John R. Monaghan Returns to Spokane

ID: 4774 ~ Source: Washington State Digital Archives, Voices of the Pioneers Collection ~ Creator: Ronald Scheck
This file appears in: John R. Monaghan Statue: Martyr to An Obscure War

John Kelley, Voices of the Pioneers, on the John R. Monaghan Statue

This file appears in: John R. Monaghan Statue: Martyr to An Obscure War

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