Photos from Bob Shannon
This is a collection of Picture taken by Bob Shannon. These are of the homestead and surrounding community in Moran Prairie.
Spokane Scenes
This is a beautiful collection of Photographs showing the way Spokane was in the early days. These have been provided to us by Julie Shepard. She has graciously allowed these for your viewing pleasure. If you know any of these folks or the place represented, let Julie know.
Spokane County Area School Photos
Old School photos are a great way to see the changes of then and now. Many people have contributed photos to these pages, please use our comment form to submit more!! Thanks Chattaroy Washington, 1939 Eighth Grade Graduation Day Picnic Last row left: Betty Lou Mikesell; Judy Cline; Opal Mathis; Verna Ritz; Mr. Werner; Barbara Axtell; Eleanor Schneider; Mabel Scott; Margaret Powers2nd row: Paul West; Billy; Kenneth Scholz; Ray Wagner; Merle Olsen; Robert Milligan1st row: Floyd Clements; George Clements. May 6, 2010 Update!!! Received an email from son of Ken Scholz…”That’s my father Ken Scholz and his cousin Ray Wagner in the photo.
Spokane History – Children of the Sun
Spokane – An Indian word meaning “Children of the Sun” or “Sun People”. The history of Spokane probably started in 1810, with the building of the fur trading post at Spokane House (where the Spokane and Little Spokane Rivers meet) under the direction of David Thompson, explorer for the Canadian’s North West Trading Company. With accessibility to the Columbia River and thus the Pacific Ocean, it was the ideal trade center for the transport of furs in the region. In 1812, an American company (Pacific Fur Company) built a competitive post nearby, but the threat of war caused a short
Photos by Contributors
The website has received several contributions for Spokane Pictures & Postcards from the early to mid 1900’s. So to help keep it simple, I will split them by contributor or subject matter. Since I only have a few up, they are listed by their gracious owners. Please check them out, and enjoy a bit of the past with us. Post Cards from the Past School Photos ~ Various Contributors Julie Shepard ~ Photo’s of various Spokane scenes. Bob Shannon ~ Photo collection of Moran Prairie Homesteads. Pamela Wagoner ~ Hutton School, 8th Grade, circa 1936. Ken Schade ~ Various Spokane business photo’s. Leslie Mikesell Wood ~
Post Cards from the Past
This is a beautiful collection of “Picture Postcards” showing the way Spokane was in the early days. These have been provided to us by Judith B. Glad. She is a romance writer and has graciously allowed these for your viewing pleasure. But please be considerate, and do not extract these for your own use without express permission from Judith. These are thumbnail images, so please click on them to see a larger Postcard. If you have a memory to go with any of these scenes, please let me know. If response is great enough, I will gladly start an oral
Indian Records Spokane County, Washington
Indian Tribes by nature were a nomadic group of people, where they were living today may not have been the area of many years ago. When Researching your Indian Ancestors you need to look at many tribes and where they lived and traveled. Indian Tribes around Spokane County Colville Indians Colville Tribe – Hodge Colville Indians – Swanton Colville Treaties Agreement of July 7, 1883 Washington Indian Tribes Indian Tribes of the Northwest Region Pacific Slope Indians Native American Land Patents Indian Missions of the Columbia Region Free US Indian Census Schedules 1885-1940 Colville Agency 1885-1888 Colville Agency Census 1890-1893 Colville Agency
History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington
This cross index is for the volume of Durham’s History of the City of Spokane and the Inland Empire or Spokane Country, as it sometimes says in the title. (Volume II, pages 5 through 831, published in 1912.) The Inland Empire refers to that region from the Cascade foothills to the west, to the Idaho panhandle, northeastern Oregon, eastern Montana, and the lower east portion of British Columbia, Canada. The pioneers listed were born from the 1840’s to the 1880’s. They came from all over the United States and Europe; most came before 1900. The wives, parents, and children are
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Marine Telephones Work on Iwo Jima
This the Transcription was submitted by Leah McKin, Friday, June 29, 2007. From the “Santa Cruz Sentinel” (Santa Cruz, California), Tuesday, 13 March 1945, p. 5 Marine Telephones Work on Iwo Jima By Hamilton Faron With the Fifth Marine Division, Iwo Jima, Feb. 25 (Delayed) (AP)–A telephone system comparable to that in the average town of 65,000 population in the United States grew from nothing in the first five days ashore on this little island in the Volcano group. Signal corps men operating under heavy artillery fire, harassed by snipers, laid more than 700 miles of telephone lines. Those lines,
Spokane County, Washington Cemeteries
These are all the listings I could find for Cemeteries in Spokane County, if you know the location of any more, please let me know. Ahavath Israel Cemetery Anderson Family Cemetery Bassett Springs Cemetery Chattaroy Cemetery Chester Cemetery Curby Cemetery Dartford Cemetery Deep Creek Cemetery Elk Cemetery Evergreen (Hillyard Masonic) Cemetery Evergreen IOOF (North Pine) Cemetery Fairfield (Fairview) Cemetery Fairmont Cemetery Fairview Cemetery, Cheney Fairview (Jerue) Cemetery, Medical Lake Fairview Cemetery, Rockford First Deer Park Cemetery Fort Wright Military Cemetery Four Mound Prairie Cemetery Freeman (Evergreen Cemetery) Graham Road Cemetery Green Mound (Evergreen IOOF) Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery Hangman Creek Cemetery Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery