An outline of the fire's devastation

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This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889
An outline of the fire's devastation

Map courtesy of the Spokane Public Library's Northwest Room

This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889

By Anna Harbine
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…