The little-known (and utterly fictional) tale of Spokane's "mayor for a day," Josiah Forsyth.

There were once two totem poles on this island in the river. This is the story of the one that is gone.

(This article contain descriptions of anti-Japanese violence. Contemporary images and references may contain slurs.) Prologue Before it was annexed by Spokane in 1924, Hillyard was a town in its own…

"When the Well’s dry, we know the Worth of Water." - Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanac, 1746)

Tiger Jack Fox "stalked his foes like a panther and he swung like lightning from half way to his knees." When he agreed to be managed by rookie promoter Al Morse, a partnership was formed that would…

One popular Spokane urban legend is the tale of a Chinese cemetery buried under the Rosauer's Supermarket in Browne's Addition. This story has recently been doing the rounds on social media platforms…

For 86 years, the southwest corner of Main Avenue and Washington Street was home to one of Spokane's oldest pharmacies.

The Davenport’s “Matador Room” did not actually feature bullfighting, the Desert Hotel’s “Mirage Room” could only offer such hallucinations as alcohol provided, and the Coeur d’Alene Hotel’s “Donkey…

One of the early hostelries for visitors to Spokane Falls was the Hotel Emery, a two-story brick building on Riverside between Washington and Bernard that opened in 1892. The building's first owner is…

Located on the southwest corner of Jefferson and First Avenue, the Parsons Hotel opened in 1910 as a family-oriented hotel with 104 rooms. It was built in 1909 by W. E. Parsons, a railroad man and…