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Below are the stories we have run in past issues of Nostalgia Magazine. If you would like to order any of these back issues, please call the Nostalgia Magazine office at (509) 443-3678.
November/December 2010
- The Engine That Couldn't
- Alfred Hensel worked as a Rail Mal Carrier on the Northern Pacific Railroad in the early 1900s.
- by Keith L. Yates
- Ode To A Cinque O Generian
- A poem on old age.
- by Dale Shute
- Working at the Ridpath Hotel
- Memories from 1957 working as a bus boy for Colonel Primeau and Chef Otto.
- by Darryl Dickey
- If We Didn't Have It We Used...
- A comparison of of old household items to modern conveniences.
- by Leone A. Browning
- The Day the Washer Took a Hike
- Plumbing in a new washer in the 1950s only to find it moving across the room.
- by Roxie Olmstead
- Colonel Morrison's Vision of Fairfield
- What began as Truax then Regis, the town of Fairfield began in 1878.
- by Chandra Logan
- Our Miracle Goat
- Desperate for food and milk during the Depression, a stray goat shows up providing needed nutrition. The family operated C.C. Clark Sawmill on Deer Valley Road near Newport.
- by Faith McClenny
- The Natatorium Jack Rabbit
- Beginning in 1905, the roller coaster at Nat Park was always a favorite attraction until its demise in 1968.
- by Daarin Z. Krogh
- Rockwood Manor: Looking Back Fifty Years
- From ground breaking in 1959, a modern retirement facility is built.
- by Dr. Brian Shute
- Undefeated and Unscored On
- The 1941 Riverside High School football team totaled a 91-0 record for the season.
- by Ida Ovnicek
- Early Aviation History of Lewiston
- James Baldwin and Bill Bailey started flying in 1931.
- by Jerry Turner
- Nostalgia Letterboxing
- An old-time adventure of hide-and-seek game is started by Nostalgia Magazine in Spokane.
- by Dr. Brian Shute
September/October 2010
- Moving the Clayton Grange Hall
- Moving the historic Clayton Grange #456 to Warren Nord's place in 1958.
- by Wally Lee Parker
- In My Hometown
- Nostalgic memories of fresh milk delivery, pumping your own gas, friendly smiles from neighbors and a simplier life.
- by Penny Smith
- The Ol' Swimmin Hole
- Learning to swim in Cowiche, near Yakima in the summers of the 1930s.
- by Del Muse
- Our Home-Made Race Track
- Building wagons from spare parts and a race trck down a steep winding road.
- Daniel B. Wilson
- I Will Even Eat Boiled Cabbage
- When mom lost her purse, there was no money for food. Joing together the family decided to make do with what they could find.
- by Lillian Decker
- Airplanes Race to Spokane
- Memories of the 1927 National Air Derby air races from New York to Spokane and then on to San Francisco.
- by Dr. Brian Shute
- The Desert Hotel
- Built in 1905 in downtown Coeur d'Alene, the Desert boasted 100 rooms with spectacular views of lake Coeur d'Alene.
- by George LePard
- The Legacy of Drumheller Springs
- A natural spring supplied water to Indians, stockmen, soldiers, missionaries and citizens of Spokane on this historical trail from the Spokane River to the Spokane House.
- by Mike Brambley
- My Secret Hiding Place at Drumheller Springs
- Hiding in the brush where Chief Spokan Garry's school house once stood.
- by Darryl Dickey
- What a Dump
- Living in a run down apartment in downtown Spokane during the depression.
- by Arlene Goodrich Rowles
July/August 2010
- Please Write Soon
- Training a child in the art of letter writing.
- by James A. Nelson
- My Model T Ford Coupe
- Painting slogans on his 1927 Ford Coupe made for a unique looking car around Central Valley High School during the World War II.
- by Keith L. Yates
- A Boy Scout's Experiences
- Begging Mom and Dad to let him join the Boy Scouts in 1937 with the family heavily in debt from the purchase of new farming equipment.
- by Jennell Branson
- Camp Sweyolakan
- Since 1922, young people from the Inland Northwest have been enjoying wonderful outdoor experiences at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
- by Elizabeth Giles-O'Brien
- Aunt Fern is Here. Run!
- A strong-willed child and an old sourpuss Aunt clash.
- by Betty Jean McDow
- The People's History of Stevens County
- A look at the some of the families who first settled in Stevens County.
- by Doris Winskie
- Magic Stories
- The tale of hiring a young man to take the fathers spot in the Civil War.
- by Christine Wingate
- The Summer Campout
- Favorite memories from the family campouts in the mid 1950s.
- by Douglas Raymond Rose
- Boy Shot In Bed
- In 1946, Don was grazed by a stray bullet while sleeping.
- by Don Jacobson
- Preaching the Gospel Fearlessly
- Fond memories from the country church pastor and sermons.
- by Peter K. Johnson
- A Summer of Fishing & Hiking
- The summer of 1947 found the Sullivan family in Glacier National Park while Dad worked.
- by Maribel Sullivan
- A Jewell of a Drive-In
- The Ownbey's Drive-In Theater in Pend Oreille County.
- by Rolin Miller
- Marching Out of the Military
- Marching with the 161st Infantry Regiment of the Washington Army National Guard unit in 1953.
- by Kurt Kromholtz
May/June 2010
- 100 Year Old Fairfield Parade
- Fairfield celebtrates Flag Day for the past 100 years.
- Hillyard Is Buring
- Hillyard High School burns down January, 1931.
- by Darin Krogh
- Summer Beach Life in 1944
- Spending endless summer days on the beach.
- by Jim Scott
- My Secret Cowboy Life
- Living the adventures of cowboys through the pages of Western pulps.
- by John Dinan
- Family Game Night: Huggin' The Rail
- A motorcar racetrack board game full of strategy.
- by Mark Bordsen
- A Trip to the New Frontier
- Traveling by immigrant train to Washigton Territory for a new start in 1882.
- by Edward T. Russell
- Racing More Than Toy Boats
- Racing boats around Coeur d'Alene Lake, Hauser Lake and the surrounding area.
- by Roy Mackey
- A Ten Horse Farm
- It was 1934, the world was deep in the Great Depression and farming was a day-by-day struggle
- by J.A. Gray
- Log Cabin Getaway
- A one-room log cabin at Sacheen Lake in the 1960s provided summer fun.
- by Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- A Bottle of Gunpowder
- A whiskey bottle full of fake gunpowder empties the barbershop.
- by Phyllis Burrows
- Forbidden Sweet
- Stealing candy from the gas station store.
- by Sheron Donahue
- Guarding the Railroad Tunnels
- Local citizens arm themselves to guard the Great Northern Railroad tunnels in Scotia Valley and near Chain Lakes.
- by Glen Shivley
- Main Street Life of a Pioneer Town
- A look at life along Main Street in Colville in the early 1920s.
- by Shirley Dodson
March/April 2010
- A Spokane Election Un-Counted
- A drifter in 1900 is put on the ballot as a joke, only to win, had a strict count been made.
- by Rev. Jonathan Edwards
- Strawberries for a Model T
- Selling strawberries earns Grant a Model T. He then started the Antique Auto Ranch selling car parts around the country.
- by Grant Lundin
- Listen to the Prairie
- Re-living memories on country drives through the Palouse.
- by Judy Palpant
- A Polio Pioneer Test Child
- The first of school kids receiving their Polio shots in 1954.
- by Susan Decuir
- Family Game Night: Star Reporter
- A board game acting out the adventures of a reporter as he travels the country
- by Mark Bordsen
- The Centerpiece of Farm Life
- The family barn served both function and fun in the 1950s.>
- by Tom Kovach
- City Girl Goes Country Living
- A city gal goes to Curlew to visit cousins living on the farm.
- by Marianne Hutson
- Americans in Concentration Camps
- A glimpse into the Japanese Internment Camp at Manzanar War Relocation Center.
- by Dr. Brian Shute
- Adventures in My Red Wagon
- Traveling the city streets in a red Radio Flyer wagon. A brief history of the Radio Flyer Wagon.
- by James A. Nelson
- The Ford Mustang Family
- History of the Ford Mustang, The Boss 429 and the Mach 1.
- by Rick Neet
- Homesteading A Farm
- Survival at Mountain Home, Idaho and the Camas Prairie area meant hard work for the Braucht family.
- by David L. Braucht
- Living in Trailerville
- A student housing area near the campus of Eastern Washington College of Education in Cheney.
- by Del Muse
January/February 2010
- The Beginning of Spokan Falls
- The year 1879 brought much excitement with the survey of the Northern Pacific Railroad with prospects of speedy construction.
- by Rev. Jonathan Edwards
- The Crescent's Lasting Legacy
- Doris Pickerel and Sarah Keenan recall the Crescent.
- by Samantha Keenan
- The Handiest Horse I Ever Had>
- Winder sleigh rides in Bridgeport.
- by Birdie Hensley
- Family Game Night: Mr. Ree
- A detective game of mystery as you travel around the house looking for a murder.
- by Mark Bordsen
- Driving the American Dream
- The girls were on the side of the road wearing their boy's letterman's jacket as the roar of car racing went by on the country road in the 1950s.
- by Chloe Dye
- A Little Girl's First Boat Ride
- Traveling to the Oregon coast to visit grandparents and taking a boat ride.
- by Leanna Nicodemus
- Washington's Worst Train Disaster
- Multiple avalanches bury a Great Northern train killing 96 near the Cascade Tunnel.
- by Winifred Crowley
- A Mail Order Murder
- A young lady placing a personal classified ad in a newspaper attracts the attention of an evil man in 1928.
- by Darin Z. Krogh
- Our Beautiful Dresses
- Mom made dresses for the Presbyterian Church Pageant in 1924 for her two daughters.
- by Lillian Bonnie Burke
- Chevrolet's Red-Hot Hill-Flattener
- The 1955 Chevrolet.
- by Rick Neet
- Building Nucler Blast Detectors
- Working at Tecto Electronics, Harold builds a devise to detect the light of a nuclear blast.
- by Harold Curryer
- Ski-Mor Ski Area
- The 1930s ski resort on Browne's Mountain in the Spokane Valley built by Will Schaefer.
- by Natalie Johnson
December 2009
- One Last Ride on a Sleigh
- Watching great-grandmothers coffin being pulled through the snow by a horse to her burial site in Council, Idaho
- by Quentin R. Higgins
- To Much Snow for Santa
- There was so much snow in Sprindale in the early 1950s that dad could not get out to buy us presents.
- Sharon Nilson
- Dissolving a Problem At School
- Adding copper sulphate to an inkwell at Moran Grade School in the 1940s took care of a lot of pens.
- by Don A. Jacobson
- Learning the Three "R's"
- My favorite teacher Miss V.V. Cavanaugh and her strict manners.
- by Jean Adams
- Spokane's First "Baby Spokane."
- Blue Bell milk bottles had my baby picture on the paper cap in 1926 advertising me as the first "Baby Spokane" winner.
