Phillips County Museum News for April 29, 2020

Greetings everyone. With a hint of joy and a hint of worry, the Phillips County Museum is now open! It has been an odd experience to view so few people on the streets of Malta. It was quite unsettling at first. But I think the view I miss the most was at the post office. That sense of community was missing.

It has always given me a comfortable feeling to see groups of one or two people standing and visiting while fetching the mail. Have you been to the post office this week and mailed a letter? Or perhaps you mailed your child!

In 1914 many items were sent through the mail – even children! The...