Spokane Story

Spokane Story PDF

Author: Lucile Foster Foster

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2020-03-05

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1839742925

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At the falls of the Spokane River, in the heart of Washington’s now booming Inland Empire, Spokane stands as a symbol of an America that, in many ways, is only just beginning, and Miss Fargo here gives the story of its rise from trading post to regional metropolis. Lightly and skillfully she brings the city and its past to life through the toil, the triumphs, the zest for work and fun of its citizens—people like: Ross Cox, “scribbling clerk” of the fur trade era who was lost for two terrifying weeks in the Palouse hills; Father Cataldo of the Jesuits from whose “rock pile” arose Gonzaga University; the hotel-keeper’s wife whose party dress froze to the wall just as she was about to show Spokane its first waltz; Jim Glover, “Father of Spokane;” and “Dutch Jake,” who ran a gambling resort and crossed swords with Ida Tarbell. Spokane Story is the colorful history of a colorful city and its people, from the years of its lusty youth to the day when a clergyman sat in the Mayor’s chair and a new city charter heralded the end of its days as a frontier town.

Early Spokane

Early Spokane PDF

Author: Don Popejoy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738581453

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Spokan Falls, known as the "Capital of the Inland Empire," was named after the Spokan Indians and the picturesque falls. In 1891, the name was changed to Spokane. The town thrived as a result of the abundant waters of the Spokane River, which powered saw and grain mills, and lured major transcontinental railways to Spokane in 1881. In 1889, a fire destroyed the downtown area, but like a forest after a fire, the town enjoyed growth and resurgence soon after. Spokane would attract people as diverse as Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, Calamity Jane, Billy Sunday, and Charles Lindbergh. Easterners found that its four seasons and profusion of scenic city parks gave them a place to ensure their destiny.

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker PDF

Author: Patricia Meredith

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 9781393892281

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"Archie Prescot has traveled across the country to design the now-iconic Spokane clock tower for the new Great Northern Railroad Depot. When his talent for creating unique clock chimes connects him with a local patroness, he is thrilled, until she is discovered dead in the workshop of his new colleague. Her grand home on the South Hill provides ample suspects, as Archie works with his lodgers, Detective Carew and his twin brother, to prove his fellow inventor and himself innocent of the crime. While on the hunt for the murderer, romance crops up when a young lady crosses his path with a mysterious past of her own. Six intersecting storylines create a cohesive look at a convoluted murder that will require all points of view to discover the truth ..."--Amazon

Spokane Story

Spokane Story PDF

Author: Lucile Foster Fargo

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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Spokane Story is the colorful history of a colorful city and its people, from the years of its lust youth to the day when a clergyman sat in the mayor's chair and a new city charter heralded the end of this days as frontier town.

Show Town

Show Town PDF

Author: Holly George

Publisher:

Published: 2023-04-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806192192

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Lucidly written and meticulously researched, Show Town is a groundbreaking work of cultural history. By examining one city's theatrical scene in all its complex dimensions, this book expands our understanding of the forces that shaped the urban American West.

Spokane Story

Spokane Story PDF

Author: Lucile Foster Fargo

Publisher:

Published: 1950

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780231891141

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Presents the life and culture of Spokane during successive phases of its development from fur trade days to the attainment of municipal adulthood in the early years of the 20th century.

The Spokane River

The Spokane River PDF

Author: Paul Lindholdt

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2018-04-02

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 029574314X

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From Lake Coeur d’Alene to its confluence with the Columbia, the Spokane River travels 111 miles of varied and often spectacular terrain—rural, urban, in places wild. The river has been a trading and gathering place for Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. With bountiful trout, accessible swimming holes, and challenging rapids, it is a recreational magnet for residents and tourists alike. The Spokane also bears the legacy of industrial growth and remains caught amid interests competing over natural resources. The contributors to this collection profile this living river through personal reflection, history, science, and poetry. They bring a keen environmental awareness of resource scarcity, climate change, and cultural survival tied to the river’s fate.

Take Cover, Spokane

Take Cover, Spokane PDF

Author: Lee O'Connor

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-02-24

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781496094582

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"...explores the fascinating subject of Spokane's backyard bunkers, basement hideaways, and public fallout shelters..." --Cover.

African Americans in Spokane

African Americans in Spokane PDF

Author: Jerrelene Williamson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738570112

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In 1888, black men were recruited from the southern states to come to Roslyn, Washington, to work in the mines. What they had not known until their arrival was that they were there to break the strike against the coal company. Upon their arrival on the Northern Pacific Coal Company train, they were met with much violence. When the strike was finally settled, everyone-black and white-went to work. After the mines closed, the blacks migrated across the Pacific Northwest. Arcadia's African Americans in Spokane is about those black families who arrived in Spokane, Washington, in 1899. This collection of historic images reveals the story of their survival, culture, churches, and significance in the Spokane community throughout the decades that followed; this is the story of the journey that began once their final destination was reached, in Spokane.

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