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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1892 | 2 |
| 1895 | 2 |
| 1908 | 1 |
5 stories matching feb
- Two Spokane Chiefs Sign a Reservation Agreement After Years of Refusal
Enoch and Louis, leaders of the Upper and Middle Spokane, agree to move to reservations set by the 1887 treaty after years of living in the canyons.
- The Spokane Judge Who Dozed on the Bench — and Admitted Using Morphine
A legislative committee closes its impeachment inquiry into Superior Judge Arthur, while his defenders explain that the sleeping was simply 'a restful position' brought on by neuralgia.
- “This Ends Everything Between Us”: A Spokane Hotel Room, a Revolver, and Two Children
Mark McCiammy shot his wife twice and turned the gun on himself in a downtown Spokane hotel. She survived twelve hours — long enough to ask that she not be buried beside him.
- Ladders to the Rescue: Spokane's Crescent Block Burns
A pre-dawn fire guts a three-story brick building, trapping lodgers until firefighters raise ladders to the windows.
- The Iron Road Rushes East
In 1892, railroad tycoon James J. Hill arrived in Spokane to finalize plans for a massive rail expansion that would forever link the Columbia River plateau to the transcontinental network.