Elberton, Wash: This picturesque Palouse town thrived from agriculture and timber, but died out as nearby resources did

Azaria Podplesky photo

The United Brethern Church has been empty for years.

I don’t realize it until I’m standing at the base of the steps of the United Brethren Church in Elberton, but I’ve made the hourlong drive from Spokane to the Whitman County ghost town on a Sunday.

I can’t help then but visualize what an average Sunday would have looked like in the town’s heyday. I picture children running around the church grounds, full of energy after sitting through a service. Maybe they jumped on the crunchy yellow

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