Bird's eye view of Spokane Falls, W.T., (1884)

Bird's eye view of Spokane Falls, W.T., (1884)

Spokane (Wash.) -- Description and travel -- Aerial -- Maps. <br>Spokane (Wash.) -- Pictorial works.<br>Gonzaga University. <br>Washington Territory

1 view ; 31 x 69 cm.<br>Oriented with north toward lower left.<br>Includes key to points of interest, list of business references, and illustrations of prominent buildings.<br> Insets: Gonzaga College, Public School, West Side of Howard Street, and North Side of Riverside Ave. <br>In 1873, James Glover purchased a 'squatters claim' from two men who'd set up a log-trimming plant there. Glover built a sawmill and store, and within a year and a half of his purchase the county had grown from a dozen families in a 1700 sq mile area to better than 100 people. <br>Spokane grew relatively quickly, based on its position near the Mullan Road and its location as a central trading point between Colville and Lewiston. In 1881 the Northern Pacific Railroad entered Spokane, and in 1883 the NPRR completed its transcontinental route, funneling large amounts of traffic through Spokane thereafter. <br>Much of downtown Spokane as seen here was shortly to be destroyed, when an 1889 fire burned thirty-two city blocks. The burned out area was roughly that between the river and the railroad tracks, and between Washington and Lincoln streets.

Wellge, H. (Henry)

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Milwaukee : Beck & Pauli, Litho

1884

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Maps<br>Bird's-eye views

WSU 271<br>G4284.S7A3 1884 .W4

United States--Washington (State)--Spokane