J. J. Browne
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- May 26, 1883Spokane’s Vision for a Riverfront DriveCity boosters propose a scenic four-mile carriage road along the Spokane River to showcase the falls and surrounding wilderness.Spokane River, Spokane, WA
- Aug 11, 1883Spokane Falls Council Tackles Charter, Cash, and a Dead HorseIn August 1883, the Spokane Falls City Council met to discuss a new city charter, unpaid bills, street assessments, and the problem of a dead horse. The meeting offers a glimpse into the challenges of a growing frontier town.Spokane, WA
- Aug 25, 1883The Train They Hoped Would Stop: Spokane's Bid for the Last-Spike SpotlightA mass meeting at Cannon's Hall appointed a committee to welcome President Villard's Northern Pacific excursion and make sure the editorial train lingered long enough to see the falls.Spokane, WA
- Sep 1, 1883Spokane Prepares to Welcome the Northern Pacific’s Last-Spike ExcursionIn September 1883, Spokane Falls planned arches, speeches and a day of civic pageantry to greet President Henry Villard and the railroad party opening the transcontinental line.Spokane, WA
- 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
- Nov 3, 1883Browne's Block: A New Brick Landmark Rises at Post and RiversideA detailed tour of Spokane Falls' most ambitious new commercial building, nearly complete and set to open December 1.Spokane, WA
- Dec 22, 1883The Night Fire Nearly Took Browne's New Brick BlockA stove left burning in a plaster-drying room set Spokane Falls' finest new brick building alight — and the town had nothing but buckets to fight it with.Spokane, WA
- Jan 12, 1884Spokane Wakes Up and Decides to Chase the MinesA packed hall of businessmen forms a committee of fifteen to build a Board of Trade and a transportation company — because the future of Spokane Falls is a road to the Coeur d'Alene diggings.Spokane, WA
- Jan 26, 1884Spokane's Citizens Buy Themselves a Road to the Gold FieldsIn fifteen minutes, local businessmen pledged a quarter of a $20,000 stock company to run stages and freight wagons between Spokane Falls and the Coeur d'Alene mines — before another town could steal the traffic.Spokane, WA
- Mar 22, 1884A Town Buys Its Own Railroad: Spokane Falls Bets $30,000 on a Line to the Coeur d'AlenesA packed hall at Cannon's Hall pledges $30,000 in minutes to build a railroad from Spokane Falls to the Coeur d'Alene mines — money not due until the track actually exists.Spokane, WA
- Feb 14, 1892The Spokane Cash infusion that bought a mayoral bidWhen local Seattle Democrats couldn't find a candidate to run for mayor, they looked east to a wealthy Spokane power broker willing to bankroll the party to further his own Senate ambitions.Seattle, WA
- Feb 21, 1893Political Rebellion in the State LegislatureSenator Hutchinson breaks with the Democratic caucus in Olympia to challenge railroad-backed influence in Washington politics.State Capitol, Olympia, WA
- Aug 21, 1894The Fusion Bargain: Democrats and Populists Trade Principles for a TicketA Tacoma dispatch describes backroom talks, proxies and newspaper maneuvering as Washington's Democrats and Populists weigh a joint slate.Tacoma, WA