Horses were startled by the loud "putt putt" of the newfangled automobile that had just arrived in Spokane.   The loud car scared the horses.

The earliest automobile entered Spokane in 1899 and was owned by RC Boulter.

Or was it Dr Olmstead...

There is a battle between the wheat farmers and the 3 Spokane flour mills grinding flour for baking bread..

Washington has always been a wheat growing capital of the world and the Spokane River fast current and falls makes grinding wheat...

Just Two Blocks Apart - coincidence?

TheTC Mann House, and the David Fothingham Mansion

In 1891 David Fothingham built a beautiful home on the northeast corner of Hemlock Street and 2nd Avenue, right across from the Coeur d'Alene Park.

The house was designed...

One of the most benevolent fraternal groups in the city was the Kiwinas Club.

They took care of the poor, unfed women who were raising families by themselves.

May, 1930 - Camp Dartlo

A new Health Center on 80 acres adjoining the Little...

Harry was known throughout the northwest as the dean of theater managers.

“The last curtain was rung down for Harry Hayward early today” said the Seattle Times.  “He was 81 years old.”

Harry Hayward died on September 20, 1934.

A Long Early Career

Much...

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Workers Wanted Immediately

August 6, 1942

The newspaper story cried out:  “Farragut Naval Depot at Bayview needs 9,000 new workers Immediately”.

In August 1942 the Buter Construction Company was building the Farragut Training Base. 

“Our present construction payroll is 16,000 people.  “We...

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