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Spokane Timeline

By Ella

Intro

Intro

Photo

Photo

https://www.worldatlas.com/img/locator/city/087/22787-spokane-locator-map.jpg

Stats

Stats

  • Current Population- 195, 629
  • Female- 101,362, 51.8%
  • Male- 94,267, 48.2%
  • White- 175,018, 89.5%
  • African American- 4,052, 2.1%
  • Asian- 4,399, 2.2%
  • Under 18 years, 2,543, 1.3%

Council members

Current mayor is David A. Condon.

Ben Stuckart is city council president.

Katy Burke city council member, district 1

Mike Fagan, city council member district 1

Breean Beggs city council member district 2

Lori Kinnear city council member district 2

Candace Mumm city council member district 3

Karen Stratton city council member district 3

  • The top three largest employers are Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane Public schools, Providence Sacred heart Medical Center and Children’s hospital

  • Current issues- Public safety, jobs and Economic Growth, and infrastructure

  • Future plans- They are currently rebuilding Riverfront Park. A SkyRide and carrousel will be open this spring. They also tore down the Imax theater recently to make way for the new changes set to the park.

1870s

  • Founded in 1873 by James Nettle Glover

  • 1879 - Spokane Times newspaper begins publication

1870s

Spokan Falls

Spokane Falls

http://www.gospokanemagazine.com/img/SpokaneRiver1870s.jpg

1880s

  • 1880, population is 350

  • In 1881, the city was incorporated

  • In 1883, Central school opens, an e was added to Spokane, and in 1884 the YMCA is established

  • 1889 the Union Pacific Railroad starts operating

Gold discovery

Gold discovery

  • Northern Pacific Railroad begins operating in 1883

  • The discovery of gold in the Coeur d'Alene mining district established Spokane as the service center for the north Idaho mine

  • Spokane became the center of regional commerce, becoming the main gate to the Pacific Northwest and establishing the Inland Empire

Mining

Mining

In 1883, there was a discovery of silver, gold and lead in the Coeur d’Alene region. Mining emerged as a major business to Spokane and the city became a popular place for miners. The discovery of gold led a rush of prospectors into the region. The inland empire had many mining rushes from 1883 to the late 19th century. Spokane became home to many companies and managers and other business operations. The city furnished supplies to the miners who passed through.

1883 Fire of Spokane

1883 Fire of Spokane

  • January in 1883, a chimney fire started in F.R. Moore’s dry goods store

  • volunteers “worked nobly in the absence of a fire company” until 2 a.m

  • the town’s post office, a furniture store and a candy store were affected by the fire

  • Luckily there was no wind and the roofs of the surrounding buildings were covered with snow

  • people began to organize a fire department staffed with volunteers

Fire of 1889

  • A lodging house and restaurant caught fire

  • 32 blocks of the city were distroyed

  • one person died

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Photos

Photos

http://www.gospokanemagazine.com/img/1889-post-fire.jpg

http://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/356

Fire

Fire

The city of Spokane was one of Washington State’s largest cities. Permanent Stone and brick buildings were replacing the old wooden structures. A small lodging house and restaurant caught fire on Railroad Avenue in 1889. Firefighters attempted to stop the fire by taking down buildings because there was no water pressure in the city. When the fire did die out, over thirty blocks were burned, wiping out the downtown area and only one person was killed. After the fire, tents were used for selling goods and services. Tents, bedding, clothing and food came by train from cities. The quantity of foods and supplies outnumbered the actual needs of those affected by the fire. The fire changed the way Spokane was rebuilt and buildings were designed with fire in mind.

1890s

  • Town of Spokane Falls renamed Spokane in 1891

  • In 1892, fire broke out in the factory of the Spokane Mill Company consuming Echo Roller Mills as well as the Oat Meal Company

  • damaged the Spokane Steam Laundry, newly rebuilt after the Great Fire in 1889, and the nearby Howard Street Bridge

  • the affected mills and businesses were able to quickly rebuild and continue operations for at least another decade

  • 1894 - The Spokesman-Review newspaper begins publication

spokane 1895

spokane 1895

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1900s

  • Spokane changed from cabins of the 1880s- Over 1,000 residents lived near the river in addition to forty businesses, warehouses and factories while the population of the city topped 100,000

  • Immigration between 1900 and 1910 helped increase Spokane's population from almost 40,000 to more than 100,000

Robert Lee Yates Jr.

Robert Lee Yates Jr.

Robert Lee Yates Jr. was born May 27, 1952

From 1996 to 1998, He had murdered at least 13 women, all of whom were prostitutes working in Spokane

All of his victims died of gunshot wounds to the head

Yates remains on death row at the Washington State Penitentiary

Photo

Photo

http://www.historicspokane.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Spokane__Lumber_Mills_-e1467156300188.jpg

Expo '74

Expo '74

  • began 1974 from May 4th to Novmber 3rd

  • Attracte almost 5.2 million visitors

  • Theme was enviroment

  • the site was turned into Riverfron park after the fair was over

Photos

Photos

http://www.gospokanemagazine.com/img/Spokaneexpo74FR.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Expo_74_Spokane_logo.jpg/220px-Expo_74_Spokane_logo.jpg

Riverfront Park

  • for Expo '74- the Spokane River was cleaned up, the rail yards were removed, and the Great Northern Railroad Depot on Havermale Island was taken down- Clocktower is all that remains of the 1902 depot

Riverfront Park

Photos

Photos

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https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/07/ba/7b/3a/riverfront-park.jpg

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Logging

Logging

After mining declined at the turn of the 20th century, logging and agriculture became the primary influences in the Spokane economy. People would be working in the mills along railroads, rivers, and lakes contributed to the economy. Before the construction of railroads, Spokane’s lumber supply was rafted down to Spokane’s mills through the Spokane River.

21st century

21st century

  • On January 17, 2011, a pipe bomb was found and defused in Spokane, Washington along the route of that year's Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march.

  • On March 9, 2011, the FBI arrested Kevin William Harpham, he was sentenced to 32 years in prison for the attempted bombing

Sources

  • http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/aug/03/spokanes-great-fire-of-1889-how-a-catastrophe/#/0
  • http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/1889-great-fire-and-revival-spokane/
  • http://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/356
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lee_Yates
  • https://my.spokanecity.org/about/culture/
  • http://www.historicspokane.org/HeritageTours/downtown/history.html
  • http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/29/riverfront-park-imax-demolition-like-a-big-dinosau/#/1
  • http://www.experiencewa.com/articles/small-towns-in-northeastern-washington
  • https://my.spokanecity.org/about/history/
  • http://www.historicspokane.org/HeritageTours/downtown/history.html
  • http://www.historicspokane.org/riverfront-park-history-1890
  • http://historylink.org/File/7462
  • http://www.historylink.org/File/7686
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spokane,_Washington#1810–1890
  • http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/nov/24/then-and-now-the-1883-fire-of-spokane/#/0
  • http://www.historicspokane.org/riverfront-park-history
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane_bombing_attempt
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