Spokane before the fire, 1889
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Taken within months of the fire, this photograph (taken near Washington and Riverside, looking south) shows the city as it was before the fire.
Image courtesy of the Spokane Public Library's Northwest Room
This file appears in: The Great Fire of 1889
The Great Fire of 1889
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 mines, Spokane Falls was a thriving young city…