Riverside and Wall
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The fire was not limited to destroying wooden structures, and many brick and stone buildings were damaged or destroyed in the fire, as seen here.
Image L86-579 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Art & Culture
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…