High Bridge Tourist Camp

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This file appears in: Tourist Camp at High Bridge Park

By Tracy L. Rebstock
This camp site along Hangman creek in High Bridge park was a tourist destination from the early 1920s until the 1950s. Featured in the December 1946 trailer topics magazine, Westward Ho, the article praises Spokane for its reasonable rates ($4.50 a…