Those Good Old Days
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stops in Lind on his campaign tour.
Circa 1935
Daniel Walter Dimond (father of Ella Dimond Tallent) in front of the Washington Water Power Co. office, often referred to as
"The Office". Circa 1920

Standing in front of Lind's First Post Office

"I" Street
(the main street of Lind)
Circa 1940

Mickey Bracken
b 4-28-1889/d 1-11-1974

Self taught artist.
(Kalsomine and lamp black techniques.)
Served in the U.S. Navy in WWI

Miller Hardware established 1903, sold 1964.

Chicago, Milwaukee, St.Paul and Pacific Railroad Company extend their venture westward...Lind Depot.

November 1905 they authorized the construction of track west of Seattle. Lind was the only town in eastern Washington served by two major railroads direct route.

Northern Pacific RR Depot
Just outside of Lind is also the only place where the two railroads crossed.

1910
Pioneer Picnic

Pioneer Park was located next to Crab Creek
just over the
hill, north
of Keystone. Looks like great fun!

Wheat sacks, circa early 1900's....a lot of sewing (and not by the ladies!)

Early 1900's power substation on the location of Lind's current Memorial Sculpture.

Those Good Old Days

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 Photographs compliments of the Adams County Historical Society and Wes Tallent Collection, Lind, WA.

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