Welcome to Troy

The City of Troy is nestled in a beautiful valley of rolling hills and fragrant pines 11 miles east of Moscow

Troy is well known as a logging community

Troy was originally known as Huff's Gulch. In 1890 John P. Vollmer was instrumental in extending the Spokane & Palouse Railway (later the Northern Pacific) to Huff's Gulch from Moscow as a start toward completion of its line to Lewiston. After establishing a general merchandise store and a large livery stable, he had the town renamed after himself. It was incorporated as Vollmer in 1892. As a businessman Vollmer was very successful, amassing large land holdings and great wealth. But in 1897 the citizens rebelled against having their village named after a man who owned more than 32,000 acres of land, much of it gained by foreclosing on bank loans to farmers. A Greek railroad worker suggested "Troy," the name of "the most illustrious city in the world" and backed it with an offer of a drink of whiskey for everyone who would vote to change the name. "Troy" received 29 votes; "Vollmer", 9. In the early 1900's, Troy had a bank, a flour mill, a general store, two meat markets, three saloons, several sawmills, one dentist, and a weekly newspaper.

1914 suffragette parade in Troy

CITY COUNCIL Meeting

SPECIAL NOTE

City Council Meetings have been changed to the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Council meetings are no longer conducted on Monday nights. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend the meetings.

November 12th & 26th, 2008 at 6:30 PM

Recent meeting agendas and minutes can be researched by date or keywords by clicking on the RADIX link below. Use the Quick buttons and pull down lists in RADIX to retrieve documents by year or from the most recent meetings or use the keyword search box at the top to look for a specific topic.

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