Cannon
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- Sep 22, 1883Drawing the Lines of a New CityA called council meeting in September 1883 redrew Spokane Falls’s boundaries, split it into four wards, and argued over who would elect the city’s officers.Spokane, WA
- Oct 13, 1883Spokane Falls Fires Back at the Boom-SayersA Walla Walla society paper printed a traveler's claim that Spokane Falls was a real-estate humbug at its zenith. The Falls' editor answered with population figures, water power, and an invitation to tour the new bridge.Spokane, WA
- Nov 10, 1883Spokane Bets $1,000 on a Road to the Coeur d'Alene MinesA Saturday-night mass meeting in Cannon's Hall puts real money behind a wagon road from Spokane Falls into the mining country — and the boosters are already calling their town 'the Denver of the Northwest.'Spokane, WA