- Ken Moore
- Workin on the Railroad… My Ticket to College
- In the summer of 1955 I worked for Perry's Food shop and then as a section-gang on the Great Northern.
- Kurt Kromholtz
- Searching for a Television Signal
- Plowing through the snow in 1955 in search of a spot that would receive a TV signal.
- Jennell E. Branson
- A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
- Hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor during church services at Opportunity Christian Church
- by Keith L. Yates
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December 2008
- A Pickup Full of Bears
- Loggers find a bear den and put one of the cubs in a pickup only to have it awaken from the heat.
- by Jennell Branson
- The Barton Family Players
- Jess Barton band and family play at the Half Moon Grange and other venues.
- by Barbara McBride
- Can You Go Home Again?
- Revisiting my hometown in Lewiston, Idaho.
- by Claudine Pearson Luppi
- My Sister's Big Catch
- Outfishing the others in the family on an outing at Grays Harbor and Westport.
- by Richard Reidburn
- Ordering a Sears Girl
- A joke about ordering a model from a Sears catalog.
- by Phyllis Cline
- Yeoman Skills Lasted a Lifetime
- My cleark duties in the Navy.
- by Keith L. Yates
- Typing My Way Through War
- Puttig my typing skills to use in the Army running the teletype machine.
- by Owen Rasmussen
- A Yellow Raodgrader
- All I wanted for Christmas was a roadgrader only to sell it shortly after my purchase.
- by Jack Hordemann
- Neighborhood Caroling
- Chritmas caroling from a horse drawn sleigh owned by Abe Frederking.
- by Colleen Birchill
- Entertaining With My First Car
- Roger Berger doesn't follow all the rules with his first car./dd>
- by Stephanie Regalado
- Waiting For Santa
- Putting out the cookies and waiting for a visit from Santa.
- by Joan Meade Morse
- Christmas Past
- Gathering together as a family was a special time at Christmas.
- by Glory Pearson Peel
November 2008
- Car Tire Kicking Fever
- Dad loved to go car shopping on east Sprague and we kids "got" to go along.
- by Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Ensuring a Safe Supply of Blood
- Beginning in 1945, the Inland Northwest Blood Center started collecting blood in glass jars in the historic Fernwell Building.
- by Paul Oleniacz
- Favorite Pictures of a Favorite Season
- Fall photos from the Hooper farm north of Colville in 1952.
- by Artye Lee Scott
- The Wild West in Deer Park
- The Thomas Zimmerer family comes to Deer Park in 1908.
- by Roxanne Camp
- Entertaining The Neighborhood Gang
- Lik-M-Ade, licorice wheels, Chum Gum and penny candy were the summer favorites.
- by Cynthia Siegfried
- Eye Witness to History: The Building of Grand Coulee Dam
- Working as a telegraph operator and Station Agent at the Northern Pacific Depot in Almira offered William Kreitz a unique view of the building of Grand Coulee Dam.
- by Mark Sundquist
- Getting Kicked Into Music
- Bud Burrows and the Far West Boys country band began in 1949 before a live radio audience on KGA. He became the first local country star to sign a TV show with KREM-TV.
- by Nancy Nolan
- My First Real Job: Building Wandermere Golf Course
- Working for $150 a month, Dick spent his summer months at Wandermere Golf Course.
- by Richard Krutch
- Moab: An Early Inland Northwest Town
- The present day Newman Lake and Liberty Lake, once were called Moab and Grier Lake.
- by Keith L. Yates
- The Creepy Old Mansion and the Ghost
- At $7 a month in 1928, the Healy Mansion seemed to be haunted to a four year old.
- by Harriet Adams
October 2008
- Going to WSC on the Cougar Special
- Traveling on the Northern Pacific to Pullman cost from $1.80 to an expensive $16.50 for a room for five in the late 1940s.
- by Gene Woodwick
- The Spokane Valley Inter-Church Youth Fellowship
- The joining of Opportunity Christian Church, Opportunity Presbyterian Church, Spokane Valley Baptist Church, and Opportunity Methodist Church.
- by Keith L. Yates
- My First Car and First 'Love'
- Hot rods like the 1932 Ford Four-Door Sedan modified to race at the Deer Park Race Track.
- by Jack Hordemann
- Movie Shows for 20 Cents
- A look back at the Liberty Theatre, The Rex Theatre and other downtown Spokane theaters.
- by Kurt Kromholtz
- The Edwall School District
- History of the Edwall school from 1894.
- by Polly Robinson Cunningham
- Baby Boomers Bloom
- Leading Boy Scout Troop 191
- by Jack Rogers
- Stealing From My Teacher
- Stealing $10 from the teachers purse at McKinley Elementary School in 1945.
- by Jeannette Smith
- Spokane and the American Dream
- From Italy to Spokane, the Santora family makes many friends.
- by Glory Pearson Peel
- The Decline of Gregg Shorthand
- Learning shorthand in school let to many opportunities.
- by Joan Flickinger
- Lidgerwood Boys Club
- The start of the boys club in our home in 1947.
- by Bob Robertson
- The Job Shop
- Working for the Spokesman-Review after graduating from high school in 1950.
- by Patricia R. Lewis
September 2008
- The Piano Lady
- Playing the piano at J.J. Newberry's store to sell sheet music.
- by James A. Nelson
- Minnehaha School
- The beginning of Cooper Elementary School from 1895.
- by Amy Whisenand
- A Frozen Deer Brings Warm Memories of Grandpa Bill
- William McBride made sure his family had many opportunities to hunt, fish, and camp.
- by Paul McBride
- My Biggest Catch
- Catching a steelhead trout on the Snake River in 1953.
- by Mike Gould
- Flying High With Ralph & Bob Hewes
- After the War, the Hewes brothers started giving flying lessons at Colville. They eventually started the Hewescraft Boat Company.
- by Katie Hewes Marabello
- Playing the Picture Shows at the Pix Theater
- Running the projectors at the Pix Theater in Cheney in 1953.
- by Kyle Pugh, Jr.
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- Taking trips when we could afford the gas in the early 1940s.
- by Artye Lee Scott
- The Snake River Tramways
- Moving the wheat harvest from the Palouse down to the Snake River by a tramway.
- by Willard Pennell and Jennell Branson
- Lake of the Spirits
- The history of Spirit Lake, Idaho
- by Lucas Beechinor
- It Happened in Our Very Own Living Room
- The teachers Bridge Club from Oakesdale School meet in our home in the 1930s.
- by Rosemary Henrickson
August 2008
- Dogs Who Have Owned Us
- The family dog has been part of the family since 1949.
- by Bernice Beyer
- The Tents
- Col. George Oliver and his family.
- by Maarilyn Smith
- Pioneer Grandma Walker
- Martha Walker raised five children after her husband was bucked off a horse and died in 1926.
- by loren G. Guenther
- The Buckleys in Hillyard
- Ralph and Arthur Buckley arrive in Hillyard in 1902.
- by Rae Anna Victor
- Sheriff Ralph Buckley
- Spokane County Sheriff in 1936.
- by Rae Anna Victor
- Delivering the Mail at Ford
- John Hutchins was the first postmaster at Curby in 1902.
- by Barbara Schulte>
- The 84th Fighter Squadron at Geiger Air Force Base
- Stationed at the base from 1960 to 1963.
- by Joe Piazza
- Counting Maggots
- Selling fish bait in 1933.
- by Ila Van Stone
- Building An Airplane
- Brothers Hugh and Earl Kraemer build an airplane from scrap barn wood in the 1930s.
- by Amy Whisenand
- A Fishing Family
- The Ames family and their fish catch.
- by Mary Lou Granger Ames
- The Best Bloomsday I Never Ran
- Skipping the first Bloomsday run in favor of a fishing outing.
- by Jim Williams
- Going to Girl Scout Camp
- Attending Camp Four Echoes in 1956 for the first time.
- by Connie Charlton Kimball
- Handy Corner Grocery
- the mom and pop store in Spokane was a favorite.
- by Archie Cress
- A Covered Wagon Adventure
- Cecil McDonald brings his family from Canada to Spokane by covered wagon in 1928.
- by Harriet M. Adams
July 2008
- A Little Bit of Everything
- A July 4th tradition at the Larry D'Hondt family farm north of Spangle in the mid-1950s.
- by Amy Whisenand
- Summer Camp at Pinelow
- Memories of Pinelow at Deer Lake starting in 1952.
- by Roxanne Zimmerer Camp
- The All-America Track Star That Was Forgotten
- Melvin (Pat) Pettichord from Garfield was a world class athlete in 1933.
- by Willard Pennell
- When Jukeboxes Were Popular
- The 1940s golden age of the the jukebox.
- by Keith L. Yates
- Working the Fountain With Dad
- Working a soda fountain and gift shop outside the Old National Bank building in 1941.
- by Jane Powell Oakley
- Secret Trap Door at North Central
- Exploring a hidden room under the floor at N.C. in 1948.
- by Bernice Beyer
- A Diamond Lake View
- Camp Diamond Resort on Sunset Beach in 1947.
- by Edna Worthington Fruit
- Fond Memories of Diamond Lake
- Memories from the 1930s to the 1940s at Camp Diamond and Diamond Lake
- by Evelyn Stanley Morelli
- Paradise Beach
- A summer in Paradise in 1936.
- by Bud Shaw
- A Priest Lake Adventure
- Boating on Priest Lake in 1965.
- by Artye Lee Scott
- This is a Honeymoon?
- Trying to find the right honeymoon cabin at Diamond Lake in 1944.
- by Robert L. Hopp
- Building an Indian Friendship
- Easing tensions with the Cayuse Indians in 1847 around Walla Walla.
- by Paul Franzmann
- Dancing at Lewis & Clark
- Favorite dances at Lewis & Clark High School in the 1960s.
- by Suzanne Gaylord Patneaude
- Queen For A Day
- A popular radio show in 1945 brings tears to a family.
- by Mary Chandler
June 2008
- We Had Places To Go
- Three North Central buddies, Bob Bowles, Kevin Healy, and Sonny Thrush pool all their money to buy a 1928 Model A for $50 in 1953.
- by Stephanie Regalado
- A Polka Dot Food Store
- The neighborhood store operated by Art Gillette.
- by Joan Meade Morse
- When Gonzaga Prep Was Gonzaga High
- Starting my freshman year at Gonzaga High in 1951.
- by Kurt Kromholtz
- Working at the Spokane Cycle and Toy Shop
- Working at the cycle shop during high school years.
- by Gerald Minden
- A Jig and a Poem
- Lovell Blodgett and his brother Al, start Blodgett Merchantile.
- by Margaret Blodgett
- Fishing With Grandfather at Rocky Point
- Favorite fishing spot with Grandfather in the 1950s.
- by Linda Piazza
- We Had Little Money, But Love
- Dad did a lot of walking to work because he didnt have the 10 cents for a bus pass.
- by Doris Meredith Sims
- Meyers Falls
- Lost to the flood waters of Grand Coulee Dam, Meyers Falls becomes Kettle Falls.
- by Lucas Beechinor
- A Father's Day of Terror
- Mom's rampage was directed at an intruding spider that landed on Dad.
