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 …
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 …
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 – …
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 …
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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 …
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) …
Green Bluff is a small unincorporated farming community in Spokane County, and the name of a nearby cliff. Long ago Native Americans burned away the underbrush on the bluff to give them better vision while they hunted game. A repercussion of this act was the growth of thick green grass around the evergreen trees, giving the area …
Cheney, (pronounced che’-ne) is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States. Eastern Washington University is located in Cheney, and its population grows to approximately 17,600 people on a temporary basis when classes at Eastern Washington University are in session. Named for Boston railroad tycoon Benjamin Pierce Cheney, Cheney was officially incorporated on November 28, …
Airway Heights Airway Heights, is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States, just west of Spokane. The city’s name was taken from its close proximity to Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane International Airport. Growth in the City was spurred by the opening of the Airway Heights Correction Center by the Washington State Department …
Railroad to Oroville 451 Shepard, A. V. 237 Ralston, Howell 391 Sherman, I. W. 588 Ralston, Mary 390 Sherwood, E. W. 398 Rarey, W. T. 157 Shotwell Ditch 540 Redmond Family 398 Shotwell, J. A. 540 Reed, Chas. B. 540 Shugart, E. D. 403 Reed, Mrs. Chas. B. 496 Simmons, H. S. 141 Reed, Will …
