Remembering the Fire
This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889
An excerpt of a 1966 interview of George Libby, who witnessed the fire as a child.
Audio courtesy of the Washington State Digital Archives, Voices of the Pioneers Collection
Edited by Anna Harbine
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…