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 mines, Spokane Falls was a thriving young city…