Early View of Riverside Avenue
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This image of Riverside Avenue before Spokane's great fire of 1889 shows trolleys sharing the unpaved road with pedestrians, horses, and wagons. Some of the earliest streetcars were so loud they frightened the nearby horses in the street. Image courtesy of the Northwest Room, Spokane Public Library.
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Spokane's Trolley Cars
The steel rails that still peek through the pavement here and there in Spokane remind us of the days of trolley cars. At one time, the tracks that lay before you carried Spokanites to work, shops, restaurants, and leisure. Residents even had a safe…