In Malden, early twentieth century families, especially those of African ancestry, knew and helped Booker T. Washington become a great educator, statesman, and leader. The families named for 1900 to 1910 are Wayne, Isaac, Liggens, Strudwick, James, Rice, Price, Irvin, Bell, Shrewsbury, Garland, Woods, Kent, Page, Waine, Carpenter, Meadows, Wolfe, Chandler, Bradford, Wain, Wadkins, Strawder, Brown, Hughes, Weaver, Burk, Moore, Johnston, Webster, Stanton, Scotts, Bush, Ervan, Hicks, Roberts, Johnson, Smith, Jones, Patton, Watkins, Steptoe, Wanser, Lewis, Crouch, Lovely, Rollins, Hawkins, Wright, Haskins, Anderson, Dehaven, and Straugter. This park was established at the home place of his beloved sister Amanda Ferguson Johnson by the Malden Historic Preservation Society, Booker T. Washington Memorial Association, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, Inc., Kanawha Valley Historical and Preservation Society, Cabin Creek Quilts Cooperative, West Virginia State University, and Hazo William Carter, Jr., President. Also remembered are all the Malden residents who worked at the end of the twentieth century publicly to preserve their history and assure their future, especially Minnie Wayne Cooper, Martha Darneal Cole, Llewellen Shrewsbury Cole, Mary Price Dickinson Ratrie, James Francis Thibeault, and Larry Linwell Rowe.