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Pillars of Hercules
The impressive Herculean Pillars standing before you mark the formal entrance to Eastern Washington University. Built in 1915, the pillars were constructed out of salvaged granite from the…
Pine Creek Dairy Creamery
The Pine Creek Dairy Creamery building was built in 1908. It was an extension of the Pine Creek Dairy that operated in the Spokane Valley. The building was used for office space and a distribution…
Plane Crashes in Mount Spokane State Park: Airplane Pieces Deep in the Forest
Ask a local resident in Eastern Washington about Mt. Spokane and they will assume you are talking about its skiing slopes, hiking trails or campgrounds. Ask about what else it might be famous for you…
Plante's Ferry
You are looking at the very spot where the first ferry crossing over the Spokane River was located from 1854-1866. The area was once a well-known ford used by area tribes for generations, but in 1854…
Plante's Ferry Park
Situated comfortably along the north bank of the Spokane River is Plante's Ferry Park, the birthplace of the city of Spokane Valley. It is named after it the first "citizen" of Spokane Valley,…
Polly Judd Park
Polly Judd was an enthusiastic supporter of Spokane Parks and was active in the community. According to her obituary on March 30, 1981 in the Spokane Daily Chronicle, she was one of the founders of…
Potter's Field, Fairmount Cemetery
Section 90 at Fairmount Memorial Park is known as a Potter's Field. This portion of the cemetery was donated, in 1897, by Spokane County for the purpose of burying the indigent and/or unknown persons…
Prairie View Schoolhouse in Waverly
One-room schoolhouses were a common sight in the 19th century American West. Although most have been allowed to fall into a state of disrepair, there are still some left that have been restored…
Prehistory in the Palouse: Marmes Rockshelter
In 1952, a Palouse farmer named Roland "Squirt" Marmes discovered a strange rock formation on his property near the town of Hooper, Washington. That same year, another Hooper rancher named John…
Prisoners of War Camps: Axis POWs in the Inland Northwest
As the Second World War progressed, Americans captured many Axis prisoners--particularly in Europe. What to do with these men?
Project Hope & William’s Market
The West Central neighborhood was platted in the 1880’s when William Pettet and William Nettleton invested heavily in the area. The neighborhood grew with new homes and businesses and hundreds of…
Punk Rock Comes to Spokane: Spokane's musical heritage is more than Bing
A three-ring circus?
Puttin' on the Ritz
: The Ritz Theater of Spokane, Washington
circa 1924
"The little theater charms and satisfies and makes an attractive addition to Spokane's Playhouse Row" (Spokesman-Review, 11 May 1924).
Qualchan Hanging Site: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
This is the site of a murder.
The 1850s were a violent time in northwest history as a growing tide of American immigrants encroached upon Indian land. In 1855 the first governor of Washington…
Ranger Pulaski and the 1910 Tale of Survival
Though not the only heroic ranger to lead their crews through imminent danger, perhaps no other story captures the bravery of the 1910 firefighters than that of forty year old Ranger Edward C. Pulaski…
Raznik Building
Young cities in the 1900s, especially those who were recovering from post-fire downtown, exercised freedom and ingenuity when it came to rebuilding Spokane's infrastructure. New technologies allowed…
Recreation Center
On November 22, 1949 a barrack was purchased from Geiger Field for a new recreation center in Peaceful Valley. While in transit, the building slid onto the pavement at First and Monroe in downtown…
Red Power in Spokane: Supporting Alcatraz and Change—No Violence Necessary
“We, the American Indian Movement of Spokane, [with] members consisting of Indians from 45 different Tribes and Bands throughout the United States and Canada…do hereby go on record supporting the…
Redlinging's Lingering Shadows: Housing discrimination shaped Spokane in ways that are still visible today
The East Central is a primary example of the ways that raciallly restricted housing policies altered a neighborhood.
Restoring the Falls: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour
Standing on the bridge between Canada and Havermale Islands, you can see one of the many restorations of the Spokane Falls that began with Expo '74. The spray and splash of the falls during the annual…
Resurrection of St. Paul's Mission: And the Blackrobes of Kettle Falls
Once a magnet for Catholics in the area, St. Paul's was left abandoned in the woods for forty years before its "resurrection" as a historic site.
Review Tower
The imposing stature of the Review Tower at the corner Riverside and Monroe stands as a reminder of different times. The late 1800's were the time when newspapers were king. Long before radio and…
Richardson House
Private Residence
Charles Prentice Richardson, a successful gold miner originally from Illinois, had this American Foursquare Style home built in 1906. The American Foursquare Style is typified by…
Rise and Fall of Valleyford
The tiny community of Valleyford has a story like many of the small towns of the Palouse. The area was first settled in the 1880s, and Valleyford was incorporated in 1906. The town enjoyed some…
Risky Fun: Deadly Waters
While there was "never a shot fired in anger" at Fort Spokane, life on the fort was not without danger.
Riverside Cemetery
The land where Riverside Memorial Park lies was originally a recreational municipal park, which opened in 1907 when John Aylard Finch spearheaded the organization of the Riverside Park Company. It…
Riverside Park Wastewater Treatment Plant
Early spokanites used the Spokane River as a sewer and even a garbage dump - rendering the water undrinkable. After decades of work and hundreds of millions of dollars, the rivers health is improving.
Riverside State Park: Spokane Park Highlights Tour
The land where Riverside State Park sits was once lands used by the Spokane Tribe and other local tribes. The Native Americans would meet at the Spokane Falls or near the confluence of the Little…
Robert Reid Lab School
The Robert Reid Lab School started as a training school in 1908 where college students did student teaching with elementary students from the community. This was important because the normal schools…
Robertson Building
Frederick C. Robertson bought this land in 1912. The three-story building is embellished with coupled windows, flat brick and Florentine arches, belt courses of red and white bricks and a projecting…