Timeline of Spokane, Washington

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Spokane, Washington, USA.

19th Century

1874 - Spokane Falls settlement established in Washington Territory by James N. Glover.^[1]
1879 - Spokane Times newspaper begins publication.^[2]
1880 - Population: 350.^[3]
1881 - November 29: Spokane Falls incorporated as a town and then as a City.^[1]
1882 - Spokane becomes seat of Spokane County.^[1]
1883
- Northern Pacific Railway begins operating.^[1]
- Central School opens.
1884 - YMCA established.[1]
1887
- Sacred Heart Hospital opens.^[4]
- Jesuit Gonzaga College established.^[1]
1889
- August 4–6: The Great Fire.^[1]
- Union Pacific Railroad begins operating.^[1]
- Town becomes part of the new U.S. State of Washington.
1890
- Town of Spokane Falls renamed "Spokane."^[1]
- Casino Opera House opens (approximate date).^[5]
- Population: 19,922.^[3]
1891
- Spokane High School and Holy Names Academy built.^[6]
- Amtrak inter-city rail station opened.
1892 - Great Northern Railway built.^[3]
1893 - September 19: Franz Ferdinand of Austria visits town incognito.^[7]
1894 - The Spokesman-Review newspaper in publication.
1895
- Spokane County Courthouse built.^[8]
- U.S. military Fort George Wright established near town.^[1]
1896 - Deaconess Hospital established.^[1]
1897 - Chamber of Commerce^[9] and Spokane Stock Exchange established.
1900 - Population: 36,848.^[3]^[1]

20th century

1904
- Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad began operations (until 1929).
- Manito Park and Botanical Gardens created.^[1]
1905
- Spokane Public Library building opens.^[10]
- Woman's Club formed.^[6]
1908 - Portland-Spokane railway begins operating.
1909 - Federal building constructed.^[2]
1910
- Commission form of government adopted.^[1]
- Population: 104,402.^[1]
1914
- Whitworth College active.
- Davenport Hotel in business.^[5]
- Clemmer Theater built.
1915 - Spokane Mountaineers club formed.[2]
1916
- Eastern Washington State Historical Society established.^[11]
- Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture established as the Cheney Cowles Museum.
1919 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter founded.^[12]
1921 - Civic building opens.^[2]
1925 - October: National Indian Congress held.^[13]
1929
- Spokane Daily Times begins publication.^[14]
- Cambern Dutch Shop Windmill built.^[6]
1931 - Fox Theater an Art Deco movie theater
1932 - Park Inn opens.^[15]
1933 - Grand Coulee Dam construction begins in vicinity of Spokane.^[16]
1935 - Benewah Milk Bottle building constructed.
1938 - Spokane Art Center opens.^[2]
1939 - Doyle's Ice Cream Parlor opens.^[17]
1942 - U.S. military Fairchild Air Force Base begins operating near Spokane.
1946
- Spokane municipal airport active.^[16]
- Yoke's Fresh Market in business.
1947 - Spokane Civic Theatre incorporated.
1954
- Spokane Coliseum opens.
- Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist built.
1955 - NorthTown Mall in business.
1960
- Mayor-council-manager form of government adopted.^[16]
- Population: 181,608.^[16]
1963
- Spokane Community College established.
- Protest during the Civil Rights Movement^[18]
1967 - Spokane Falls Community College opens.
1974
- Spokane Convention Center built.
- Pavilion Opera House and River Park Square shopping center open.
- Expo '74 world's fair held in Spokane.^[16]
1977 - Lilac Bloomsday Run begins.^[16]
1978
- Spokane Fire Station Museum established.^[11]
- Riverfront Park established.
1981
- Spokane River Centennial Trail constructed.^[16]
- Spokane Historic Landmarks Commission created.
1990 - Spokane Hoopfest begins.^[19]
1995
- Community Health Association of Spokane active.^[20]
- Spokane Arena opens.
1996 - City website online (approximate date).^[21]^[22]
1997
- Spokane Preservation Advocates organized.[3]
- Spokane Valley Mall in business near city.
1999 - Spokane Washington Temple opens.

