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==History== [[File:Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad route.jpg|thumb|Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad in 1930]] Prior to the establishment of Adams County in 1911, Meadows was in [[Washington County, Idaho|Washington County]]; ''The Meadows Eagle'' newspaper served the community, and C. A. Hackney was the publisher.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn89055172/ | title=Meadows Eagle (Meadows, Washington County, Idaho) 1903-1919 | website=[[Library of Congress]] }}</ref> The [[Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad Depot|Pacific and Idaho Northern (PIN) Railroad]] ran from [[Weiser, Idaho|Weiser]] to an area about {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} from Meadows, the site of modern-day New Meadows founded in 1911. The city of New Meadows hosts the last surviving remnants of the PIN; without the railroad, New Meadows would arguably not have existed. The depot was built in 1910 and served as the northern end of the PIN Railroad. It is a significant cultural and historical resource in the Payette River Scenic Byway corridor in the city of New Meadows, at the junction of US-95 and state highway 55. It is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Idaho|National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> The depot is an asset for the community of New Meadows and currently functions as a community center for the local area. It hosted the Barn Again! [[Smithsonian Institution]] traveling exhibition in 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museumonmainstreet.org/past_partners/Idaho_partners.htm |title=Museum On Main Street; About |website=www.museumonmainstreet.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231063749/http://museumonmainstreet.org/past_partners/Idaho_partners.htm |archive-date=2010-12-31}}</ref> and represents early twentieth century efforts to create a north–south railroad for Idaho. Though the efforts ultimately failed, the PIN Railroad served an important function as a "farm-to-market" railroad until 1940, and then as a timber railroad for local timber outfits. The [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] acquired the line in 1936 and in 1979 abandoned the northern end of the line, from the Tamarack sawmill site north of [[Council, Idaho|Council]] to New Meadows, along US-95. The depot was a functioning facility until 1972. In 1978, ACHS acquired the title to the PIN Depot to preserve it as a repository for the history of Adams County.<ref>"Idaho for the Curious", by Cort Conley, ©1982, {{ISBN|0-9603566-3-0}}, p.580-584</ref> Since 2000, the building has been preserved from immediate deterioration; the foundation has been restored and the building has a new roof.
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