Pauline City: the crossroads that hoped to be a town, 1917–1924
In 1917 Pauline hoped a doctor's office and drug store would be "the beginning of the city of Pauline"; the papers follow that hope to a school yell of 1923.
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In 1917 Pauline hoped a doctor's office and drug store would be "the beginning of the city of Pauline"; the papers follow that hope to a school yell of 1923.
In late 1923 Crystal's schoolchildren wrote in the American Falls Press that their settlement would be "almost deserted" that winter, then reported who moved away.