by admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Our History
This article first appeared in the Weekend Edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, June 10 & 11, 2023. By Kathryn L. Meyer. Small, rural Whitman County town of Malden enjoyed a rich though brief railroad era In 1905, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad...
by admin | Sep 7, 2021 | Our History, Stories
This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 6, 2021. By Jesse Tinsley. Wilson Moreland, born in 1852, homesteaded in north Whitman County in 1884, to farm and raise cattle. Moreland was successful enough that he acquired more land around...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Our History
This article first appeared in The Spokesman Review on Wed., June 2, 2021. All photos by Jesse Tinsley of The Spokesman-Review. For the last 40 years, the John Wayne Trail Riders have ridden their horses into Malden every summer where they were greeted with friendly...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog, Our History
This article first appeared in the Whitman County Gazette on June 3, 2021. By Bill Stevenson PINE CITY – The Babb Road Fire in 2020 destroyed the Pine City rock church so completely, even the rocks are unusable. Spokane-based Belsby Horrocks Engineering...
by admin | May 19, 2021 | Our History
This report first appeared on KXLY.News on May 18, 2021. By Melissa Luck. MALDEN, Wash – A previously damaged tree branch falling onto an Avista power line caused the wildfire that destroyed most of Malden and Pine City last fall, according to a report completed by...
by admin | Jan 4, 2021 | Our History, Stories
This story first appeared in The Spokesman Review on December 31, 2020. Written by Marilyn Beckett. After this year’s Labor Day wildfire destroyed Malden, Washington, Gov. Jay Inslee used the phrase “the center of our heartbeat” to describe the tiny town. It’s where I...
