Spokane's California Hotel.

ID: 4972 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of Spokane Falls Illustrated ~ Creator: Spokane Falls Illustrated ~ Date: 1889
This file appears in: Early African-American Pioneers in Spokane

California Hotel where J. B. Parker ran his barbershop in the late 1880s.

This file appears in: Early African-American Pioneers in Spokane

By Whitney Wyngaert
In the 1880s Spokane grew from waves of immigration. Though white individuals were the majority, the city soon developed other minority populations. Along with the more famous Chinatown, Spokane had its own small African American community. In…