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Chief Garry's Last Campsite: Tucked away on a forested bench of land over Mystic Falls, is the final homesite of one of Spokane's most famous residents.
Past the northern trailhead of Indian Canyon Trail towards Mystic Falls, a large metal sign marks the last campsite of Spokane Garry, whose epic life including many of the most dramatic events for the…
Chief Garry Park
Chief Garry Park is the principal place in the city where Chief Spokan Garry is remembered and honored. The park dates back to 1912 when seven acres of land were purchased and set aside as a…
Cheney's Telephone Switchboard
Switchboards and the telecommunication revolution in Cheney.
Cheney's Masonic Temple
Like many of the commercial structures in downtown Cheney, the Masonic Temple has had many tenants and uses over the decades.
Two influential architects of the 19th century, Kirtland Cutter and…
Cheney's Interurban Depot: A Reminder of the Electric Trolleys
100 Years Ago, Light Rail Connected Many of the Region's Small Towns to Spokane
Cheney War Memorial: A Living Memorial to Cheney's Veterans
Cheney has lent its young men and women to every American conflict since the founding of the town. Not all of them returned.
Cheney Normal School Heritage Center
The Cheney Normal School Heritage Center was originally located in the woods five miles west of Newport, Washington. It opened in 1905 as the Jore (pronounced "jury") Schoolhouse. It served as the…
Cheney Historical Museum
The Cheney Historical Museum traces its roots to the Tilicum Club. This women's social and service club was organized in Cheney in 1903. In 1935, during the club's annual Pioneer Tea, a group of early…
Cheney Fire of 1889: In the 1800s, American cities were often built of wood and heated with fire. Sometimes, they burned.
Miscreant act leads to disaster for Cheney in 1889.
Cheney Electric Light Works and Leifer Apartments: A sign of prosperity in the rural countryside
From generating electricity to embalming corpses, this 19th-century Cheney building has had many uses.
Chasing Civil Liberties: One Woman's Influence on Growing Her Hometown
Eleanor Barrow Chase, from a pioneering African American Spokane family line, helped advance civil rights in the city.
Cataldo Mission
Driving east along Idaho's Interstate 90, as you come around the bend at mile marker 38, a stunning view of the Old Mission opens up on your right. On a bright spring day, it can even look…
Carving the Columbia: The Ice Age Floods
These gently sloping hills beside the lake show the marks of a tumultuous process at work. This region of the Columbia Basin was carved over eons by the meander of the river, by slow erosion, and by…
Carving a Legend: What remains of the 1977 Leonard totem pole
There were once two totem poles on this island in the river. This is the story of the one that is gone.
Carriage Stones
Before the advent of the electric trolley in 1889 or Ford’s Model T in 1908, Spokanites got around by foot or by horse and buggy. The height of the carriage era lasted from 1850-1910, a time when…
Carl Maxey vs. The Injustices of Spokane: The Bout for Equality
Carl Maxey was an NCAA Boxing legend, whose most important fights were outside the ring. He was the first black man to graduate from Gonzaga Law School in 1951 and fought for African American's civil…
Captain Mullan: The Bombastic Little Lieutenant
From an early age, John Mullan had big visions for his future. Born in 1830 in Maryland, Mullan graduated from St John’s College in 1847, and from West Point where he studied engineering. Soon his…
Canada Island: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour - Stop 8
Canada Island has had many different names and faces in the last 150 years. Today the island is a part of Riverfront Park and serves as a natural oasis in the middle of downtown. Forty years ago it…
Camp Seven Mile: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Creation of Riverside State Park
A lone chimney and and some wayside panels are all that remain of the camp of Civilian Conservation Corps 949th Company.
Camas on the Plateau
Every spring, many of the meadows of the eastern Washington and northern Idaho are dotted with the blue flowers of the camas plant, cammasia quamash. To the Native peoples of the Columbia Plateau…
Cabinet Landing: Cabinet Landing - The Front
Cabinet Landing on the banks of the Clark Fork River was a rough construction camp for the Northern Pacific Railroad. This tent city of over 3,000 people became a ghost town over night when the…
Buried and Forgotten: St. Paul's Mission Cemetery
Beneath the pine needles that cover this historic cemetery lie generations of native and fur trade families.
Bump Block and the Hotel Carlyle: Ghost Signs of Spokane Tour - Story 6
This towering structure of brick was one of the first to be built following the Great Fire of 1889. The Bump Block, constructed in 1890, is a seven-story Commercial Style infused with more classical…
Streetcars in Browne's Addition: Browne's Addition Tour
The streetcars of Spokane began in an era when there weren't many ways to get around. The citizens of Spokane could walk, or they could take their own carriage to their destination. Elite…
Loewenberg-Roberts House: Browne's Addition Tour
The Lowenberg-Roberts House is a private residence, please observe this home from the sidewalk.
The Lowenberg-Roberts House, located at 1923 W First Ave., was built for Bernard Loewenberg in 1889…
Overlook Park: Browne's Addition Tour
Sitting roughly 500 feet above Hangman Creek, Overlook Park is a great place to relax and enjoy the view of hangman valley. Overlook Park was conceived as part of the Browne's Addition Neighborhood…
John A. Finch Mansion: Browne's Addition Tour
The Finch mansion is a private residence. Please observe the residences privacy by remaining on the sidewalk as you examine this historic home.
The Finch mansion was designed and built by renowned…
Elk Drug Store: Browne's Addition Tour
The Elk Drug Store in Spokane has changed many times over its 90 year history. Initially the Elk Drug Store opened by a partnership of Stone & Sutherland in Spokane on 415 Riverside Avenue between…
James Clark Mansion: Browne's Addition Tour
The James Clark Mansion is a private residence. Please observe the residents privacy by observing this historic property from the sidewalk.
The James Clark mansion is located at 2308 W 3rd Avenue…
Reid House: Browne's Addition Tour
The Reid House is a private residence, please respect the residents' privacy by remaining on the sidewalk as you examine this historic home.
What is known today as the Reid house was built in…