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Corbin Park: Spokane Park Highlights Tour
"Lemonade and garden hats" are the legacy of Corbin Park according to an article in the Spokane Daily Chronicle in 1973. This tranquil, oval shaped park nestled among some of the busiest roads in…
Cowles Memorial Auditorium: Honoring one of Spokane's most influential figures
Cowles Auditorium is the university's center of theatrical and performance-based endeavors and is one of three buildings on Whitworth's campus that bears the Cowles family name. Specifically the…
Cowley Park
This small park between West Sixth and Seventh Avenue off Division is nestled in the South Hill Medical Complex. This area was where the Spokane Indians established their winter quarters but when…
Coyote Stories: A Salishan Trickster
Salish creation stories
Creamery Robbery Turns Deadly
You are now standing where a murder weapon was disposed of in 1935 only to be rediscovered in 1989 solving the oldest active murder case in the nation.
In 1935, Newport City Marshall George…
Creation of Palouse Falls State Park
Palouse Falls State Park, located 18 miles southeast of Washtucna, is a beautiful recreational campground that offers a breathtaking view of the Palouse Falls. The Palouse Falls and the surrounding…
Crooked Agent: Agent fired for "irregularities."
For Indian Agent Albert M. Anderson, kickbacks and embezzlement were all in a day's work.
Cutter Theatre (Metaline Falls School): A community rallies to save an historic icon
How an abandoned school building gained new life
Cyrus O'Leary's Restaurant: A Lost Spokane Icon
A generation of Spokanites has fond memories of Cyrus O'Leary's--until the restaurant was demolished.
Damming the Columbia: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition
Talk of a Columbia River dam began in arid Ephrata, Washington in 1917, when city leaders met to discuss ways to boost wartime food production. If glacial dams once plugged the river, they argued, why…
Dave Clack, Resident and Business Owner Since 1938
"It's been a very graphic, if not shocking display of what a major infrastructure change can have on a neighborhood."
Dave Clack's family has owned property and operated businesses in the East…
David Lowe House
*Please note: This is a private residence, please be respectful of the property and the resident's right to privacy.
This beautifully crafted house was built in 1904 by local retired farmer David…
Deadly Fog: The South Cheney Train Crash of 1916: Cheney Train Crash of 1916
One hundred years ago on a cold foggy February morning, Cheney’s worst railroad accident occurred at this spot. The Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited passenger train plowed into a Burlington…
Debbie Takami, Resident Since the 1960s
"The area where we grew up was a real neighborhood. Now it's just fast food restaurants and the freeway."
Debbie Takami is a life-long resident of Spokane. She grew up in the East Central…
Deep Creek School
The Deep Creek school was built in 1905, to replace an earlier, one-room schoolhouse that stood at the same spot.
The town of Deep Creek was founded in 1883 as Deep Creek Falls. An 1889 guide for…
Deer Lake Irrigated Orchard Company: A testament to the resolve of early Black Spokane
Around the turn of the last century numerous African Americans migrated from the deep South to Spokane in hopes of building a freer and more prosperous life. In which some of them achieved this with…
Denny Yasuhara: Community Leader, Activist, and Mentor: "The greatest gift that one human being can give to another is not their wealth or position, but their honor and dignity for that is the essence of freedom." ~ Denny Yasuhara
Denny Yasuhara's involvement in the formation of the Hifumi En Apartments, his willingness to advocate for the civil rights of the Japanese American community, and his mentorship as a teacher were…
Desertion at Fort Spokane
"Get Me Outta Here"
Devin Samuelson, Business Owner Since 2013
"Traffic being diverted to the freeway left the businesses here in more of a state of need than I think people were hoping."
Because Devin Samuelson's experience with the East Central neighborhood…
Diana Marks Field: The Home to Whitworth's Softball Team: Diana Marks: a Pioneer in Women’s Athletics in the Pacific Northwest.
Conveniently located just below the Whitworth Pine Bowl and adjacent to the Whitworth Soccer field is Diana Marks field, home of the Whitworth Softball team. This field was made available for use…
Dick's Hambugers: Space Age Architecture and Darn Cheap Hamburgers
Dick’s Drive-in is an iconic Spokane business. The drive up parking, the open air counter and the buildings silhouette call back to the googie architecture of a 1960’s California Drive-In. On the sign…
Diseases of Men: Venereal diseases were common in early Spokane, and desperate suffers sought out quack treatments.
Early Spokane was a town full of working men and working women. For laborers throughout the region the city was a refuge and a pleasuring ground. Miners, loggers, and agricultural workers would come…
Dixon Hall: Home for the School of Education and Department of Psychology
Dixon Hall is a familiar building to all Whitworth students, both current and past. It was built as a classroom building and completed in 1957. Containing 18 classrooms, the building has supported…
Doomsday Hill: Bloomsday's Toughest Climb
If you’ve never seen a city taken over by almost sixty thousand runners, visit downtown Spokane on the first Sunday in May. Since 1977, the Lilac Bloomsday Run has been a major event for the city.…
Doyle's Ice Cream Parlor
Every Spokane neighborhood has its beloved iconic business. The Milk Bottle in Garland, Dicks Hamburgers and Frankie’s Diner downtown, and The Elk in Browne’s Addition help define the unique character…
Dr. Mary Latham, Greenwood Cemetery
Dr. Mary Archard Latham, Spokane's pioneer female physician, is one of early Spokane's most colorful and controversial characters.
Latham graduated from medical school in 1886, at the age of 42,…
Drumheller Springs
The natural history of this park goes back to geological events that shaped this area including lava flows, glacial activity, and the Missoula Floods. All of these events helped form the basalt rock,…
Dry Goods Realty Company
Spokane is great example of how Northwest cities were able to organize nature through commerce. From its beginning, Spokane was connected to its abundant hinterland of resources and budding…
Dryden Hall
Cecil Dryden Hall first opened in the fall of 1965. Like many of the other buildings on campus, it was originally constructed as an all-female dorm. Dryden has 129 rooms, and was built of reinforced…
Dutch Jake's Park: West Central's Most Famous Resident Memorialized
Goetz's "capacity for friendship and his charity" had made him "known from one end of this country to the other"