Durkin & the Preacher

ID: 314 ~ Creator: Anne Coogan-Gehr
This file appears in: James Durkin

Learn about the connection between the town's leading liquor man and a local Baptist preacher.

This file appears in: James Durkin

By Anne Coogan-Gehr
On the lower level of Greenwood Cemetery, near the Spanish American cannon, James "Jimmie" Durkin lays buried under a block of granite. Durkin arrived in Spokane in 1897, 38 years old, with a pile of money and big plans. Spokane was…