- by Carol McAdams
- Sitting on Daddy's Leg Bench
- Polio does not slow down Calvert Meade.
- by Joan Meade Morse
- Towering Above Most
- Hard work in the 1920s provides Jeremiah Hardie Dempsey with just enough means to raise his family
- by Geraldine Dempsey Boston
May 2008
- Mud Pie Cooking Lessons
- Good old fashioned dirt was the key ingredient for these pies in the late 1930s.
- by Amy Whisenand
- A Fishy Honeymoon at Priest
- A fishing trip experience for a honeymoon in 1944.
- by Jean Amy Adams
- A Woman in the Reserves
- Serving with theh WAVES during in 1950.
- by Joan Richey
- The Vegetable Garden Contract
- John would produce a vegetable garden for Connie if she produced a daughter for John. They both were productive in 1943.
- by Anne Huneke Chamberlain
- Wife Takes Over Husband's Job
- Mona takes over her husband's job at city hall while he is away in the Navy - for half the salary.
- by Katie Schmick
- Moving Through the Depression
- Finding work during the Depression.
- by Maribel Sullivan
- Counting Money and Blessings
- Raised by mom from 1928, the kids learned to get by with what they had.
- by Thomas J. Summerson
- Living in the Spokane Valley
- Life in the valley for Susie Brown Lightle from 1918.
- by Carol Schulz
- Nostalgic Memories of Arlington Grade School
- Third grade memories from 1942.
- by Artye Lee Scott
- North Central High School
- 100 year history of the north side school.
- by John Tuft
- Boxing at Central Valley High
- The 1940s boxing program.
- by Rodney Hahn
- What My Mother Never Told Me
- Learning some etiquette on the spot at a military dinner with my husband.
- by Margaret Huntington
April 2008
- Goat-Cart Photography
- A photographer shows up at the Shauvin home with a cart pulled by a goat to take the family portrait.
- by Amy Whisenand
- Circle KD Ranch
- A summer camp circa 1948 started by Mary Kay and Don Wahlin at Newman Lake.
- by Brian O'Donnell and Lauretta Balcom Block
- Wiring the Carlyle Hotel
- Re-wiring the famous hotel in Spokane taking out telephone wire that was used for electrical wire in the mid 1960s.
- by Howard Slemmer>
- Take Me Out to the Ballgame
- Hattie McKeehan was named the most enthusiastic Spokane Indians baseball fam in 1941.
- by Thomas Summerson
- The Servants Dining Room at the Campbell House
- A look at the duties and living conditions for the servants of Amasa and Grace Campbell.
- by Suzanne Lynch
- The Pathwayto a Young Man's First Car
- Art Randall tells of getting his first car in 1946.
- by Stephanie Regalado
- Have You Ever Been a Newspaper Carrier?
- Working as a newspaper delivery boy starting in 1940.
- by Keith L. Yates
- The Glamour Girls of the Fox Theater
- Margie Day worked as an usher in the 1930s making $13 a week.
- by Stephanie Regalado
- Home Remedies
- A hand-sewen pouch with garlic cloves inside cures a cold in 1935.
- by Maureen Fine
- When Radio Came to Town
- In the mid 1930s listening to radio programs was a family affiar every evening in Okanogan County.
- by Donald R. Johnson
- Motor Vehicle Operator's License
- A look at some very old drivers licenses.
- by Betty Ratzman
- The Winning Shadle Debaters
- The varsity debate team was unbeatable in 1960.
- by Jochelle Schatz
- Life on the Old River Ranch
- Ruth Jeffers tells her story growing up on the horse ranch just south of Colfax.
- by Tim Putnam
March 2008
- Popping Corn at the Fox Theater
- Making popcorn as fast as I could for the downtown theaters in 1945.
- by Richard Reidburn
- Hang Gliding in 1936
- Building a hang glider from a kit.
- by Dean Ladd
- The History of Spokane's Hassie Car Club
- Car buffs unite in 1958 to form a club.
- by Gary Graupner
- Spokane's First Recycler
- Roy Ross starts the Ross Transfer Moving Co. in 1908.
- by Paul Ross
- Cords, a Chevrolet, and Me
- At age 14, Mike drove the truck for cordwood cutting famly operation in 1947.
- by Mike Alward
- The Day I Made Harry Laugh
- Working as a lot boy for a car dealership in 1950.
- by John "Jack" Hordemann
- Jet Mechanic
- Serving with the 116th Unit in 1951.
- by Dean Ottmar
- My First Crush
- Falling in love with Donald Burns in the 5th grade.
- by Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- My Precious Boots
- Almost loosing my boots in a mud field during the Depression.
- by Hilda Maston
- Arlington Grade School: A Community in Itself
- Memories from the class of 1947 and surrounding community.
- by Gene Woodwick
- The Jot 'Em Down Store
- Traveling from the farm to town for supplies in the 1950s.
- by Veronica Free
February 2008
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December 2007
- A Lancaster Christmas
- Visting Lancaster in 1932 for a Christmas.
- by Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- The Night the Angels Flew Backward
- A Christmas memory in a destressed family.
- by Irene M. Foley
- Fun at Honeymoon Bay
- A summer of swimming on Newman Lake in 1941.
- by Shirley Henderson
- The Girl at the Mailbox
- Mailing love letters from Ft. Wright ended up in a special photo shoot.
- by Betty Lowney
- Grandfather's Storytelling
- My favorite stories at Christmas time.
- by Anna Harbine
- Helping Dad Come Home
- Collecting items for the war effort in 1941.
- by Earl Duell
- Spokane Fastpitch Softball
- The mighty Joey August team in the 1940s.
- by Bob Pasby
- The Car That Hated Cold Weather
- Our Plymouth refused to start in the winter of 1949.
- by Eleanore McKenna
- Dancing For Joy at the New Pratt Elementary School
- The beginning and end of Pratt Elementary
- by Don Olmsted
- Orville C. Pratt
- Superintendent of Spokane Public Schools in 1943.
- by Susan Tubb
- Never Trust a Reindeer
- Dressing up for a Christmas play.
- by Carol McAdams
- Pro Football Game at Gonzaga
- New York Yankees play the Brooklyn Dodgers in an exhibition football game at Gonzaga on August 24, 1946.
- by Fred Griffith
- Ray Flaherty: Local Star to NFL Coach
- Former Gonzaga football star coaches the New York Yankees.
- by Susan Tubb
- The Evergreen Accordion Club
- Playing for Van Dee and Virginia Sickler in 1940.
- by Shirlee Holmes
- New Locomotive Engines
- New engines for the Northern Pacific Railroad roll out of the Hillyard shop.
- by Verne Alexander
November 2007
- Traveling to a Boy Scout Jamboree
- Earl recounts the experience of taking the train to Pennsylvania.
- By Earl Duell
- Central Valley High's First Cross Country Team
- When football didn't work out for Keith, he help start a Cross Country team at CV in 1942.
- By Keith L. Yates
- Swirls and Snuggles
- Warm family traditions around the kitchen with Grandma.
- By Marge Huntington
- From Dinosaurs to Chickens
- Raising chickens in the Depression in Ruby Creek, Idaho
- By Cora Oliver
- A Bad Start in My First Car
- Getting in trouble with my 1930 American Austin Bantam
- By Jerry Davison
- When I Was Eight
- A perspective from an 8 year old
- By Lee Rogers
- Logging Section Fifteen
- Logging in the Thompson Creek area above Newman Lake on George Cunningham's land
- By Peggy Cunningham
- Sunday Drives in Dad's Hudson
- Touring around Spokane in a 1937 Hudson Terraplane
- By Jim Nelson
- Cheerio! Fortissimo!
- Playing the accordian under the direction of Van Dee Sickler.
- By Joan Meade Morse
- Japanese Fu-Go Balloons
- The first Intercontinental Weapon System launched by Japan lands in Washington
- By Willard Pennell
- The Orpheum of Old
- Bob Wright and Coral Carr dress the part of the movie playing to help draw in customers to the theater.
- By Michael Wright
- Situation Normal All Fouled Up
- A comedy of errors as I joined the Spokane Naval Reserve
- By Larry (Bud) McGee
October 2007
- Simply Skating
- Roller Skating at Monterey and Dishman Roller Skating Rink, 1952
- By Stephanie Prentiss
- Halloween Ghouls & Goodies
- Halloween neighborhood party, 1950
- By Nancy Chevigny Dahlke
- For the Love of Airplanes
- Bud Shaw talks about his days at Spokane Naval Air Reserves
- By Stephanie Regalado
- The Boge Bros. Bakery
- Driving a delivery truck at the bakery.
- By Fred Beckemeier
- Before Commercial Fertilizers
- Planting sweet clover in Whitman County near Garfield, Washington as a fertilizer.
- By Willard Pennell
- Life of a Classic Vintage
- Rita's first car was a 1961 Ford Falcon.
- By Rita LaReice
- Buzzing the Wood
- Cutting firewood for the Greenwood Grange near Kettle Falls, Washington
- By Dale Walston
- Mercy Mission
- Deathly sick while at Spokane Naval Air Station
- By Rodney Hahn
- Ross Point Memories
- Ross Point Baptist Camp, 1966, Post Falls, Idaho.
- By Mark Sims
- Goose Hunter
- Shooting a goose with a rifle, 1944.
- By Bill Flynn
- A Monumental Story Continued
- A monument to those killed while building Grand Coulee Dam.
- By Susan Gallyon Dechant
- A Veteran of the Fire Wars: Ranger Frank D. Haun
- Forest Ranger in Gold Creek and Seeley Lake Districts, Montana
- By A.H. Abbott and O.D. Simpson
- Homesteading Near Colville
- Building a family and farm.
- By Charles Hoyt
September 2007- EZ Loader Boat Trailers
- Starting EZ Boat Loader company in Spokane.
- By Lucas Beechinor
- The Lion from Spokane
- Gail Cogdill is drafted out of Washington State to play football with the Detroit Lions.
- By Jay Dean Gunter
- P.T.A. "High Kicks"
- Dorothy Gaylord Phillips performs with the Lewis & Clark High School PTA.
- By Shannon Genzone
- Strumming to Stardom
- Roger Berger plays and sings his way to fame on KSPO, and KXLY.
- By Stephanie Regalado
- Naval Air Station Spokane
- The history of the Spokane Naval Air Station at Geiger Field.
- By Aimee E. Flinn
- Laddie, Heel!
- Dog training in 1959
- By Patricia Lewis
- A Special Northwestern Combine
- The Idaho National Harvester builds a new combine machine, 1905.
- By Glenn M. Leitz
- Sugar Reports at Ft. George Wright
- Posing for the Fort George Wright Review newsletter.
- By Robert L. Hopp
- God in the Forest
- A poem about Camp Reed.
- By Myrtle Gaylord
- A Lasting Memory of Elvis
- Her father drove Elvis around Spokane.
- By Gaylene Moos Pope
- Hunting Traditions
- Learning to hunt.
