by admin | Nov 15, 2023 | Stories
This article was originally published in Washington State Magazine, Winter 2023. Writen by by Becky Kramer. THREE YEARS AGO, a wildfire nearly destroyed Malden, Washington. As wind-driven flames raced across the parched late-summer landscape, residents got a 30-minute...
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 | Aug 16, 2021 | Stories
This article first appeared in the Columbia Basin Herald on August 12, 2021. By SAM FLETCHER, Staff Writer. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is designing a new Lower Crab Creek Bridge and contracting a team to demolish the remnants of the old one...
by admin | Oct 20, 2020 | Our History, Stories
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...
