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The Hotel Aberdeen: and Carrie Harris

By Logan Camporeale
In a time before women had the right to vote, Carrie Harris was financially independent and a successful businesswoman.

The Steamboat Forty-Nine: Gold Mining on the Upper Columbia

By Logan Camporeale
Captain Leonard White piloted the first steamboat to cross the 49th parallel bringing miners and supplies to the goldfields of British Columbia.

The Boundary Commission: Drawing the International Border While Calling Marcus Home

By Logan Camporeale
How is an international border drawn and who does the drawing?

Buried and Forgotten: St. Paul's Mission Cemetery

By Logan Camporeale
Beneath the pine needles that cover this historic cemetery lie generations of native and fur trade families.

Sanitarium Incinerator: Killing Germs and Destroying Culture

By Logan Camporeale
In 1915 tuberculosis struck the Spokane Indians hard. Four natives died and fifty more were suspected of having the disease. In response to the outbreak, the Indian Service used the site of the former…

The City of Kettle Falls: Moving on Up

By Logan Camporeale
How do you move an entire town to a new location? Very carefully.

Cyrus O'Leary's Restaurant: A Lost Spokane Icon

By Logan Camporeale
A generation of Spokanites has fond memories of Cyrus O'Leary's--until the restaurant was demolished.

Dynamite Blast Wrecks Lyric Theatre

By Logan Camporeale
A midnight dynamite explosion shook the movie theater, sending slabs of marble, boards and debris flying into the street.

The Rookery Building: A lost architectural gem

By Logan Camporeale
The destruction of the Rookery Building was a turning point in historic preservation in Spokane.

Traces of the Past: Mohawk "Block": Historic Buildings in Unexpected Places

By Logan Camporeale
Tucked away in a corner of this odd-shaped parking lot, behind the historic Frank's Diner, is a sliver of Spokane history. Actually, a large granite block of history. At the west end of the parking…

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