Main Street, 1909, looking north. In the months following its incorporation, structures sprang-up all over Malden and Main Street was the business district. Note the Malden Hotel on the left and the Post Office (which is the only remaining building from the photo) on the right. Image courtesy of Whitman County Rural Heritage.

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