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 | 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 | 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...
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...
