![]() This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. ![]() The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Passengers and minerals alike were transported in and out daily. Spokane was now the gateway to the Pacific Northwest and had firmly established the inland northwest as an area in its own right. Spokane’s earliest wealthy citizens made their fortunes by owning and operating mines in this district. In fact, many minerals were discovered that year including silver and zinc. It wasn’t necessarily a coincidence that the transcontinental railroad was linked in the same year that gold was discovered in the Coeur d’Alene mining district. ![]() Just two years after its arrival, the railroad was linked trans continentally making Spokane a connection hub to both the east and west coasts. With it came easier shipping and access to the greater area. ![]() One of the biggest shifts came when the Northern Pacific Railroad arrived in Spokane in 1881. Things were really taking off in the area as more and more people moved in. A general store was established by Downing in 1878 and with easier access to supplies, Spokan Falls became attractive to additional settlers.īy 1879, Spokane county had been established and Francis Cook started the first newspaper named the Spokan Times. In that same year, the area became known as Spokan Falls. So, he bought out Downing & Scranton in 1873, and convinced Frederick Post to build a Gristmill at the falls, in order to grind grain. He saw the potential of the river and falls to generate mills and attract settlers to the area. The founding father of Spokane, James Nettle Glover, came to the settlement with intentions of establishing a town in the area. The next people to establish a presence and build in the area were James Downing & Seth Scranton, who built a sawmill close to Spokane Falls in 1871. The Spokane House was located approximately 9 miles northwest of current day downtown Spokane, and an interpretive center now resides in its place with information about and models of the original settlement. Jacque Finlay was likely the first person of European descent to explore the greater region of the inland northwest and to encounter its indigenous tribes. Thompson hired Jacque Finlay, a free hunter, to build a trading post and to carry out the hunting and fur trading. English cartographer David Thompson happened to be on an expedition for the North West Company to map the greater Spokane and northwestern territory. This area was desirable for fur hunting as the rivers were slow and winding. They established a fur trading post named Spokane House at the meeting point of the Spokane River and the Little Spokane River. The first settlers of European descent arrived in 1810, with the British-Canadian North West Company.
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