The Office of William Cowles Sr.

ID: 5728 ~ Source: Courtesy of Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. L94-69.22
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William H. Cowles Jr. (Right) and another man at the desk of his father, William H. Cowles Sr. (Left)

This file appears in: The Segregated South Hill

By CJ Mason
One of the most prominent families in Spokane’s history is that of the Cowles. William H. Cowles, Sr. came to Spokane in 1891 with a vision of starting his own news company. By 1894 he was the majority owner of the Spokesman-Review, which is still…