- By Cora Oliver
- The Magical East Baldwin Avenue Neighborhood
- Memories of a Spokane neighborhood.
- By Kurt Kromholtz
August 2007
- Pea Picking
- Farming in Fairfield, Washington.
- By Jennell E. Branson
- Open Road Pioneers' Club for Boys
- Starting the boys club in Spokane.
- By Keith L. Yates
- Walking with Daddy
- A poem about dad.
- By Patti Richardson
- From Street Racing to Drag Strips
- Joe Blaylock drag racing feats.
- By Lucas Bechinor
- Leonard Magart and His Shadow Bay Resort
- Shadow Bay Resort on Marshall Lake.
- By Gerardette Sager
- Cool Bathing Suits
- Arlene and her sister model their bathing suits.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Camp Reed as I Remember It
- Attending Camp Reed
- By Herb Partridge
- The Making of Camp Reed
- The history of Camp Reed on Fan Lake, Deer Park, Washington.
- By Lucas Beechinor
- Station Keeper at Geiger
- Bob Waite talks about his duties as a Station Keeper at Geiger Field.
- By Stephanie Regalado
- Horses and Men
- Building State Route 20 from Tonasket to Republic.
- By Donald R. Johnson
- Elvis Visits Spokane
- An in-depth story about Elivs visit and concert at Joe Albi Stadium August 29, 1957.
- By Alan Hanson
July 2007
- The Exciting Career of Spokane County Sheriff Floyd Bower
- Sheriff in Spokane County, 1925.
- By Rae Anna Victor
- Daredevil Days
- Riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Coeur d'Alene.
- By Eugene R. Soper
- Springtime Walk
- Memories of Dad by his five daughters.
- By Mo Palmer
- Riding the Trains on Vacation
- Taking trips on the Great Northern Railway.
- By Donna Matheny Deeble
- Memories at Riverside Hall
- Round Hall dancing barn near Potlatch.
- By Lucas Beechinor
- The All-Girls Marching Pirettes
- The first Pirette Marching Unit at Rogers High School.
- By June Summers
- Those Mighty Marching Pirates
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- The Marching band at Rogers High School.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Horsing Around with the McLellan Family
- Raising horses at Seven Mile bridge area.
- By Carol McLellan Franson
- The Night Winona Burned
- Fire burns wheat crops in Winona, Pasco, and Kahlotus.
- By Cecil Morrow
- A Humble Start for Willie Fritz
- Hard work pays off for Willie.
- By Gary Graupner
- Liberty Lake Memories
- Summer fun at Liberty Lake.
- By Don Coyle
- Poopsie: My First Car
- Buying my first car from Stoddard-Wendle Fordtown, 1959.
- By Kurt Kromholtz
June 2007
- Downriver Park
- Forming a park in Spokane
- By Devon Smith
- Door-To-Door Lessons
- The life of John Tuft.
- Stephanie Regalado
- Training From Our Dad
- Memories of Danny Anderson.
- By Heidi and Kelsey Anderson
- The Essence of Pa
- Memories of Bob Carnegie.
- By Nan Carnegie Robison
- Great Depression Struggles
- Clarence Nickerson works at Hazelwood Dairy during the Depression.
- By Lucille Huotari
- A Dad and His Daughter
- Memories of Ronald Aubrey.
- By Tammy Hipp
- Surviving Life's Trials
- Memories of Henry Risley.
- By Hilda Maston
- Blacksmith Grandpa Hoyt
- Charles Henry Hoyt, a blacksmith in Spokane.
- By Charles Hoyt
- Unconditional Love
- Memories of the Kennedy family.
- By Jackie Kennedy McIntyre
- Reminders of Yesterday
- C.H. Hemmings of Sprague, Washington.
- By Ann E. Yates
- My One Armed Grandpa
- Memories of John Beechinor
- By Lucas Beechinor
- Always Time for Fly Fishing
- Thomas Yates memories.
- By Keith L. Yates
- Dad and the Spare Nickel
- Buying one apple for a nickel and then splitting it between two girls.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- From a Childs View
- Dean Ratzman's children share some memories.
- By Betty Ratzman
- Heroes to a Child
- 7th Grade class at Post Falls share memories about a family hero.
- Tromping a Snow Path
- Jacob Dean always put his family first.
- By Evelyn Allen
- Daily Adventures with Dad
- Memories of Don Moos
- By Bill Moos
May 2007
- A Youthful Passion for Fun
- Spokane Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club adventures.
- By Milly Killingsworth
- The Boone Street Barn
- Working together at the Spokane Coliseum leads to marriage.
- By Amanda Ehnes
- Aunt Vi's Long, Long Commute to School
- Walking to school in 1950 leads to a story and photo in the Seattle Times
- By Jo J. Adamson
- Single and Having Fun
- Dressing up like Charlie Chaplin
- By Doris Sims
- A Son's Tribute to His Mother
- Memories of Elma
- By Elmer Dempsey
- Life Down on the Farm
- Life on a farm
- By Bernice Horch Beyer
- A Pioneer Spirit of Old
- Homestead life in Hood River
- By Winnie Moore
- My Grand Style Mother
- Memories of my mother
- By Joanne Kennedy
- From a Mother's Point of View
- Memories of Joyce Scher by her son Rick
- By Joyce M. Scher
- Jumping for Joy
- Memories of Beth Swank
- By Tracy Swank
- My Stay-at-Home Mother
- Memories of Amy Lloyd
- By Joan Richey
- Handmade by Mom
- Memories of Juanita Johnson
- By Gail Jantz
- Seeing Double
- Memoires Zola and Lola Ames
- By Lola McCreary
- Spring Planting
- Memories of Marialice Holt
- By Joy Painter
- Riding with Mom
- Motorcycle riding with Eva McLaughlin
- By Harley McLaughlin
- Monday Memories
- Memories of Clara Denison
- By Ardell Boleneus
- My Swiss Miss Mother
- Memories of Marthe Alice Lettenmaier
- By Patrick Lettenmaier
- Endless Jobs for Mother
- Memories of mother on the farm
- By Dorothy Stephens
- Memories from Baldwin Street
- Memories from the Logan neighborhood
- By Nancy Monk
- Window Shopping with Mom
- Memories of Rhea Hammond
- By Joyce Shaffer
- Playing Dress Up
- Memories of mother
- By Cindy Long
- Artistic Mother
- Memories of Altha Norris
- By Keith L. Yates
- Mom's Calls
- Memories of mother
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Cooking Was Her Claim of Fame
- Rose Driscoll memories from Kettle Falls and Headquarters, Idaho
- By Betty Ratzman
- Awkward Beginnings Didn't Deter
- Dating experiences out of the ordinary
- By Carly Menard
April 2007
- Selling Magazines Door to Door
- Selling magazines for the Cromwell Publishing Company in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- By Keith L. Yates
- We Saw Elvis
- Memories of the Elvis concert at the Spokane Memorial Arena on August 30, 1957
- By Tom Jackson, Paul and Charlotte Cooper, John Hendrix, Caroline Baker, Sharon Brazington, and Richard Reidburn
- Valley Flood of the Sixties... and the Lady who Prayed it Away
- Flooding in the Spokane Valley during 1957
- By Gary Graupner
- A Day in the Life of a Hardrock Miner
- Mining in the Star Mine in Burke, Idaho
- By Lowell L. Vanskike
- The Spokane Hotel
- History of the Spokane Hotel from 1889 until 1962
- By Robert B. Hyslop
- 1895 Eight Grade Final Exam
- A high school final exam
Running the Elevator at the Crescent Department Store
- Working as an elevator operator at the Crescent
- By Carol Snow
- Higher Than Eagles
- Spokane's World War II Pilot Lt. Eugene Shauvin
- By Larry Whitesitt
March 2007
- Whitetails To Deer Park
- History of Deer Park. Naming the streets.
- By Flynn Espe
- Chilling Events on East Baldwin
- Telling ghost stories to the neighborhood gang.
- By Kurt Kromholtz
- Fire Lookout: A Boy's Summer of 1941
- Manning a fire lookout tower on Marble Mountain in the Colville National Forest
- By John Carroll Ellingson
- Dating in a Small Country Town
- A farm boy romances a local girl in Garfield, Washington
- By Willard Pennell
- Learning the Dental Trade
- Dr. Charles Olsen teaches his neighbor the trade
- By Jean Adams
- Campbell House Writings
- Letters from maid Iris Nelson while working at the Campbell House in Spokane
- By Suzanne Lynch
- It's the Plumb Truth
- The plumbing family of Helmuth Beyer
- By Bernice Beyer
- David Bemiss Grade School
- Photo of the 1938 class
- Delivering Messages
- Working for the Western Union as a delivery boy in 1940.
- By Mel Cruger
- Gram's Story
- Growing up in Sandpoint, Idaho
- By Cecil Hicks
February 2007
- Fun on the Job at Trentwood
- Working for The Aluminum Co. in 1943.
- By Norma Panther
- Parting Gifts
- Delivery driver for Appleway Motors in 1944.
- By Cecil Whipple
- Ready and Able
- Working for St. Luke's Hospital
- By Viola Randolph
- My 1940s Home Ec Life Lessons
- Home Ec classes at Whitworth College in 1941.
- By Candace Hansen
- Blanchard Valley School
- Class photo from 1936
- College and the Married Life
- Attending Spokane University
- By Amber Glen
- St. Joseph Family Center
- History of St. Joseph Orphanage in Spokane from 1890 to present
- By Stephanie Regalado
- Sig Hansen Left His Mark at Central Valley High School
- A favorite teacher at Central Valley
- By Keith L. Yates
- Remembering Farmington
- History of Farmington, Washington
- By Flynn Espe
- Dating Trouble with Parents
- Mel and Betty dating troubles
- By Betty Rubertt
- Dating in the 1930s
- North Central High School students dating ventures.
- By Doris Sims
January 2007
- Brotherhood of Friends
- Fun at the BOF Lodge in Spokane
- By Trudy Weston
- Whitman County Winter
- The winter of 1948-1949
- By Willard Pennell
- On the Level
- Bricklayer Dick Hubbard's story
- By Shannon Genzone
- A Monumental Story
- A memorial in honor of those who died building Grand Coulee Dam
- By Susan Dechant
- Not Exactly the Caddy Shack
- Caddy work at the Spokane Country Club
- By Gene Woodwick
- My First Job at V.O.A.
- Working for Volunteers of America in Spokane
- By Suzanne Gaylord Patneaude
- Dad
- A Poem
- By Dusty Niendam
- Growing Up in the Depression Years
- Farming in Eastern Washington
- By Ralph Fuller
- An Original Mayflower
- My 1953 Plymouth Station Wagon
- By Gary Graupner
- A Trumpet Duet
- Rogers High School friends
- By June Summers
December 2006
-
Cascades Double Take
- A photo then and now of Lyman Glacier
- By Gary Dowler
- For the Love of Fine Horses
- Harry Gumm and his horse business
- By Stephanie Regalado
- From Trolleys to Buses
- Driving for the Spokane United Railways
- By Naomi Clark
- Remembering World War Two
- Memories of December 7, 1941
- By Keith L. Yates
- A Messenger Boy for Old National Bank
- Delivering messages for Old National Bank
- By Robert Hopp
- Vegaline
- Spokane's Original Bio-Fuel manufactured by Power Oil & Gas Co. and The Union Iron Works
- By Glenn Leitz
- Memories of the Crescent
- Working at the Crescent in 1951.
