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Spokane hosted the first environmentally themed World's Fair in Expo '74, becoming the then-smallest city to ever host a World's Fair. With falling silver, timber, and farm prices, the city economy began a decline that would last into the 1990s. Spokane is still trying to make the transition to a more service-oriented economy.
Spokane (/ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / ⓘ spoh-KAN) [8] is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18.5 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 ...
Spokane Community College established. Protest during the Civil Rights Movement [18] 1967 - Spokane Falls Community College opens. 1974 Spokane Convention Center built. Pavilion Opera House and River Park Square shopping center open. Expo '74 world's fair held in Spokane. [16] 1977 - Lilac Bloomsday Run begins. [16] 1978 Spokane Fire Station ...
Founded: January 29, 1858 (created) January 19, 1864 (annexed to Stevens Co.) ... Spokane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.
The Corbin Park Historic District as it exists today began in the late-1800s with the establishment and expansion of the city of Spokane, which was founded at the Spokane Falls approximately one-and-a-half miles south of Corbin Park [4] and incorporated as a city in 1881. [10]
The city of Spokane was founded in 1873 a few blocks to the north of what would become the West Downtown Historic Transportation Corridor. As the city grew in the following years, an area known as Railroad Addition was platted in 1881.
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [ 1 ] There are 157 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. 133 of these properties and districts are located within the city of Spokane , while the remaining ...
A portrait from the late 18th century by an unknown artist, believed to depict Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798), a British naval explorer in 1792, who claimed the territory of modern-day Washington state in the Pacific Northwest region along the West Coast of North America for the United Kingdom / British Empire and named the inlet / bay of Puget Sound.