21st century

2003
- September 23: Gun incident at high school.^[23]
- James E. West becomes the 43rd mayor.^[24]
2005
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers becomes U.S. representative for Washington's 5th congressional district.^[25]
- Spokane Valley Heritage Museum established.
2007 - Spokane hosts U.S. Figure Skating Championships
2010
- Population: 208,916.^[26]
- Spokane hosts U.S. Figure Skating Championships
2011 - January: Bombing attempt.^[27]
2012 - David Condon becomes the 46th mayor of Spokane.
2020
- Population: 228,989.^[28]
- Nadine Woodward becomes the 47th Mayor of Spokane.
- Construction began on the Spokane Sportsplex owned by the Spokane Public Facilities District.
- Construction began on the City Line.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Writers' Project 1941.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kensel 1969.
^ "Our History". providence.org. Providence. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Alan Michelson (ed.). "Pacific Coast Architecture Database". Seattle: University of Washington. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Historic Preservation Office. "Historic Properties of Spokane". City-County of Spokane. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ C. S. Kingston (1925). "Franz Ferdinand at Spokane—1893". Washington Historical Quarterly. 16 (1): 3–7. JSTOR 40475476.
^ "Historical Dates and Maps". Spokane County. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ "Finding Aids". Northwest Digital Archives. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v.
^ ^a ^b American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Washington: Spokane". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN 0759100020.
^ Mack 2014.
^ "Barnes Northwest Room: Digital Collections". Spokane Public Library. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ Brand, Nathan (9 January 2013). "Park Inn: The Untold Story". The Inlander. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "History: Time Line". City of Spokane. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ Nailen, Dan. "Best Of Food". inlander.com. The Inlander. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ Mack 2003.
^ "Spokane Hoopfest". www.spokanehoopfest.net. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
^ Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Spokane, Washington". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ "City of Spokane". Archived from the original on 1998-12-05 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
^ Spokane Public Library. "City Government Home Page". Archived from the original on 1997-01-13.
^ "Student Shot in Standoff at a Spokane High School". New York Times. September 23, 2003.
^ "James West, 55, Spokane Mayor Ousted in a Sex Scandal, Dies". New York Times. July 25, 2006.
^ "Washington". Official Congressional Directory: 109th Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2005. ISBN 9780160724664.
^ "Spokane (city), Washington". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ "In Spokane, a Mystery With No Good Solution". New York Times. February 13, 2011.
^ "QuickFacts 2020". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

Bibliography

Settlers' guide to homes in the northwest, being a hand-book of Spokane Falls, W.T. Spokane Falls: Dallam, Ansell & Edwards. 1885.
Jonathan Edwards (1900), Illustrated History of Spokane County, W.H. Lever, OCLC 4873043, OL 6912581M
"Spokane" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 713–714.
Nelson Wayne Durham (1912), History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington, Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., OCLC 3098070, OL 13528646M
Spokane City Directory. Polk. 1913. hdl:2027/uc1.l0065060402.
Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Spokane", Washington: a Guide to the Evergreen State, American Guide Series, Portland, Or.: Binfords & Mort, hdl:2027/uc1.b3624995 – via HathiTrust
W. Hudson Kensel (1969). "Inland Empire Mining and the Growth of Spokane, 1883-1905". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 60 (2): 84–97. JSTOR 40488655.
Dwayne A. Mack (2003). "Crusade for Equality: Spokane's Civil Rights Movement during the Early 1960s". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 95.
Dwayne A. Mack (2014). Black Spokane: The Civil Rights Struggle in the Inland Northwest. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-4712-3.

External links

Items related to Spokane, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1941-2] Federal Writers' Project 1941.

[FOOTNOTEKensel1969-3] Kensel 1969.

[4] "Our History". providence.org. Providence. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[pcad-5] Alan Michelson (ed.). "Pacific Coast Architecture Database". Seattle: University of Washington. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[historicspokane-6] Historic Preservation Office. "Historic Properties of Spokane". City-County of Spokane. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[7] C. S. Kingston (1925). "Franz Ferdinand at Spokane—1893". Washington Historical Quarterly. 16 (1): 3–7. JSTOR 40475476.

[8] "Historical Dates and Maps". Spokane County. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[nwda-9] "Finding Aids". Northwest Digital Archives. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[10] American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v.

[aaslh2002-11] American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Washington: Spokane". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN 0759100020.

[FOOTNOTEMack2014-12] Mack 2014.

[13] "Barnes Northwest Room: Digital Collections". Spokane Public Library. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[LOC-14] "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[15] Brand, Nathan (9 January 2013). "Park Inn: The Untold Story". The Inlander. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[spokanecity-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "History: Time Line". City of Spokane. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[17] Nailen, Dan. "Best Of Food". inlander.com. The Inlander. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[FOOTNOTEMack2003-18] Mack 2003.

[19] "Spokane Hoopfest". www.spokanehoopfest.net. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.

[NonprofitExplorer-20] Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Spokane, Washington". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[21] "City of Spokane". Archived from the original on 1998-12-05 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[22] Spokane Public Library. "City Government Home Page". Archived from the original on 1997-01-13.

[23] "Student Shot in Standoff at a Spokane High School". New York Times. September 23, 2003.

[24] "James West, 55, Spokane Mayor Ousted in a Sex Scandal, Dies". New York Times. July 25, 2006.

[25] "Washington". Official Congressional Directory: 109th Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2005. ISBN 9780160724664.

[quickfacts2010-26] "Spokane (city), Washington". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[27] "In Spokane, a Mystery With No Good Solution". New York Times. February 13, 2011.

[QuickFacts2020-28] "QuickFacts 2020". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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