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Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Spokane Valley: A history of the early years written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book The Spokane Valley: A history of the growing years, 1921-1945 written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Don Popejoy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738581453
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Early Spokane written by Don Popejoy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Dee Molenaar
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Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Spokane Aquifer, Washington written by Dee Molenaar and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Lindholdt
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029574314X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)
Download or read book The Spokane River written by Paul Lindholdt and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Ty A. Brown
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ISBN 13 : 9780578447711
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Wandermere written by Ty A. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wandermere involves much of Spokane's early history-from its humble beginnings as Spokane pioneer, Francis H. Cook's family farm, to a wilderness escape for the "city folk" of the growing city, to the year-round playground, and eventually to the golf course that it is today. The vision of this book is to tell the story of this beautiful place and to keep in mind the memories of all the loyal customers, family, friends, and employees that have made it a such a legacy on the Little Spokane River.
Author : Dwayne A. Mack
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806147121
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Black Spokane written by Dwayne A. Mack and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1981, decades before mainstream America elected Barack Obama, James Chase became the first African American mayor of Spokane, Washington, with the overwhelming support of a majority-white electorate. Chase’s win failed to capture the attention of historians—as had the century-long evolution of the black community in Spokane. In Black Spokane: The Civil Rights Struggle in the Inland Northwest, Dwayne A. Mack corrects this oversight—and recovers a crucial chapter in the history of race relations and civil rights in America. As early as the 1880s, Spokane was a destination for black settlers escaping the racial oppression in the South—settlers who over the following decades built an infrastructure of churches, businesses, and social organizations to serve the black community. Drawing on oral histories, interviews, newspapers, and a rich array of other primary sources, Mack sets the stage for the years following World War II in the Inland Northwest, when an influx of black veterans would bring about a new era of racial issues. His book traces the earliest challenges faced by the NAACP and a small but sympathetic white population as Spokane became a significant part of the national civil rights struggle. International superstars such as Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong and Hazel Scott figure in this story, along with charismatic local preachers, entrepreneurs, and lawyers who stepped forward as civic leaders. These individuals’ contributions, and the black community’s encounters with racism, offer a view of the complexity of race relations in a city and a region not recognized historically as centers of racial strife. But in matters of race—from the first migration of black settlers to Spokane, through the politics of the Cold War and the civil rights movement, to the successes of the 1970s and ’80s—Mack shows that Spokane has a story to tell, one that this book at long last incorporates into the larger history of twentieth-century America.
Author : Judy Bentley
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295806672
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Walking Washington's History written by Judy Bentley and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking Washington’s History: Ten Cities, a follow-up to Judy Bentley’s bestselling Hiking Washington’s History, showcases the state’s engaging urban history through guided walks in ten major cities. Using narrated walks, maps, and historic photographs, Bentley reveals each city’s aspirations. She begins in Vancouver, established as a fur trade emporium on a plain above the Columbia River, and ends with Bellevue, a bedroom community turned edge city. In between, readers crisscross the state, with walks through urban Olympia, Walla Walla, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Bellingham, Yakima, and Spokane. Whether readers pass through these cities as tourists or set out to explore their home terrain, they will discover both the visible and invisible markers of Washington history underfoot.
Author : Robert H. Ruby
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806137001
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The Cayuse Indians written by Robert H. Ruby and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown tell the story of the Cayuse people, from their early years through the nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced to move to a reservation. First published in 1972, this expanded edition is published in 2005 in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the treaty between the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Confederated Tribes and the U.S. government on June 9, 1855, as well as the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark’s visit to the tribal homeland in 1805 and 1806. Volume 120 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series
Author : Nelson Wayne Durham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington written by Nelson Wayne Durham and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lee O'Connor
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781496094582
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (945 download)
Download or read book Take Cover, Spokane written by Lee O'Connor and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...explores the fascinating subject of Spokane's backyard bunkers, basement hideaways, and public fallout shelters..." --Cover.
Author : Nelson Wayne Durham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington written by Nelson Wayne Durham and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jess Walter
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062868101
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)
Download or read book The Cold Millions written by Jess Walter and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most captivating novels of the year.” – Washington Post NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg | Boston Globe | Chicago Public Library | Chicago Tribune | Esquire | Kirkus | New York Public Library | New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction) | NPR's Fresh Air | O Magazine | Washington Post | Publishers Weekly | Seattle Times | USA Today A Library Reads Pick | An Indie Next Pick From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins comes another “literary miracle” (NPR)—a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century. An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams. The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singer who performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far more dangerous creature: a mining magnate determined to keep his wealth and his hold on Ursula. Dubious of Gig’s idealism, Rye finds himself drawn to a fearless nineteen-year-old activist and feminist named Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he stands. Is it enough to win the occasional battle, even if you cannot win the war? Featuring an unforgettable cast of cops and tramps, suffragists and socialists, madams and murderers, The Cold Millions is a tour de force from a “writer who has planted himself firmly in the first rank of American authors” (Boston Globe).
Author : Deborah Cuyle
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467146358
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Ghosts and Legends of Spokane written by Deborah Cuyle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spokane is brimming with haunted buildings and shades reluctant to leave their beloved city. Patsy and Mary Clark have refused to leave their glorious mansion even after their passing, and the ghost of Ellen, who plunged to her death from a skylight in 1920, still whispers to current guests at the extravagant Davenport Hotel. In Greenwood Cemetery, a set of haunted stairs attracts visitors who come to see if the spirits will prevent them from reaching the top. Join author Deborah Coyle as she explores the Lilac City's haunted landmarks and the colorful stories of its former residents.
Author : John William Theodore Youngs
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Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Fair and the Falls written by John William Theodore Youngs and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. William T. Youngs headed the research staff who interviewed over 200 citizens and reviewed thousands of pages of records, in order to write this definitive history of Spokane, its people, and the first ever Environmental World's Fair to be ratified by the Bureau of International Expositions in Paris. This comprehensive history of a midsize western American city chronicles the coming of white settlers and their interchanges with the Indians of the region; the harnessing and exploitation of the Spokane River and its beautiful falls for energy to run mills and light streets, stores, and homes; and the impact of the railroads. At the heart of this meticulously researched account is the growth and decay of Spokane's inner city by the falls, as its economy ebbed and flowed, and the reclamation of the falls through the resounding success of Spokane's World Fair-Expo '74.
Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
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Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book The Bicentennial of the United States of America written by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Bamonte
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ISBN 13 : 9780965221979
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Spokane's Legendary Davenport Hotel written by Tony Bamonte and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its glory years, the historic Davenport Hotel was at the center of Spokane and the Inland Northwest's social life. Louis Davenport's famous restaurant, which predated the hotel, opened in 1889 and quickly became Spokane¿s greatest attraction. As reflected in this book, the history of the Davenport enterprises truly is the history of Spokane. Numerous dignitaries, royalty, and world-famous entertainers were guests of the Davenport. The hotel was the pride of the city and patronized by people from all walks of life until it fell into its decline and subsequently closed in 1985. Finally, after years of languishing under threat of demolition, the grand old hotel was restored to its former grandeur and reopened in 2002. This easy-to-read history book is a tribute to Spokane¿s most noteworthy and beloved landmark and those responsible for its creation, evolution and preservation.
