Guide Map of Spokane Falls, Washington. [1888]
This file appears in: Bill Jackson: The Story of a Mixed-Race Indian in Early Spokane
The Indian Camp where Jackson was holding out in 1884 was in the Sinto Addition area, near the location of Gonzaga University today.
This file appears in: Bill Jackson: The Story of a Mixed-Race Indian in Early Spokane
Bill Jackson: The Story of a Mixed-Race Indian in Early Spokane
Sometime around 1860, Billy Jackson was born on the southeastern portion of Moran Prairie (near 57th Street on the modern-day South Hill). His father was a French-Canadian who had come west in the fur trade, his mother was Indian. The father…