Washtucna Historical Museum

04/13/2026

Thank you Rick for taking time to share our story!

WASHTUCNA - The century-old former hardware building in Washtucna has received preservation status, but so far very few dollars to fix it up. Washtucna's Bassett Hardware Building has been named as one of the Most Endangered Places by the Washington Trust for Historic Places, The building was privat...

04/08/2026

Huge thank you to Columbia Basin Herald for taking time to hear about our Bassett Hardware Building, which does indeed turn 125 this year!

Can you help us preserve it? What do you think we should use it for?

03/31/2026

Many thanks to Feliks of Cascade of History for the time this morning. You can hear an interview about the Bassett Building on an upcoming episode!

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03/30/2026

I think this means we can finally share our listing on the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Most Endangered Places list!

Bassett Hardware Building Status: Most Endangered Places Year Listed: 2025 Location: Washtucna, Adams County Located in downtown Washtucna in Adams County, the Bassett Hardware Building was originally built in 1901 by the Lodge of Woodsmen of Washtucna. The ground floor was a hardware store, managed...

02/27/2026

Here was an interesting find resulting from a website contact submission...even LLOYD didn't know about this one, and that guy knows just about everything!

Website submitter was FIVE when this happened and remembers the ride back to the depot! 😮 Certainly sounds like Washtucna made it's mark!

12/02/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our breakfast fundraiser last weekend! 💛

10/02/2025

Happy to report we will be holding another breakfast fundraiser this year! We are still working out the details but are thinking it will take place in November. We are sure it will involve some biscuits and gravy and they may even look like the ones below.

We'll share more details when they're ready so you can come and inspect the biscuits yourselves. :)

09/16/2025

Also listed among his credits? Putting out a bus fire on the way to Palouse Falls after a stop in Washtucna.

Read all about it: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19821021&id=svlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2810%2C2654186

Robert Redford has died at 89 years old.

The film icon starred in classic films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men," won an Oscar for directing “Ordinary People” and founded the Sundance Film Institute, among other career highlights. Read more here: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/robert-redford-dead-all-the-presidents-men-1236520246/

09/12/2025

We feel incredibly lucky to be welcoming Arne Freeman to our board, thank you for all of your help and for stepping up! 🙌

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09/02/2025

What a tremendous loss. Washtucna will long remember you, sir.

Insurance exec Ed Ray, the ‘Godfather of Pasco,’ has died

08/15/2025

Mr. Bassett enjoyed seeing some new faces!