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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 ...
Town and Country is served by the Spokane area's public transit provider, the Spokane Transit Authority, which runs four fixed-route bus lines through the CDP. The Country Homes Park & Ride is located across the street to the north of the CDP and the Five Mile Park & Ride is one block to the south of the CDP.
Eastern Washington is the region of the U.S. state of Washington located east of the Cascade Range.It contains the city of Spokane (the second largest city in the state), the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the fertile farmlands of the Yakima Valley and the Palouse.
Sep. 7—When Lucas McIntyre moved to Spokane from Memphis, Tennessee, in 1998, he had never seen a mountain. At least, not one bigger than his apartment building. ... an area known for open drug ...
Kirtland Cutter, architect, known for his work in Spokane, including the Davenport Hotel; Sonora Smart Dodd, successfully campaigned for the establishment of Father's Day; Helga Estby, Norwegian-American resident of the Spokane area; in 1896 walked across America from Spokane to New York City; James Geraghty, Spokane City Corporate Counsel
The Nettleton's Addition Historic District is a historic residential district in the West Central neighborhood of Spokane, Washington.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2006 because of the concentration of historic homes in one of Spokane's oldest residential neighborhoods and for its significance as an example of community planning and development and in the ...
Aug. 19—Five Spokane-area businesses have made Inc. magazine's annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the nation. Companies on the Inc. 5000 list, released Tuesday, are ranked by ...
Known as the Spokane House, or simply "Spokane", it was in operation from 1810 to 1826. [4] Spokane County was established by the Washington Territorial Legislature effective January 29, 1858, from a portion of Walla Walla County, which originally encompassed most of eastern Washington Territory between the Cascades and Rockies.