Constructing Geiger Field

ID: 5500 ~ Source: L87-1.21202-41 The Eastern Washington State Historical Society Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture ~ Creator: Charles Libby ~ Date: 1941
This file appears in: The Evolution of Sunset Field

Spokane County initially offered the military Felts Field to be used as the primary airbase in the region, but the military had already had its eyes on the new property that was being called Sunset Field. The city leased Sunset Field to the US government at the price of $1 per year.

This file appears in: The Evolution of Sunset Field

By Dylan Steele
In 1938 a growing Spokane County decided to develop a local commercial airfield and acquired land on the West Plains where “Sunset Field” was born. Sunset Field ran commercially until 1941 when it was purchased by the War Department. By 1942 it…