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Qualchan Hanging Site: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
This is the site of a murder.
The 1850s were a violent time in northwest history as a growing tide of American immigrants encroached upon Indian land. In 1855 the first governor of Washington…
Tohotonimme/Pine Creek/Steptoe Battlefield: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
This is the Tohotonimme battlefield where on May 17, 1858 a combined force of around 650 Spokan, Palus, and Coeur d' Alene warriors fought against the encroachments of Col. Edward Steptoe and his…
Steptoe Butte: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
A winding fifteen minute drive up to the top of Steptoe Butte offers some of the most breathtaking views in Eastern Washington. On a clear day, visitors are greeted by a panoramic view of nearly the…
Ghost Town of Elberton: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
The towns of the Palouse followed similar patterns of early growth as white settlers flooded into the area, followed by a long and gradual decline with the greater mechanization of farming. Some…
Hillyard High School
The original Hillyard High School building, built in 1907, had an initial enrollment of fourteen students and one teacher. By 1911, the student population had grown exponentially to 105 students,…
Five Mile Prairie Schoolhouse
The original Five Mile Prairie Schoolhouse was built in 1901. It was a small one-room building that housed fourteen students and one teacher. In 1912 the school, which had become too small for the…
1917: IWW Offices Raided & Martial Law Declared
In 1917, this building was the home of the Legal Defense Fund office of the Industrial Workers of the World--a union of unskilled workers whose vigorous tactics made them both feared and derided as…
Felts Field
Felts Field is not only the oldest airport in the Spokane area but is also one of the oldest federally designated airstrips in the country.
Located near Rutter and Fancher and along the banks of…
American Legion Cenotaph: A commemoration of veterans who served the country.
The American Legion Cenotaph reflects the development of Armistice Day and the honoring of WWI veterans.
Workers' Memorial: "Making a Living Should Not Include Dying."
Since 1989, Spokane unions and workers have observed Workers' Memorial Day to remember those who have died on the job or as a result of work-related illness. The Workers' Memorial here at Mission…
The Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (Amtrak Station): Barely visible beneath frequent remodels, Spokane's Amtrak station is originally the Great Northern Railroad depot.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Depot, now the Amtrak Station, was the site of two events in the dramatic labor history of Spokane.
In April of 1894, "under the flare of gasoline torches,"…
Spokane Public Bath House
The Spokane Public Bath House was part of the Spokane Parks' master plan, a result of the vision of the Olmstead brothers of the famous family of landscape architects responsible for New York's…
The Balkan Hotel
The Balkan Hotel was built in 1909 as a Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) hotel. SROs were lodging houses that provided basic rooms for laborers that often were single males. The hotel was built at a time…
The Woodward Building: The many lives of a Spokane commercial building
One of the oldest buildings in Spokane, the Woodward has hosted everything from frontier saloons to Chinese-American clubs in its almost 130-year history.
St. Michael's Mission Marker: This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane.
All but forgotten in a residential neighborhood, a granite marker stands in one of Spokane's most historic spots.
Harry Tracy the Outlaw
With the flash of a gun Harry Tracy the Infamous Outlaw lay dead by his own hand in a field in Lincoln County. After months on the run from authorities throughout Oregon and Washington, the law caught…
Treaty Rock
In June of 1871 Chief Seltice of the Coeur d'Alene tribe and German settler Frederick Post, made a verbal agreement. Post was granted 200 acres of native land to build a sawmill. As a part of the…
Edgecliff Sanitarium: The White Plague in Spokane
Tuberculosis was the most devastating disease of the 19th and 20th centuries. Isolation was the most effective public health intervention.
Saltese Cemetery
Saltese Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in the valley. The name Saltese derives from the Coeur d'Alene Chief Andrew Seltice who sold this piece of land, known now as the Saltese Flats, to…
Eastern Washington University Senior Hall: Eastern Washington University Senior Hall
During the early years, Eastern Washington University was a normal school, which was the term for a teacher’s college. Most students were women, and by 1919, the administration decided it was time for…
Deadly Fog: The South Cheney Train Crash of 1916: Cheney Train Crash of 1916
One hundred years ago on a cold foggy February morning, Cheney’s worst railroad accident occurred at this spot. The Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited passenger train plowed into a Burlington…
Spokane's Debate for Fair Housing: The 1968 Debates between Carl Maxey and James S. Black
In 1968, two powerful men squared off in a series of debates that would help to shape Spokane
Hospital of the Sacred Heart: Spokane's First Medical Facility: Sisters of Charity Arrive in 1886 to Begin Construction.
"A visitor in the hospital will see everything in perfect order, the patients cheerful ... and the always kind-faced Sisters ... like angels of mercy."
A Frontier Doctor Rides into Rockford
: Dr. William P. Grubbe Settles Down and Builds a Medical Practice
In 1880, Dr. William P. Grubbe and his companion were attacked by a band of Indians. His friend and his horse killed, Grubbe grabbed the other horse and rode for his life. In Rockford, Washington he…
The John A. Currie House
Built during Spokane's "Age of Elegance", the Currie house is a fine example of the Queen Anne style of architecture.
Alexander F. MacLeod House
"Remembering advice: 'Go West , young man, and grow up with the country'. I packed my trunk, my sheepskin included, crossed the great divide and landed in Spangle in 1880." Dr. Alex MacLeod
St. Ignatius Hospital: A Haunted Hospital in the Palouse?
Religious orders were vital in establishing hospitals in the West. St. Ignatius Hospital is one the first hospitals built in the Inland Northwest by the Sisters of Charity.
Spokane Stockyards: A reminder of Spokane's agricultural past
From the 1880s to 1999, Spokane was a town of slaughterhouses. The Old Union Stockyards were the last of their kind.
Oliver Hall: The Renamed Hall: Newest residence hall honors important alum.
Oliver Hall is one of the newest additions to the Whitworth campus.. Construction began in the winter of 2008, and the residence hall was opened in the fall of 2009, costing a total of $11.6 million.…
Chasing Civil Liberties: One Woman's Influence on Growing Her Hometown
Eleanor Barrow Chase, from a pioneering African American Spokane family line, helped advance civil rights in the city.