The railroad and the roundhouse
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...
The fortunes of Malden, Washington, rose and fell largely with the railroads
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...
John Wayne Trail Riders arrive in Malden
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...
Pine City stone church deemed total loss
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 volunteered...
DNR Report: Damaged tree branch fell on Avista power line, starting devastating Malden wildfire
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...
Marilyn Beckett: Malden remains ‘the center of our heartbeat’
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...
The Stone Church of Pine City, Washington dates back to the early 1900s
The historic Stone Church of Pine City, Wash. suffered heavy losses to its infrastructure and property in the Babb Road Fire of September 7, 2020. The Stone Church stood as the oldest building in Pine City for over 100 years. While the church has not had an active...
When Malden was a railroad town
The town of Malden, Wash., which sits about 7 miles west of Rosalia and U.S. Highway 195, was once a prosperous and fast-growing community, starting in 1909 when the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway built a depot and roundhouse there to serve as headquarters...
Sears Modern Homes
A prominent historical and architectural feature of old Malden was that many early residents built "Sears Modern Homes". These were kit homes ordered through the Sears Roebuck Catalog back in 1909-1940. The railroad would deliver them free to railroad employees, of...
History in flames as fires decimate a railroad town and its iconic bridge
Wildfires and high winds on Monday were an especially bad combination in Whitman County south of Spokane. Much of the old railroad town of Malden – as well as an iconic bridge near Colfax – were destroyed by separate fires. Malden was founded around 1908, and named...
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