- By Mari Sullivan
- Bussing at the Apple Bower
- A buss boy's adventure inside the Davenport Hotel
- By Patrick Lettenmaier
- Homegrown Health Cures
- Home remedy cures with no side effects
- By Hilda Maston
- Gonzaga's Winning Edge
- Gonzaga University's hockey team.
- By Paul Delaney
- Homemade Hockey
- Playing hockey with Vernon Doyl at Manito Park
- By Shannon Genzone
- A Memorable Thanksgiving
- A military Thanksgiving meal
- By Jean Adams
November 2006- A.M. Cannon Park
- History of the Cannon Park from 1907
- By Devon Smith
- The Winter of 1979
- A very cold and snowy winter.
- By George Taylor
- Dancing Into Each Others Heart
- A military man finds his sweetheart at a dance
- By Rose Carmen
- M.M. Cowley
- Early Pioneer Figure
- By Keith L. Yates
- Rogers High School's First Cheerleader
- Thresa Perry Poffenroth tells of the first cheerleading squat at Rogers in 1932.
- By Stephanie Regalado
- Pandean Club
- A musical club from North Central, Lewis & Clark and Rogers High School
- By June Summers
- The Rookery Building
- History of the Rookery block in downtown Spokane.
- By Robert B. Hyslop
- The Magic of Chemistry
- Learning from a home chemistry set in 1946.
- By Kurt Kromholtz
- Sunday Dinner at the Spokane Hotel
- Eating out at the Spokane Hotel
- By Marilyn Newkirk
October 2006- Pataha Flour Mill
- Grinding flour in Garfield County
- By Jim Schwab
- Tea Time
- Having tea with my dolls.
- By Kathleen Cronin
- Dating at Central Valley High
- Dating adventures in 1945
- By Keith L. Yates
- Ritzville's Colorful Wiltse
- History of Albert Wiltse and Ritzville.
- By Harland Eastwood
- Barlow Construction
- Building service stations around Spokane.
- By Gail Melanson
- Blodgett Merchantile Company
- History of the Blodgett Merchantile and family.
- By Stephanie Regalado
- Babe Ruth Visits Spokane
- The Great Bambino visits the Davenport Hotel in 1926.
- Empire State Building
- History of the Empire State Building at the southwest corner of Riverside and Lincoln.
- By Robert B. Hyslop
- Friday Night Toolin
- Driving the streets of Spokane in 1946
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- My Four Lakes
- Living on four different lakes.
- By Bernice Beyer
- The Edna E. Davis School
- Spokane's school for the deaf.
- By Lisa Hemken
September 2006- Spokane Air Show Tragedy
- A crash of planes in 1944 ruins a military air show.
- By Dick Krutch
- Foggy Days
- Driving to Lake Christina in British Columbia.
- By Dale Walston
- A Good Day Fishing
- Fishing on Pend Oreille Lake in 1965
- By Bernice Beyer
- Any Ice Today, Lady?
- Delivering ice to homes in Hillyard.
- By Carrol Marquardt
- Otis High Basketball Team
- Photo from 1931
- Capone
- History of Al Capone's brother Vincenzo Capone
- By Ailleene Swenson
- The Seventh Air Force
- Flying missions over the South Pacific in 1943.
- By Captain Bob Strong
- When Neighborhoods Were Neighborhoods
- Memories of the North Maple area.
- By Doris Sims
- Desert Sands
- Cooking at the Oasis Restaurant inside the Desert Hotel.
- By Rose Poutre
- 100 Years of Insurance
- History of Fidelity Associates Insurance and Financial Services.
- The Naked News
- Summer adventures in the North Idaho Panhandle.
- By Grant Lundin
- Nostalgic Memories of Harvesting Wheat
- Wheat harvest in the Tonasket area.
- By Donald R. Johnson
- 111 Years of Meetings in Colfax
- History of the Athenaeum Club
- By Lenore Steffan
- My Mom... No Stranger to Automobiles
- Mom's Ford Model T Touring car
- By Lillian Burke
- The Empty Plate
- A Poem
- By Joe Klimes
August 2006- Do You Know Josie?
- Looking for Josie Hamilton.
- By Nancy Rowley
- Music Lessons for Spokane
- Musical lessons from Margaret Anderson.
- By June Summers
- Struck By Lighting
- Lighting strike at Kaniksu National Forest nearly kills John Laughlin.
- By Peggy Cunningham
- The Bike Races
- Bike racing around Baldwin Avenue
- By Kurt Kromholtz
- Bob, Brad and the All-Boy Band of North Central
- Bob Lewis Marches with the North Central High School band.
- By Patricia Lewis
- Moran Cemetery
- History of the Moran Cemetery
- By Don Olmsted
- Sixty Years of Steam
- Fairchild's Central Heating Plant
- By Michael Hinz
- A Modern Home
- Buying your home from a Sears Roebuck catalog.
- Lance Hills
- Outside of Cheney connects a Regional Pioneer.
- By Glenn Leitz
- Journal of a Mule Train Packer
- Mule packing for the North Idaho mines.
- By James Watt
July 2006- The Fastest Way Around a Short Track
- Morris Gaylord's racing at Spokane Sports Center
- By Stephanie Regalado
- A Tennis Family
- Photo of John Ulowetz family
- My Life as a CCC Boy
- Working for the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Growden on Sherman Pass.
- By Rusty Clemons
- Spokane Junior College
- History of Spokane Junior College
- By June Summers
- The Tiny House Reunion
- A family reunion
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- The Birth of a Gordon Avenue Doll
- Growing up on Gordon Street
- By Lilly Burke
- Spokane's Greatest Athlete
- Jack Harvey, tennis and badminton champion
- By Frank Gaylord
- Moran Grade School Reunion
- History of the Moran Grade School.
- By Don Olmsted
- Petland: One Woman's Century
- History of Mamie Rand
- By Emily Green
- The Perfect Couple
- The yelling neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Irby.
- By Margaret Huntington
June 2006- Those Delinquent Reilly Boys
- A auto prank at Gonzaga College, then coffee at Johnston's Coffee House.
- By Bob Reilly
- The Home Run of the Brave
- Watching scary movies at the Rex Theatre
- By Jerry Davison
- The Ti-Girls at Lewis & Clark
- Photos of Bette Pymm Doyle as a Ti Girl and majorette.
- By Frances Pymm Oliver
- Bath Time in the 40s
- The entire family takes a bath in a washtub.
- By Bernice Beyer
- Neyland's Resort at Liberty Lake
- Sun tanning and boy watching at Liberty Lake
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Camp Sweyolakan
- Summer memories from 1944
- By Anna Mae Henry
- Ice Cream Anyone?
- History of Behm's Valley Creamery
- By Carol Behm Elliott
- A Warm Summer Day
- Photo of Hyde boys
- By Gene Hyde
- Charliebeth and the New Electric Hot Water Tank
- Selling dad's favorite cow for a hot water tank in 1943.
- By Keith L. Yates
- Lake Leo
- Homesteading in 1904 in the Pend Oreille Lakes west of Tiger, Washington
- By Don Olmsted
- Fred Astaire or Chicken Little
- Tap dancing lessons in 1933 led to recitals at the Rialto Theatre and the Women's Club of Spokane.
- By Larry McGee
- Our Blockful of Kids
- The ten and eleven-hundred block of east Baldwin.
- By Kurt Kromholtz
May 2006- Air Force Band Brought Honor to the Inland Northwest
- The 560th Army Air Force Band.
- By Keith L. Yates
- Finding Work in the Depression
- Building Grand Coulee Dam
- By Patricia Lewis
- Raised in the Madsen Hotel
- The Wilbur, Washington hotel was my home.
- By Frank Hanson
- Hidden Treasure
- The Cheney Historical Museum
- By Joan Mamanakis
- The Welcome House
- Rev. Herbert and Mabel Anderson provided a home for serviceman stationed in Spokane.
- By Stephanie Regalado
- Burke: Idaho's Newest Ghost Town
- The Hecla Mining Company's history tied to Burke.
- By Lowell L. Vanskike
April 2006- Building a Sawmill
- Logging and running a saw mill near Thompson Creek north of Newman Lake in the mid 1930s.
- By Peggy Cunningham
- An Alaskan Adventure
- The Alaskan Railroad Construction Company builds the Government Railroad in 1910.
- By Peggy Cunningham
- Life on the Bellwood Farm
- Near Valleyford, Washington was once a large dairy operation.
- By Vern Eden
- A Little Reminder of a Big Adventure
- The story of Mary Alice and husband Robert Rieper and their journey by covered wagon to Deer Park in 1899.
- By Karla Rose
- A Tribute to True Friends
- North Central High School friends.
- By Anna Mae DeFreese Henry
- Life at Sacred Heart School of Nursing
- Bertha Thulon's nursing school memories from 1914.
- By Karla Rose
- Lilac Festival Time in Spokane
- Memories from many years of parade watching.
- By Marilyn Newkirk
March 2006- Marching To Different Drums
- Marching with the Red Feathers unit at North Central
- By Bernice Horch Beyer
- The Sisters of the Holy Names and Fort Wright
- History of the Sisters school and education in Spokane.
- By Ron Belisle
- What's a Tilakums?
- The Spokane Chronicle kids club.
- By Mark Weadick
- The Campbell House
- Restoring Helen Campbell's Blue Silk Drapes.
- By Suzanne Lynch
- An Earlier Time
- Neighborhood memories on Gardner Avenue and around Spokane.
- By Robert Scheel
- L. Merlin Norris
- Preacher, photographer, reporter and scout executive and adventures at Spokane University.
- By Keith L. Yates
- White Hair of the Spider
- Lucile Hird and her gift of Laqueus.
- By Rita LaReice
- Where Have All The Drive-Ins Gone?
- History of drive-ins across Eastern Washington including Ownbey's Drive-In, Deer Drive-In, East Trent Motor-In, East Sprague Drive-In, North Cedar Drive-In.
- By Rolin Miller
February 2006- Chattaroy School Burns Down
- A fire in 1934 burns down the local school house.
- By Verle Burch
- Teenage Mischief
- Having fun around Spokane
- By Bud McGee
- All the Pioneers Are Not Dead
- Jesse and June Green move from California to Spokane in 1959 in a home-made camper.
- By Jesse Green
- Rose Lake
- Rose Lake, Idaho history.
- By Edward Johnson
- The Old Homestead
- Homestead living in the Deer Lodge National Forest of Montana in 1919.
- By Viola Ala
- Corbin Park
- The Secret Race Track.
