Map of Land sold to the City of Spokane which included Manito Park

ID: 175 ~ Source: Washington Water and Power Land Donation, Manito Park History, Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, City Hall, 5th Floor, Spokane, WA
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Image courtesy of the City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, Spokane, WA.

This file appears in: Loop Drive and Bridge

By Tracy L. Rebstock
Most of Manito Park is visible from the top of Loop Drive. Did you ever wonder where Spokane got the land for this park? In 1884, Francis Cook, an early settler of Spokan Falls and a newspaper man who started the Spokan Times in 1879, platted…