Plan for John Wayne Trail headed for state parks board vote

This conceptual plan for a trailhead at Tekoa is among illustrations on the “Iron Horse Palouse” plan which will be presented to the State Parks and Recreation Board at its March meeting.

Washington Street in north Tekoa separates the two segments of the trailhead.

Each is illustrated with a turn loop at the end.

The John Wayne Trail, the former Milwaukee railroad right-of-way, runs along the bottom of the trailhead sketch.

Plans for this site have been questioned because the Tekoa trestle, located to the left, has been barricaded because it lacks trail surfacing.

Tekoa’s Iron Horse riding are...