- By Gene Ambacher
- Daily Chronicle Tilakums
- History of the kids club, Tilakums
- By Richard Ennis
- Spokane Hotel Memories
- Memories of the Spokane Hotel and the Silver Grill.
- By Helen Dennis
- Ruby City Cemetery Found
- A lost cemetery is found.
- By James O'Brien, Lynda O'Brien, Jerry Smith, Laurie Smith
- The Mayors of the City of Spokane
- History of the city Mayors from 1881 to 2006.
- By Karla Rose
- Norway's Royalty Charms Spokane
- A Royal visit by Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Marta in 1939.
- By Margorie Coombs
- Billy Peterson and Me
- Lillian and Billy Peterson still a kiss in the cloak room.
- By Lillian Bonnie Burke
January 2006
- Spokane - Nashville of the West
- Singing groups like Clyde and Slim sing on KFPY in Spokane each week.
- By Keith L. Yates
- The Palouse Highway
- Building the Palouse Highway in 1936.
- By Delta Don Olmsted
- Hillyard Family Home
- Patrick Foley works for the Great Northern Railroad.
- By Carol Foley Meehan
- Memories of Logan Grade School
- Memories from 1937 and 8th grade class photo from 1941.
- By Philip Heine and Dorothy Wright Damrell
- Snow Surveying
- Glenn Nogle and Guy Imus take snow measurements for Washington Water Power Company in the North Cascades mountains in 1948.
- By Mary Ann Kozel
- Grandfather's Blacksmith Shop
- Photo of H.A.Krum's shop in 1905
- By Peggy Cunningham
- The House R.A. Jones Built
- Superintendent of Spokane City Waterworks during the Great Spokane Fire of August 4, 1889.
- By Matthew Collin
- Seth Woodard
- Spokane Valley Pioneer from 1882.
- By Harold E. Skinner
December 2005- Gold, Frankincense and What?
- The gifts presented to Jesus at His birth, including Myrrh.
- By John Tissot
- Spokane Women's Club
- History of the club from 1905.
- By Stephanie Regalado
- Spokane Junior Miss Pageant
- Judging at the second annual pageant in 1969.
- By Leon Ross
- My Christmas Sweetheart
- Rondy Ledford travels through a winter storm to be home for Christmas.
- By Brenda Kay Ledford
- McGee's Service Station
- History of Sid McGee and his gas stations.
- By Bud McGee
- The Story Behind Rockwood Clinic
- History of Rockwood Clinic and Captain William Robinson, founder.
- By Stephanie Regalado
Logan Elementary School
- History of Logan and a 7th grade class photo from 1940.
- Let the Trumpet Blare
- Playing in the Rogers High School pep band in the 1940s.
- By Bernice & Walter Beyer
- Were We Montanies?
- Traveling from Great Falls, Montana to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
- By Leslie P. Yates
November 2005- Tightening Belts - Rationing During WWII
- Tax Tokens and Rations during the war years.
- By Delta Don Olmsted
- Washington's Tax History
- Major Washington State Tax History
- The Handsome Horseman
- History of George Horch and his horses.
- By Bernice Beyer
- A Passing of Time
- Memories of grandmother.
- By Dan Pawlowski
- A Rumble Seat
- Double dating in a 1930 Model A Ford Roadster.
- By Madge Saunders
- Captain Midnight
- Comic book relief in the 1950s.
- By Terry Nelson
- Apron of Love
- My mothers kitchen apron and the love she showed.
- By Frieda H. Morgenstern
- Hopalong Cassidy and Professor Barry
- Popular TV show impressed the kids.
- By Ruth Burke
- 1933 Wilson Grade School
- Photo of 2nd grade in 1933.
- The Home Place
- History from the south Moran Township in 1936.
- By Delta Don Olmsted
- An Old Fashioned Barbershop
- History of the Audubon Park Barbership and Nick Nickerson.
- By Mark Carter
- Cashup Davis - Wilderness Innkeeper
- History of James "Cashup" Davis and the Steptoe Butte Hotel he built.
- By Mark Carter
- Please Connect Me to Main 327, Operator
- The Spokane telephone exchanges from 1902 to 1960.
- By Nella Rice
- Rainbow Gasoline
- A True Oil Company Station
- My Date with Dwayne
- A date that didn't start off right and ended up even worse.
- By Louise Hoff
- Letters from a Sailor
- Roy Kenneth Grant sends letters home in 1944.
- By David W. Grant
- Washington National Guard
- History of the guard unit
- The Last Ballgame
- Looking after my little sister in the 1950s
- By Margaret Brennan
October 2005- Two Spokane Sailors Almost Cause an International Incident
- Sandy Sinclair and Keith Yates get in a little trouble during WWII.
- By Keith L. Yates
- You Can Do It, But...
- Learning to play the clarinet at Rogers High School.
- By Lillian Bonnie Burke
- Heidi, the Piano Playing Boxer
- The family dog that could play the piano.
- By Bill Davison
- Cold Hands, Warm Heart
- Trying to play high school football.
- By JimSullivan
- Scary House, Happy Memories
- Memories from North Monroe street.
- By Artye Lee Scott
- The Genie and the Gyro
- Inventions by Frank Johnson in 1967.
- By Mark Carter
- My First Trip to Spokane
- Memories of Tripple XXX Rootbeer, the Milk Bottle and other Spokane highlights in 1931.
- By Leslie P. Yates
F
- irst Day of School
- First grade at Hamilton Grade School in 1925.
- By Lillian Bonnie Burke
- Hamilton Elementary School
- History of the school from 1908.
- Riding the Flumes
- The glory days of logging by the Alward family at Brickel Creek in north Idaho in 1925.
- Wheat Harvest Photo Essay
- Harvesting wheat in the Palouse country.
- By Willard Pennell
- Boy Scouts Rescue Drowning Women
- Wray Farmin saves lives at Camp Cowles on Diamond Lake in 1921.
- By Greg Mott
- What's My Line?
- Television show history.
- By Terry Nelson
- The Serenaders
- Spokane choral group of the 1940s
- By Benita Mason
- Spokane Was Not Third-World Hillbilly
- Memories from around Spokane.
- By Richard L. Jones
- From Washington County to Washington Territory - A Man Named George
- History of George W. Runnels from 1857.
- By Nellie Runnels
September 2005- Daddy the Spokane Policeman
- History of Jim Fuchs as a Spokane cop in the 1930s.
- By Lisa Hemken
The Evergreen Zoo
- Evergreen Zoological Park at Sprague and Vista founded by Art Warsinski
- By Mark Carter
- "Wild Horses" at the Boots and Saddles Club
- Painting of wild horses.
- By Ingrid Anderson
- Farming South Moran
- Art Stephan successful farming operation in 1914.
- By Delta Don Olmsted
- Steamroller
- A 10-year-old remembers seeing his first steamroller working.
- By Burt Hinckley
- Those Old Wash-Day Blues
- Electricity on the farm changes how washing is done.
- By Hilda Maston
- Sale Day
- A farm auction recollection.
- By Donald R. Johnson
- Horse Theft Mania in Spokane
- Stealing horses in Spokane in 1891.
- By Erin McPherson
- Horse Thief: The Worst Outlaw of All
- History of a horse thief.
- By Erin McPherson
- Butch Cassidy Bites the Dust
- Did Butch Cassidy actually die in Spokane?
- The Monroe Street Bridge
- A look back at the three Monroe Street bridges.
- By Mark Carter
- The Glover Mansion
- History of James Glover and business ventures.
- By Sarah Dalrymple
- Boyhood Memories of Newport
- George Graupner history and his grocery store in Newport, Washington.
- By Gary Graupner
- Telephone Communication Timeline
- History of Spokane telephone industry.
- By Willard Pennell
- Summer Harvest on the Mountain
- Harvesting wheat in Walla Walla in 1941.
- By Laverne Bilyeu
- First Day of "Real" School
- Green Mountain School northeast of Newman Lake in 1930.
- By Peggy Cunningham
- Valley Chapel
- The Valley Chapel church.
- By Delta Don Olmsted
August 2005- Joe Albi Stadium
- Memorial to a big sports fan, Joseph A. Albi.
- Life on a Dairy Farm
- The Meadow View Dairy west of Coeur d'Alene.
- By Clare Earl Johnson
- Lifestyles with Stoves
- Switching from wood cooking to electric in the 1940s.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- The Old Iron Stove
- A Poem
- By Mary R. Leason
- Victory Gardens
- Growing home gardens for the war effort in the 1940s.
- By Sarah Dalrymple
- Spokane in the 1950s
- Tooling Riverside to ugly gym uniforms
- By Marilyn Magney Newkirk
- From Certified Pioneer Stock
- History of Hughena Elizabeth Hecht-House
- By Sherri House-Rhoads
- Union Station
- From construction to demolition, 1914-1973
- My Brush With History
- Living in Grand Coulee during the construction of the dam.
- By John Edward Ernest
- Birdwatching at Camp Cowles
- Attending the Boy Scout camp on Diamond Lake.
- By Darryl Dickey
July 2005- The Doll Hospital & Winkler's Broom Factory
- Attending school at Logan School and nearby businesses.
- By Darryl Dickey
- A Page from the Past
- Growing up in Peaceful Valley.
- By Patricia Lewis
- Carnation Milk Salesman
- Driving for the Carnation Milk Company in 1952.
- By George Taylor
- The Bride's Revenge
- Making fun of a husband's lunch packed by his wife.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Summer Theater
- Showing home movies in basement theater.
- By Bernice Beyer
- Old Rex
- Working the ranch with a favorite horse.
- By Dale Bacon
- Spokane Children's Home
- History of the Spokane institution for more than 60 years.
- By Lisa Hemken
- Ditch Walking
- Irrigation systems in the Spokane Valley in 1943.
- By Keith L. Yates
- Modern Electric Water Company
- History of a water company from 1905.
- Our National Banner
- History of our American Flag.
- By Earl Echelberry
- Mrs. Kraft's Homemade Ice Cream
- A favorite summer treat.
- By William Kraft
- The Kool-Aid Kaper
- My first kool-aid stand in 1936.
- By Jerry Davison
- National Indian Congress
- From 1925 the National Indian Congress
Gonzaga High School Class of 1945 memories.
- By Dick Krutch
June 2005- Launching a Renewel of The Fox Theater
- Dick Hazelmyer, dresses up in "Destination Moon" outfit for a promotion.
- The Evergreen Accordion Club of Spokane
- Joan Morse tells of the history of accordion club from 1940s.
- By Lisa Hemken
- Electric Cooking School
- Learning to cook with electricity in 1931.
Kindergarten Class on West Mission
- Photo of Kerdergarten class of 1931
- By Barbara J Nobles
- The House on 35th
- Memories of grandpa's house on 35th street.
- By Steve Morrison
- Bobby Wayne
- Rockabilly innovator from Spokane in 1955.
- By Mark Carter
- A memorial day I'll Never Forget
- Memorial Day 1936 flying exhibition by the National Guard at Felts Field.
- Larson's Clothing Store
- Photo from 1954 of Larson's Clothing Store.
Midnight Prohibition Shootout- Mistaken Identity or Murder?
