Minnehaha

ID: 2309
This file appears in: The Colorful Past of Minnehaha Park

Images courtesy of Tony and Suzanne Bamonte, Spokane, WA. Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, City Hall, Spokane, WA. Lois Ryker Collection, Northwest Room, Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA.

This file appears in: The Colorful Past of Minnehaha Park

By Tracy L. Rebstock
According to a long time Spokane resident, the City of Spokane had a reputation of "being a little on the wild side when it came to the proverbial wine, women, and song." By the early 19th Century, city fathers were engaged in an effort to…