After the Fire, a County Helps Springdale Rebuild Its Main Street Crossing
Stevens County commissioners put $1,000 toward an earthen fill over Sheep Creek, replacing a bridge lost when fire took the town's business district.
The board of county commissioners have appropriated $1,000 to assist in making an earthen fill across Sheep Creek on Main Street in Springdale. Main Street is a county road, and on this account the commissioners decided to assist in the work. The fill will cost $3,000; the village stands the balance of the expense. The fire that wiped out the business portion of the town last summer also destroyed the bridge.
“The fire that wiped out the business portion of the town last summer also destroyed the bridge.”
Springdale's fire and the county's bridge aid show how rural towns have long pieced together recovery from local and county funds. The earthen fill is a reminder that disaster relief often arrives as modest infrastructure money—and that the loss of a business district can outlast the flames.
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