- Ludwig
- Johnsen dies in a shootout during a Prohibition raid.
- By Laura Harders
- Sawmills of Nine Mile Falls
- Long Lake Lumber Company and others along Long Lake.
- By Margaret Sontag & Benita Mason
- The Cane on the Barn Wall
- Memories of the Junior Livestock show in 1938.
- By Julie Painter Pittmann
- Yates' Yellow Bike
- My new Zenith bicycle in 1938.
- By Ronald Yates
- The Coveted Compote
- A wedding gift is cherished.
- By Marjorie Coombs
- Prohibition Bootlegger
- Lew Ward and his bootlegging experiences.
- By Lewis Ward
- The Bucking Truck of Zephyr Lodge
- Working at Zephyr Christian Conference grounds at Liberty Lake.
- By Keith L. Yates
May 2005- I Survive
- The making of the Great Northern Depot Clock Tower banks for Expo 74.
- By Will McLaughlin
- Avalanche Takes Johnny Knock
- Bob Hansen tells of a avalanche that kills his friend.
- By Mark Carter
- When I was Five
- Memories of young man in 1935.
- By Bernice Beyer
- A Man's Castle
- Living in a shack of a house.
- By Donald R. Johnson
- Codd & Allen Sawmill in King Valley, Idaho
- By Donna Carnegie
- Rebuilding Fort Spokane
- Planning for the restoration of Fort Spokane
- By John Anspauch, Dean Bakke, Robert Twyman, Mark Weadick
- The New World
- Homesteading on Peone Prairie.
- By Frank Johnson
- John C. Poetz, Spokane Architect
- Working in the shadows of Kirtland Cutter
- By Aimee Flinn
- Armed Forces Day Parade- Sights and Sounds
- Memories from a Lilac Parade.
- By Katie Ewart
- Milkin' Time
- The never ending chore of milking cows in the 1930s.
- By Denton Harris
- What ever happened to the Bijou and the Lone Ranger?
- Favorite movie memories from the 1940s.
- By Gary Luerding
- The Little House that Grew on the Palouse
- Farming off Mt. Hope Road.
- By Irene Kirkpatrick Brinson
- The Crescent- Spokane Isn't the Same Without it
- Memories from the Crescent.
- By Marion Daines
- Newlyweds in a Spokane Valley Pump House
- Working for Modern Electric Company as a ditch walker.
- By Ronald W. Yates
April 2005- The Winter of 1948-49...and a Baby on the Way
- By Peggy Cunningham
- What the Marine Corps Offered You in 1948
Military pay in 1948.
- By Jim Schwab
- Growing Up with WWII Coupons
Living with rations during WWII.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- A North Central Neighborhood in the 1930s and 1940s
Neighborhood memories
- By Doris Sims
- A Taste of the Old Country: Spokane's German Paper
Immigrants publish their own paper.
- By Erin McPherson
- Spangle Stallions
The horse breeding operation of Henri D'Hondt in Spangle, Washington.
- By Larry D'Hondt
- Indian Canyon Golf Course Opens in 1936
- Photo essay
- Yesterday When I was Young
- Growing up in the 1960s.
- By Richard L Jones
- The Second Battle Of White Bird: Over the Hill in a Maxwell
- Traveling over mountain passes in a Maxwell.
- By Rosemary Hanford Henrickson
- Grandpa and Two Trains
- Moving to Spokane and working for the Millwood Lumber Company in 1905.
- By Dick Krutch
March 2005- Early Spokane Schooldays
- Attending school in Yardley at Alcott School in 1918.
- By Maynard Eash
- Just a Pile of Bricks: The Schlosser Smokestack
- Schlosser Greenhouse in Hangman Creek Valley in 1915.
- By Stephen D. Schlosser
- Rabbits - From Hutch to Skillet to Table
- Raising rabbits for meat in the Depression.
- By Arlene Goodrivch Rowles
- Taps
- Memories from hearing the famous Taps song.
- By Marge Huntington
- Oroville Overflow- The Great Flood of 1948
- Floodwaters quickly drown out a town.
- By Daniel A McDougall
- How to Wash Woolen Underwear
- By Marilyn Wagenius
- Delivering Mail with Horse and Cart
- Delivering mail in Spokane in 1935 with horse and cart.
- By Harold F Van Horne
- History of the Cost of a Postage Stamp
- The Spokane and Inland Electric Railroad
- History of the railroad from 1905.
- By Don Olmsted
- I was Fired Three Times in One Day
- Working at the Diamond Match Company
- By Loren Robinson
- Inland Empire Model T Ford Club
- By Marith McCoul
- The Spitoon
- Spitting tobacco into a Spitoon.
- By C.J. Mouser
- Growing Up
- Saying goodbye and dealing with death.
- By Dick Krutch
- The Smells of Easter
- Memories from Easter in the 1950s.
- By Roseanne Dowell
- Dancing Feet at Central Valley High- Learning the CV Shuffle
- Dancing with the Three Musketeers in 1942.
- By Keith Yates
- My Favorite Store When I Was a Kid
- Buying snacks from the five and ten cent store.
- By Dusty Niendam
Date: 1930
February 2005- Memories of the Richfield Men
- Early service station men remembered.
- At the Track - A family Tradition
- Dennis Kellogg's midget car racing at Mead's Alcan Speedway in the 1940s.
- By Mark Carter
- In the Swim
- A Modest Look at Swimsuits
- By Donald R. Johnson
- Willie Willey
- History of nature boy, Willie Willey.
- By Keith Yates
- The Franz Family Adventure
- Henry Franz family homesteads at Badger Lake, south of Cheney, Washington.
- By Luella Dow
- WWII Buddies
- 32nd Infantry Division memories.
- By Dale Walston
- Naming the Prairie: Moran and the Bull
- How Moran Prairie got its name.
- By Don Olmsted
- Tiger Jack Fox - Spokane Boxing Great
- Boxing in the 1940s and 1950s.
- By Darryl Dickey
- President Taft Visits Lewiston
- A presidential visit in 1911.
- By Dick Riggs
- Avalanche Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Big Trouble on Mountain Roads
- Trapped at Lolo Pass by an avalanche in the 1960s.
- By Dale Bacon
- Wally's World
- Photos from the Wally Hagin Collection.
- There is a Song in my Heart
- Alvina Thom often sang for her daughter.
- By Bernice Beyer
January 2005- Under the Viaduct - Rolfe's Lube
- Noble A. Rolfe's service station under the train viaduct in downtown Spokane in 1936.
- By N.A. Rolfe
- Five Worst Winters in the Inland Northwest
- A winter countdown.
- By Ronald Miller and Charles Ross
- Cold Power
- Lewis & Clark High School buddies form a rock band in the 1970s.
- By Aimee Goodwin
- Ford's Model TT Truck of Many Uses
- Purchasing Ford trucks for the farm.
- By Grant Lundin
- St Joseph's Old Folks Home
- The Sisters of Providence open a home for the aged.
- By Dick Krutch
- Exploring Winona, A Town of Mysteries
- Winona, Washington history.
- By Jennifer Ingram
- Spokane University, A Forgotten Part of Inland Northwest History
History of Spokane University.
- By Keith Yates
- I Remember the Good Old Days
Memories of hard work at home.
- By Velda Van Zee
- Montgomery Ward & Co.
History of the famous store.
- By Hughena House
- A Classy Classic
Seeing a Horch Phaeton car.
- By Bernice Beyer
- Jailbreak in Spokane! In the Prisoners' Own Words
A prison break gone bad.
- By Rick Dettwiler
December 2004- St. Aloysius Church
- History of St. Al's on the Gonzaga campus.
- By Richard Krutch
- The Black Box
- Listening to a radio in 1935.
- By Al-Jack Dymond
- I Heard Angels Sing
- Remembering the first time she heard music from a radiol
- By Peggy Cunningham
- Which Peavey? A brief look at Joseph Perrier-Peavey
- History of Joseph Peavey and the Peavey tool.
- By Donna Carnegie
- Campbell House
- A Spokane historic home.
- By Patti Larkin
- The Mudslidin' Train
- The Camas Prairie Railroad derailment of 1954.
- By Janiece Pilik
- Press Paper, 2 cents
- Selling the Spokane Press newspaper for 2¢.
- By Bob Peters
- Basketball Champions of Spokane County, Valleyford High School
- The undefeated Valleyford basketball team of 1932.
- By Ralph Johnson
- Two for One Price
- Louis Ward horse selling business in the 1920s.
- By Lew Ward
- Lone Scouting Days
- A charter member of the Lone Scouts of America in 1915.
- By R. Glen Olmsted
- The American Flag - A Life Journey
- By Artye Lee Scott
- A Pocketful of Puppy
- Opening Christmas presents early.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Survivor - A Mail Clerk's Story and the Avalanche of 1910
- Stevens Pass trail wreck kills over 100 people.
- By Dolores Hensel Yates
November 2004- Opportunity Township Hall Landmark in the Valley
- Home of the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum.
- Harvest Special
- Working a stationary threshing machine in 1938 between Mt. Hope and Valleyford, Washington.
- By Frank Johnson
- Saturday at the Movies: Kids from the '40s Remember
- By Janet Hathaway
- Dancing Footwear Taps on Boots for a Cowboy
- The Leeson girls begin tap dancing lessons in 1941.
- By Mona Leeson Vanek
- Cars, Cars, Cars: Central Valley Cruisers
- Cars that kids drove to school in the early 1940s.
- By Keith Yates
- Washington Air National Guard: Eighty Years of Service
- Submitted by 141st Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
- Grace Babtist Church: From Sawdust floors to Elegant Edifice
- History of Grace Baptist Church from 1890.
- By Mark Carter
- Tiger Tale: Homestead on Tiger Hill
- Homesteading in Tiger, Washington in 1916.
- By Dorothea Nordstrand
- A Good, Good Thing: Emerging Through Trials With Joy
- Farm life with Harvey Stueckle and his family in Whitman County in 1915.
- By Marla Hyder
October 2004- Zephyr Lodge on Liberty Lake: A Colorful Past
- History of camp on Liberty Lake.
- By Keith L. Yates
- Remembering Nell Shipman: Hollywood Actress in Spokane and Priest Lake
- Minnehaha Park was the filming site for actress.
- By Jennifer Ingram
- Pounders Jewelry
- 49 Years of Golden Service
- End of an Era: A Mom & Pop Grocery Store
- Mike's Cash Grocery.
- By Ed Stevens
- Stout-Hearted Seven: Young Historians Learn About Life on the Oregon Trail
- By Matt Kaiser
- Tracking the Cougar
- Washington State University's humor magazine.
- By Jennifer Ingram
- Expo Flashback
- By Paul Swift
- Growing Up in Mr. Hill's Backyard
- Growing up in Hillyard from 1940.
- By Rich Matheny
- Halloween Story
- By Ronald E. Provinsal
- Pranks and Other Memories
- By Bob Hansen
- Kettle Falls, the Columbia River, and Apple Pie
- Bruce Schrecengost travels to Spokane in 1939 with his family.
