New area resident launches museum project for Colfax

Timothy Hill

Timothy Hill, a retired museum curator from Florida, is now attempting to start a museum in Colfax.

He has started the Palouse Museum of Science and History with a temporary location at 114 S. Main Street, next door to Colfax Security in Colfax.

Hill and his family moved to Rosalia after members of his wife’s family moved to Whitman County. His wife, Cara Morton, works at Washington State University.

Although the project lacks museum artifacts at the moment, Hill believes one day another, larger museum-type building will be a more permanent site.

Hill moved here after he retired f...