A history of Malin,
since 1922
Postcards, papers and photographs of Malin from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗According to Lewis A. McArthur, Malin was settled September 30, 1909, on land that was formerly at the bottom of Tule Lake by 65 Bohemian families who named the new town for the Czech town Malín, now part of Kutná Hora. The settlers had found a large horseradish, and Malin is famous for that plant. McArthur also alludes to the discovery of fossils near Malin in 1925. Many surviving descendants of these original Czech families still call Malin home and maintain family farms.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Malin’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSquatter camp before season opens…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Malin, decade by decade
LOCSquatter camp before season opens. Malin, Klamath County, O…1939
LOCSquatters camp in potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Orego…1939
LOCSquatter camp entering potato town. Malin, Klamath County, …1939
LOCSquatter camp entering potato town. Malin, Klamath County, …1939
LOCSquatter camp in potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon…1939
LOCOne of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town.…19391990s
Nothing in Malin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Malin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Camp Tulelake in Tulelake, 8.7 miles away.
Malin and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Squatter camp before season opens. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 64 (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.