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A number of community events are held there each year, including Prairie Days, Christmas in the Park, Family Fun Day, an annual car show, and the Yelm Lions Easter Egg Hunt. [16] Yelm has the first Class A Water Reclamation Facility and distribution system in Washington, [17] [18] which reclaims all wastewater for
Yelm Ditch is an abandoned irrigation canal near Yelm in Thurston County, Washington.It was completed by the Yelm Irrigation Company at a cost of $100,000 on June 29, 1916. [2] [3] [4] At the time, Yelm had a population of a few hundred, and the Yelm Irrigation Project was "one of Western Washington's first irrigation districts", bringing water from the Nisqually River to irrigate farms on the ...
[1] [2] [4] Originally this section of railroad was named "The Prairie Line," but in 1986 the rail line from Yelm to Tenino was abandoned. [4] The trail was renamed in late 2021. Previously the "Yelm–Tenino Trail", the name now incorporates the city of Rainier, which maintains a portion of the trail that bisects the area and the city's limits ...
The Stoney Ridge Farm will host the 40th Prairie Pothole Days on Sept. 9, this time without his presence. The volunteers behind the Prairie Pothole Conservation Association will carry on the ...
Nearby, Wilkowski Park is the site of the Rainier Roundup, the city's annual bluegrass music festival occurring on the fourth weekend in August. [27] [28] Beside the park, the Yelm–Rainier–Tenino Trail connects the cities of Yelm, Rainier, and Tenino in a paved pathway for pedestrians and cyclists. [39]
The Northern Pacific Railway (NP) opened the Prairie Line – part of its planned transcontinental mainline – through Yelm and Lakewood on January 5, 1874. [ 6 ] : 11 On May 1, 1891, the NP-owned Tacoma, Olympia & Grays Harbor Railroad completed a 24.7-mile-long (39.8 km) branch of the Northern Pacific between Lakeview (near modern Lakewood ...
State Route 510 Alternate, also known as the Yelm Loop, is a partially completed bypass of Yelm. The first, 1.17-mile (1.88 km) [ 1 ] section opened to traffic in October 2010 and cost $4.3 million to construct.
Aug. 21—Mountain City Elks Lodge #382 and Madame CJ Walker Temple #509 will host the 100th Anniversary Organization Day Parade on Aug. 27 in downtown Frederick. Philanthropist and community ...