Pomeroy City Pool

Before the City Pool was built, young people from Pomeroy would build dams and create pools below town in which to disport themselves. Efforts were made to discourage the boys from paddling around in the not-so-sanitary water of the creek, but the temptation was too strong to be resisted. Groups of boys would go to the city council meetings and civic organizations and pathetically appeal for the construction of a swimming pool. The American Legion was the first group to respond.

At the Armistice Day celebration, November 11, 1919, that organization put on a campaign to raise money to be applied in the construction of a swimming pool. This commendable effort netted about $500. The next spring the Ladies' Civic Improvement Club took up the task and through dinner concessions at the annual Garfield County Pioneer Picnics and Fourth of July celebrations, succeeded in raising a sizable sum for the cause.

In 1920 the club asked the City Council to join them in the purchase of the Cosgrove Spring, as a water supply for the pool, together with the block of land on which the pool now stands. The land was purchased for $4000--$2000 of which was furnished by the Ladies' Civic Improvement Club and $2000 by the City of Pomeroy.

With concession money, funds obtained from other sources, and by the sale of life and season tickets entitling purchasers to the benefits of the pool, the swimming pool was completed in 1922 at a cost of $5,200, including the buildings, piping, fences, walks, etc.