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 | 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 | 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 | Sep 29, 2020 | Our History, Stories
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...
by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Our History
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...