Manning-Rye bridge, land sold to Port Orchard family

A piece of Whitman County history was sold Tuesday afternoon.

The Manning-Rye Bridge was part of farm property that was sold at auction in the Community Building at the Palouse Empire fairground.

C.D. “Butch” Booker of Kincaid Real Estate in Colfax auctioned the property which has about 194 acres that included pastureland and timber, CRP and farmland, and also included a house.

Daryl and Karen Lowe owned the property for 22 years. They purchased the property from Ruth Lowe, Daryl’s aunt.

The bids began at $100,000 and gradually worked up to $250,000, then $300,000, to $325,000, $375,000 and fi...