Lind’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lind. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lind was first settled in 1888 on a relatively barren area along the Northern Pacific Railway's main line by the Neilson Brothers, James and Dugal. The site had previously been selected in 1881 for a station (an old boxcar) and section house and was named Lind by the railroad although the exact origin of that name has been lost. In the autumn of 1888 the Neilson Brothers built the first Lind residence and two years later they built and stocked a store and resumed postal service which until then had been processed in Ritzville and tossed off in town by passing trains. James Neilson became the first postmaster. The first school opened in 1889 with six students in attendance. The Neilson Brothers platted the town site on June 7, 1890, which consisted of only four square blocks. The Panic of 1893 would stave off any further development of the town site until the turn of the century.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lind’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lind’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLind, Washington panorama (1906), 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Lind
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Lind, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Lind is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lind has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Seivers Brothers Ranchhouse and Barn in Lind, 6.5 miles away.
Lind and the nearest listed places
Closest to Lind
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lind, Washington panorama (1906) (1906) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.