Riverside Avenue
This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889
Prior to the fire one found many of the city's most prominent buildings along Riverside Avenue. Several banks and many businesses were burned along the street.
Image Courtesy of the Spokane Public Library Northwest Room.
This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889
The Great Fire of 1889
When the territory of Washington became a state in 1889, the city of Spokane Falls was one of its largest and most successful cities. Attracting wealthy businessmen who had stakes in the nearby Idaho mines, Spokane Falls was a thriving young city…