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Winchester is a community on the business loop of US 95, ten miles west of Craigmont in Lewis County.In an early town meeting, the topic was naming their town. One of the men looked over to the corner where the men had left their firearms. He saw the majority of the guns were Winchester rifles. It became a town vote to use the name 'Winchester'.

In 1965 the town's lumber mill closed down. Parts of the mill can still be seen on the hill near the city water tower. The area developed the log pond into the centerpiece of a state park in 1967 after a land trade between the Idaho Fish and Game Department and Potlatch Forests, Inc.

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micahwood "Riding to Winchester with mom & Granny. Current topic: who Sandra Bullock is married to. Haven't stopped lauging since I got in the car."
darkmoonside "vou terminar de ler Winchester's Brothers"
EllieLevenson "My guess is my husband would prefer to be behind Nigella! RT @rmessingham On train back from Winchester and sitting behind Nigel Lawson."
m3updates "MEDIUM M3 Hampshire - Heavy traffic northbound at J11, Winchester South"
rmessingham "On train back from Winchester having visited a friend, and sitting behind Nigel Lawson."
HantsLUG "RT @tonywhitmore At Winchester. The scouts are getting off here and suddenly the train is a lot less packed!"
tonywhitmore "At Winchester. The scouts are getting off here and suddenly the train is a lot less packed!"
meggie_poo "So, no offense but winchester having a teen club has to be the gayest thing i've ever heard."
Lucario_buizel "I just voted "Dean Winchester" on "Qual dos irmu00e3os vocu00ea prefere, Sam ou Dean Winchester? ;p" Vote now: http://bit.ly/7iSH3O"
antmccrossan "2 hour ride this morning, lunch with Mum and Dad in Winchester. Chilling now - very early start tomorrow."
DanielaDobesova "Only a week till the next show in Winchester! Still so much to do.. so little time.."
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mpntod "Looking forward to the Ashton Singers concert in Winchester College Chapel this evening... tickets available on the door http://tr.im/Fv4k"
roxannexcore "Relaxing day, and then going to Winchester for dinner."
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