New Meadows Idaho

The population of Medows shifted westward to New Medows when the Pacific and Idaho Northern railroad company planned an extension to Lewiston via Grangeville and built a $30,000 brick depot (visible just south of the highway).  The extension plans were however, never completed.  Ore tonnage from Seven Devils mines never materialized and the railway never prospered.

At the intersection of 95 and 55, stands the 2 1/2 story Georgian revival residence of Colonel E.M. Heigho on the east side of the railroad.  The Colonel had the house designed by a Weiser architect, and it had twelve rooms and a bathroom.  The downstairs was furnished in the style of Louis XIV.  Threre was a reception parlor, with Mrs. Heigho's collection of eighty-seven silver spoons on display and a library adorned with Mr. Heigho's animal trophies.

Across the highway intersection, was the Meadows Valley Hotel, which Heigho had built for $60,000; it had fourty-four furnished rooms, and the main floor included a lobby, dining room and kitchen.  Almost $12,000 was on mahogany furniture.  In 1929 the hotel burned.  Only a cement curb reveals the locatio.