City of Outlook

 
Date Visited:   Sunday, September 28, 2003
City Visited #:   387
County:   Yakima
Visited With:   David & Randy
City Name History:   When a telephone toll station was installed to connect the distant cattle ranch of E.W. Dooley with his Yakima residence, company officials rejected his surname for the identifying call code.  The ranch's view of a wide expanse of sagebrush led to selection of the word Outlook, a name adopted by the railroad for its siding station when tracks were subsequently laid eight miles to the south.
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