An outline of the fire's devastation

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This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889

Map courtesy of the Spokane Public Library's Northwest Room

This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889

By Anna Harbine
When the territory of Washington became a state in 1889, the city of Spokane Falls was one of its largest and most successful cities. Attracting wealthy businessmen who had stakes in the nearby Idaho…