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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subject Keys: Spokane,
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    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1933-11-21


    • Fred L. Prescott, Spokane realtor, came from Minnesota in 1886, when there was only one building on the north side of the river west of Monroe, except on the Muzzy farm north of Mission.

    • 1933

    • Fred L. Prescott, Spokane realtor, came from Minnesota in 1886, when there was only one building on the north side of the river west of Monroe, except on the Muzzy farm north of Mission.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1933-11-21
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. V. 1925-07-12


    • From catfishing to running bank
      W. D. Vincent, Spokane Financier, has climbed high from lowly start.
      Had set aim in life
      Even as "Meanest Boy" in Missouri. He yearned to be a banker.

    • 1925

    • From catfishing to running bank
      W. D. Vincent, Spokane Financier, has climbed high from lowly start.
      Had set aim in life
      Even as "Meanest Boy" in Missouri. He yearned to be a banker.
      Lots of famous folk came from Missouri. It is a...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. V. 1925-07-12
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1934-07-09


    • Commission asks for more money

    • 1934

    • Commission asks for more money. - Whether the state Columbia basin commission will get the $77,000 remaining in its original appropriation of $377,000 for preliminary work on the Grand Coulee dam project may depend on the outcome of a conference...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1934-07-09
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Power. 1936-01-04


    • Grand Coulee power market given thought

    • 1936

    • Grand Coulee power market given thought. - Marshall N. Dana, chairman of the Northwest planning board, said yesterday the marketing of power from Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams will be given "serious consideration" at the Pacific Northwest...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Power. 1936-01-04
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-12-20. p. 2.


    • Lawmakers give o. k. to Coulee

    • 1936

    • Lawmakers give o. k. to Coulee. - Eight senators, 15 representatives favor dam. - Unity is plea. - Senator from King joins in approval at meet chamber called. - If the same harmony and unanimity prevail at Olympia that featured the caucus of...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-12-20. p. 2.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-12-20. p. 1.


    • Lawmakers give o. k. to Coulee

    • 1936

    • Lawmakers give o. k. to Coulee. - Eight senators, 15 representatives favor dam. - Unity is plea. - Senator from King joins in approval at meet chamber called. - If the same harmony and unanimity prevail at Olympia that featured the caucus of...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-12-20. p. 1.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-12-20.


    • Lawmak

    • 1936

    • Lawmakers give o. k. to Coulee. - Eight senators, 15 representatives favor dam. - Unity is plea. - Senator from King joins in approval at meet chamber called. - If the same harmony and unanimity prevail at Olympia that featured the caucus of...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-12-20.
    • Northwest history. Incorporations & mergers. 1928-12-19


    • Four-way combination affects chain merchants in Spokane, Seattle and Portland.

    • 1928

    • Four-way combination affects chain merchants in Spokane, Seattle and Portland. - Negotiations are reported to be under way for the merging of Marr's stores in Spokane and Seattle with the Twentieth Century stores, the Eagle stores and the Thrift...
    • Northwest history. Incorporations & mergers. 1928-12-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1937-01-03


    • Metaline opens great ore area - other areas there are worthy of exploration, says engineer

    • 1937

    • Metaline opens great ore area - other areas there are worthy of exploration, says engineer - The Metaline district of Pend Oreille county, Wash., being regarded as America's next great zinc-lead source, is 12 miles long to the international line,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1937-01-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1937-05-02


    • Morning Glory is continuing

    • 1937

    • Morning Glory is continuing - Exploration of ground east of the sheared zone on the No. 1 and 2 levels of the Morning Glory mine at Basin, Mont., is indicating a continuity of the main ore body of the property of "distinctily encouraging...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1937-05-02
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Minerals in dam area. 1934-02-16


    • Say Coulee dam to flood millions in free gold

    • 1934

    • Say Coulee dam to flood millions in free gold. - Gold worth millions of dollars will be lost forever when the Coulee dam lifts the water of the Columbia and covers the sands, gravel and bars along that stream for 75 miles above the dam, according...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Minerals in dam area. 1934-02-16
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. 1938-06-03


    • Fumigation contract awarded

    • 1938

    • Fumigation contract awarded. - The CBI, dam construction firm, has awarded a contract to the Commercial Fumigating company, Spokane, for application of 1,100,000 cubic feet of cyanide gas on Mason City bunkhouses.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. 1938-06-03
    • State history. Native Americans. Clubs. 1928-06-30


    • Indian women's club holds meeting

    • 1928

    • Indian women's club holds meeting. - When representatives of 14 northwest Indian tribes gathered at Dishman for the Indian camas celebration it provided and opportunity for officers of the Eagle Feather Indian women's club of Idaho to meet. The...
    • State history. Native Americans. Clubs. 1928-06-30
    • State history. Native Americans. Crime. Murder. 1936-11-21


    • Sentenced to pen

    • 1936

    • Sentenced to pen. - Frank Elliott, Tekoa Indian, drew a sentence of not more than 20 years in the state penitentiary today for manslaughter as the result of a fatal automobile crash. He pleaded guilty. Frank Bradley, Spokane, died two days ago of...
    • State history. Native Americans. Crime. Murder. 1936-11-21
    • State history. Native Americans. Editorials. 1937-05-02. p. 1.


    • Indians woman comes to aid of Geronimo and his raiders

    • 1937

    • Indians woman comes to aid of Geronimo and his raiders. - Mary Lloyd, W1 Fourth avenue, Spokane, herself an Indian and a spokesman for them on many occasions, comes to the defense of the Apache chief, Geronimo, for whom a monument is being erected...
    • State history. Native Americans. Editorials. 1937-05-02. p. 1.

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