Hyde Block, August 5, 1889
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Taken the morning after the fire, this image shows the water pressure of the hoses had been fixed.
Image L89-108 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…