on the Pinto Ridge Road, just north of its junction with Dry Coulee Road and the Summer Falls junction.

"On the geological survey map, Coulee City Quadrangle 1965, Bacon is shown as a siding with two tracks. There is an intermittent spring passing through from the south changing direction north of the tracks and heading west.

"The Bacon Siding is located west of Pinto Ridge Road and south of Dry Coulee Road, about 3/4 of a mile west of Pinto Ridge Road on the railroad route."

From Larry Lenz:

"Dennis:

"So glad to see someone looking for another old town in Bits & Pieces. It got me digging into the old maps and Grant County Atlas once again. This is what I have found so far.

"Bacon, Wash is shown on the 1917 Grant County Atlas as being on the Connell Northern Railroad. Several years pass and in 1928 Bacon is shown to be serviced by the Northern Pacific railroad.

"Now in the 1917 Atlas it also shows that 160 acres in a zig -zag pattern was owned by a Etta Bacon.

"I also find that there is a small square dot beside the track which indicates a building or structure near the word Bacon with no other dots to indicate other building for a town.

"No when in the atlas do I find a town plat of Bacon so I feel that it was most likely a water stop for the train as you said Dennis.

I sure hope others can help John Bacon find information on the little lost town of Bacon, WA.

From Karen Rimple:

"Dad (Monte Holm) bought and took out the railroad that ran through the town of Bacon. He has the station sign. The town was built and named Bacon because of the homesteads behind the station. Bacon syphon was named after the town of Bacon."

Well there you go, John Bacon. Now let us know if Etta Bacon is a long lost relative.

And thanks to Dan, Carl, Larry and Karen for responding.

Now I know where to go for a rattlesnake hunt.