The Parsons Hotel
Title The Parsons Hotel Creator Liz Wood Subtitle The historic Parsons Hotel has known good times and bad, mirroring the rest of downtown Spokane Story Located on the southwest corner of Jefferson and...
View ArticleRedlinging's Lingering Shadows
Title Redlinging's Lingering Shadows Creator Julianna Amante Subtitle Housing discrimination shaped Spokane in ways that are still visible today Lede The East Central is a primary example of the ways...
View ArticleSpokane's Debate for Fair Housing
Title Spokane's Debate for Fair Housing Creator Rachael E. Low Subtitle The 1968 Debates between Carl Maxey and James S. Black Lede In 1968, two powerful men squared off in a series of debates that...
View ArticleThe Origins of Segregated Neighborhoods in Spokane
Title The Origins of Segregated Neighborhoods in Spokane Creator Conner Busch Subtitle It Started in the Cemeteries Lede By the mid-20th century, racially segregated neighborhoods became common in...
View ArticleFast Times at the Hotel Emery
Title Fast Times at the Hotel Emery Creator Liz Wood Subtitle Brawls, thefts, scams, and scandals filled the brief life of this downtown hotel. Story One of the early hostelries for visitors to...
View ArticleThe Segregated South Hill
Title The Segregated South Hill Creator CJ Mason Subtitle William H. Cowles, Jr.'s push for an all-white neighborhood Lede How one prominent Spokanite used racial discrimination to promote his real...
View ArticleAirway Heights, Washington’s Unknown Sundown Town
Title Airway Heights, Washington’s Unknown Sundown Town Creator Ehriza Chavez Subtitle One of Eastern Washington's newer communities was founded with racial restrictions Lede “Airway Heights...
View ArticleSusan Crump Glover: First Wife of James Nettle Glover
Title Susan Crump Glover: First Wife of James Nettle Glover Creator Mikelle Gaines Subtitle Notable for Her Absence in Local History Lede Susan Crump Glover moved to Spokane Falls with her husband,...
View ArticleWhistalks Way
Title Whistalks Way Subject Fort George Wright Drive Renamed Whistalks Way Description After Colonel Steptoe's encounter with local Native tribes, Colonel Wright was sent to avenge the white settlers....
View ArticleIce Skating in the Little Spokane River Valley
Title Ice Skating in the Little Spokane River Valley Subject A history of ice skating in the Little Spokane River valley. Creator Ty A. Brown Source Brown, Ty A. Wandermere: Legacy on the Little...
View ArticleThe Spokane Mountaineers: From Walking to Summiting
Title The Spokane Mountaineers: From Walking to Summiting Subject The history of a local club with national impact Description For over one hundred years now, the Spokane Mountaineers club has had a...
View ArticleSt. Michael's Mission Marker
Title St. Michael's Mission Marker Creator Regan Hutchinson Subtitle This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane. Lede All but forgotten in a residential neighborhood, a granite...
View ArticleChief Garry's Last Campsite
Title Chief Garry's Last Campsite Creator Henry White Subtitle Tucked away on a forested bench of land over Mystic Falls, is the final homesite of one of Spokane's most famous residents. Lede Past the...
View ArticleMonkey Business at the Sillman Hotel
Title Monkey Business at the Sillman Hotel Creator Liz Wood Lede The Davenport’s “Matador Room” did not actually feature bullfighting, the Desert Hotel’s “Mirage Room” could only offer such...
View ArticleThe Wednesday Art Club
Title The Wednesday Art Club Creator Ehriza Chavez Subtitle Black Spokane's Leading Cultural Organization Lede The Wednesday Art Club of Spokane was much more than an art club. The African-American...
View Article“Will Be Run Out of the City”
Title “Will Be Run Out of the City” Creator Julianna Amante Subtitle Racial profiling in Spokane at the Turn of the 20th Century Lede Sometimes the law comes swift and unfairly as with the African...
View ArticleNick Mamer Memorial Clock
Title Nick Mamer Memorial Clock Creator Logan Karl Subtitle Honoring an Aviation Pioneer in Spokane Lede A remarkable figure in aviation history, Nick Mamer soared to new heights as an accomplished...
View ArticleThe Moon Crater
Title The Moon Crater Creator Elia Ureña Subtitle A Spokanite Who Brought A Piece of the Moon to Expo 74’ Lede Unnoticed by many as they pass by on the Centennial Trail, "Moon Crater" by famous...
View ArticleThe Hoyt Smokestack
Title The Hoyt Smokestack Creator John Grieshaber Subtitle A Relic From the Blossoming of Spokane’s Flower Industry Lede “I have faith to believe that we have only just begun to see the development of...
View ArticleAmerican Legion Cenotaph
Title American Legion Cenotaph Creator Robert K. Thompson Subtitle A commemoration of veterans who served the country. Lede The American Legion Cenotaph reflects the development of Armistice Day and...
View ArticleKurt Waldheim at EWU
Title Kurt Waldheim at EWU Creator Matthew C. Schultz Subtitle Commencement Speaker, United Nations Secretary General, War Criminal Story In 1982, Eastern Washington University set out to find a...
View ArticleIn Honor of Her Father
Title In Honor of Her Father Creator Julianna Amante Subtitle The tale of Sonora Smart Dodd, the mother of Father’s Day Lede "I began thinking of my mother who passed away in 1898 while I was yet a...
View ArticleUnveiling History
Title Unveiling History Creator Judeah Sanders Subtitle The Truth AboutThe Battle of Four Lakes Marker Lede How did Eastern Washington's most inaccurate historical marker come to be? Story The...
View ArticleCheney War Memorial
Title Cheney War Memorial Creator Madison King Subtitle A Living Memorial to Cheney's Veterans Lede Cheney has lent its young men and women to every American conflict since the founding of the town....
View ArticleSpokane's Haircut Fight
Title Spokane's Haircut Fight Subject Carl Maxey and the Haircut Uproar Creator Aaron Rosario Subtitle Black Spokane's Fight For Civil Rights Lede In October 1963, in downtown Spokane an exchange...
View ArticleSpokanites and the Civil Rights Movement, 1964-1965
Title Spokanites and the Civil Rights Movement, 1964-1965 Subject Carl Maxey Creator Mikhail Hammer Subtitle Solidarity between North and South Lede On June 21st, 1964, one black and two white student...
View ArticleThe Murder of Private Samuel Hicks
Title The Murder of Private Samuel Hicks Subject Black Servicemen' struggles Creator Shane Oleary Angelina Vosahlo Subtitle Spokane's Black Servicemen Lede Black service members who served their...
View ArticleDeer Lake Irrigated Orchard Company
Title Deer Lake Irrigated Orchard Company Creator John Grieshaber Subtitle A testament to the resolve of early Black Spokane Lede Around the turn of the last century numerous African Americans...
View ArticleNAACP Protests Birth of a Nation
Title NAACP Protests Birth of a Nation Creator Caroline Schwartz Subtitle The Racist 1915 Silent Film Provoked Controversy Lede Following the 1915 release of DW Griffith’s racist film “Birth of a...
View ArticleHistorical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane
Title Historical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane Creator Elizabeth Hedt Subtitle In Spokane's earliest decades, neighborhoods were segregated by wealth, not by race. Lede Before 1920,...
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