A Brief Visit
This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour
King Cole, known as the father of Expo 74, recalls President Nixon's brief visit to the Fair.
Cole, King. Interviewed by J. William T. Youngs. Book Interview, Spokane WA, summer 1994.
This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour
When Nixon Came to the Fair: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour
In May of 1974, an embattled President Richard Nixon visited Spokane to dedicate the 1974 World's Fair against a backdrop of lies, cover-ups, and political drama. By this time, the president was in…