- By Bud McTavish
- Too Many Spuds
- Farming in the Depression.
- By Marjorie Vincent Coombs
September 2004- The Spokane Trophy: Honoring Our Sons in the Navy
- Navy trophy had its beginning in Spokane in 1907.
- By Aimee E. Flinn
- Spokane's Own Naval Hero
- History of Robert John Monaghan.
- By Aimee Flinn
- Those Special 1940s Dresses
- Sewing dresses and in the 1940s.
- By Beverly Hill McKinney
- The Apple Farm: An Oroville Adventure
- Working in the orchards of Oroville, Washington.
- By Darryl Dickey
- Chief Spokane Garry: The Pacific Northwest's First Teacher
- By Keith L. Yates
- John Ball: Early Pacific Northwest Teacher
- By Keith L. Yates
- Jay P. Graves and the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Company: From Local Streetcar Line to Regional Electric Railway
- By Lorri Moulton
- First Impressions of America :Tacoma: 1905
- Attending Whitworth College in Tacoma
- By Janet Hauck
- KSPO Disc Jockey: Bud Miller: "I'm still around"
- By Bud Miller
August 2004- Expo '74 Flashback: GM's People Mover
Carl Bernson: Growing Up in Spokane
- By Carl Bernson
- Old Idaho Sign Stands Once Again
- Rebuilding the Heyburn State Park sign in a CCC camp in 1935.
- By Kenneth J. Hart
- Growing Up With My Scots-Irish Grandma
- By Bonnie Burke
- Camp Growden: CCC Camp Photo Essay
- Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Kettle Falls, Washington.
- By Allen A. Finley
- Tomato Buggy Travelall
- Driving a 1963 International Travellall.
- By Mark Carter
- My Sisters
- Memories from Washougal, Washington.
- By Dale Bacon
- Avista's Contribution to History
- History of Washington Water Power Company
- By Natalya Shcherbina
- Feeding the Harvest: Cook Shacks on Wheels
- Working in a cook shack during harvest in the 1920s.
- By Jennell E. Branson
- Another U.S.S. Spokane: A Winning Parade Float
- By Maribel Sullivan
- Never Ending Harvest
- Memories of a deep south rice harvest in 1942.
- By Margaret Kienbaum
- Trouble at Lancaster Creek
- Small town memories from Lancaster, Washington in 1938.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- Flapping in the Breeze
- Hanging the clothes out to dry on a line.
- By Lee Hill-Nelson
- Oliver Nelson Bell: The Conclusion
- History of Oliver Bell
- I Remember Nana
- A Poem
- By Greg Asimakoupoulos
July 2004- Wilber in Flames
- Wilbur, Washington burns down in 1901.
- Early Colfax Floods
- Bonded Adjustment Company: Collecting Debts Since 1916
- Submitted by Bonded Adjustment Company
- A Bang-Up History of Fireworks
- History of fireworks.
- By Maria L. Hyder
- The Sounds of Peace; A Girl Remembers V-J Day
- The end of WWII
- By Isabelle "Lovey" Green
- Playing Hooky, For the Love or Baseball
- Skipping classes at Tonasket Public Schools in Tonasket, Washington.
- By Donald R. Johnson
- St. John, Washington Centennial Celebration
- Little School on the Moran Prairies
- By Don Olmsted
- Aboard the "Spoke" U.S.S. Spokane
- The U.S.S. Spokane named after town.
- By Aimee E. Flinn
- The Bobmobile: And other Wild & Dangerous Rigs
- Street racing in makeshift scooters during the 1930s.
- By Dick Krutch
- Ford Model A: A Rig for Rough Roads
- By Lee Carpenter, Jr.
- Klahowya! Remembering Chinook Jargon
- Understanding the Indian language.
- By Dale Robertson
- Spokane's High Bridge Tourist Camp
June 2004- Expo '74s Clock Tower Souvenir Coin Banks
- Making clock tower banks for the fair.
- By Ralph Johnson
- Reardan Mule Days Celebrates 100 years
- By Dale Swant
- Wild Mustangs
- Running into wild horses in 1941.
- By Ralph Johnson
- Bridal Gowns and Love Stories: Renewed and Reunited
- A Widow, a $30 Horse, and a Log Cabin
- Living in Fighting Creek, Idaho in 1933.
- By Lew Ward
- City of Mercy: Baxter Army Hospital, 1942-1945
- History of Army hospital in Spokane.
- By Aimee E. Flinn
- The Family Behind White Elephant Stores
- History of John Conley and his Surplus Stores.
- By Mark Carter
- Magicians in the Cookhouse
- Cooking for the harvest.
- By Willard Pennell
- Kaufer's Religious Supplies: A Fourth Generation Business Since 1904
- History of Philip A. P.A. Kaufer and his stores.
- Mother and Me: Patty Duke's Greatest Role
- By Patty Duke
- Bang the Pots again...the 40's Revisited
- By Wynee Crombie
- Buggies to Trolleys to Buses Part III
- By Don Olsmted
May 2004- Sheridan Grade School
- 7th Grade class from 1937.
- By Thomas J. Summerson
- Never Put Your Aggie in the Pot
- Shooting marbles.
- Rediscovering America in 1944
- Excerpt From Article "We Rediscover America"
- By Eric Johnston
- For the Love of Chocolate
- A love story.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
- The Front Porch
- By Dick Krutch
- How to Stop a Runaway Team of Horses
- Manito Park Celebrates 100 Years
- Manito Park timeline.
- A Whale of a Tale
- A whale arrives in Spokane on tour in 1930.
- By Peggy L. Cunningham
- Yoke's Rich Regional History
- History of Chuck Yoke and his grocery store business.
- By Marshall Yoke
- An Expo '74 Memory
- Memories from the World's Fair in Spokane
- By Bonnie Burke
- In Her Shadow
- History of Sacagawea
- By Dan Pawlowski
- Home Remedies: Castor Oil's Not the Only Way
- By Harriet M. Adams
- Listening to Adults Can Get You in Trouble
- By Marjorie Coombs
- My Mother's Hands
- By Tamara Barry Richert
- Golden Years at Holden
April 2004- Basketball Uniforms: How They've Changed
- A look at Gonzaga University's basketball court fashion
- By Mark Carter
- Nature Boy: Willie Willey Strikes Again
- Author meets a scantily clad Willie in downtown Spokane
- By Harriet M. Adams
- Fallout Shelter
- A rural family builds a fallout shelter to the instruction of the U.S. Government in 1962.
- By Dusty Williams Niendam
- Down in the Dumps
- A young boy finds pleasure, learning, and a "mother lode of treasure' at the town landfill
- By Donald R. Johnson
- Eulogy for an Outhouse
- Author recalls the outhouse stationed at her family's vacation cabin at Loon Lake.
- By Liz Scott
- Moran Prairie Plane Crash: Eyewitness of the Aftermath
- A Spokane resident recalls a trimotor plane crash near his home in 1928.
- By Carl Bernson
- F.O. Berg: Keeping Spokane Covered Since the Great Fire
- Frederick Oliver Berg arrives in Spokane in time to make the tents that would save the city after the Great Fire of 1889
- By Mark Carter
- Improvising Their Own Fun
- Author describes Social activities for Whitworth Students during the Depression Era
- By Kyna Herzinger
- A Lifeline for 30 Years: Technology to the Rescue
- An explanation of the lifeline communicator, enhancing the independence of the elderly
- Buggies to Trolleys to Buses
- Part II of Ruben Knapp's employment history in Spokane
- By Don Olmsted
- Teenagers Cruise to Loon Lake
- Author recalls summertime lake trips to Loon Lake with her best friends
- By Bernice Horch Beyer
- When Electricity Came to Rural America
- Excerpts from Circle of Brightness, a collection of essays on the change electricity brought to rural America
- Edited by Brent L. Cobb
- The American Austin Bantam: The First Jeep
- The Daily Paper
- Author recalls early days of Wenatchee
- By Mary Lou Patrick
- Future Farmers of America
- Short history of the FFA
- By Jennifer Ingram
March 2004- The Oroville Trombone
- Experiences as a trombone player from Oroville High School to the Merchant Marines
- By Daniel A. McDougall
- I Remember Dad's Model A Ford
- A brand-new Model A Ford carries a family to their adventures all over California
- By Rosemarie Niles
- Ahooga's Model-A
- History of the Model A Ford
- By Dale Clinton
- Mother's Medical Practice
- Down-home, practical doctoring of his mother and her proverbs for health
- By Dick Krutch
- Washington Auto Carriage: Success since 1906
- Traces the success of a local auto company in Spokane
- By Mark Carter
- There's Gold in Them Thar Spokane Valley...uh...Tills?
- There's gold possibly still hidden somewhere in the Spokane Valley
- By Keith L. Yates
- Gadgets, Gardens, and Good Memories: A Story Worth Harping About
Harry Harp recalls days on the Palouse.
- By Marla L. Hyder
- The History of Washing Machines
- Monopoly: The Game That Keeps on Going
- An out of work man creates the game Monopoly with an oilcloth.
- By Karen M. Hart
- Whatever Happened to Polly Pigtails?
- The evolution of a girls' magazine to Young Miss and today's YM
- By Jennifer Ingram
- Kant-Sink-Em Boats Made in Spokane
- The boat-building Cruger family combines boat delivery, vacation, and preaching
- By Melvin G. Cruger
February 2004- Oliver Bell's Pioneer Era Winter Adventure
- Carrying supplies by steamboat to Coeur d'Alene Lake's mining region markets during the severe winters of the 1880s
- By Glenn Leitz
- My Fast, But Last Ride
- U.S. Navy boys hitchhike home over the Cascade Mountains
- By Donald R. Johnson
- Grandfather's Radio
- The role of the radio in the life of Terry Parsons
- By Terry L. Parsons
- Sing for the Teacher: A Serenade Turns Sour
- Two inseparable fourth-graders face the consequences of a jeering serenade for their teacher
- By Mel Lees
- A Tandem Bike, Sort of
- Two friends enjoy a homemade two-seater bicycle, until a policeman spoils their fun
- By Walter Beyer
- The Road to Winnemucca
- Traces the Johnson Family's trek from Spokane to Winnemucca and back again
- By Ralph Johnson
- A Deer Lady
- One tough lady survives the Depression, while still ready to help others in need
- By Lew Ward
- Hey Me!
- Episodes in the life of Raymond Zehm from boyhood to manhood
- By Norene Zehm
- Do You Believe in Miracles?
- Author recounts miraculous stories of his life
- By Dick Krutch
- Abraham Lincoln
- The games we used to play, reading by the fire
- By Melody Amsel-Arieli
- Looking for Water in the Promised Land
- F.T. Campbell transforms the face of the Columbia River Basin with irrigation
- By Malcolm R. Campbell
- Buggies to Trolleys to Busses
- Reuben Knapp makes his living from the railroad to buggies, trolleys, and busses
- By Don Olmsted
January 2004- Trash for Treasure: North Idaho Scrap
- Children ages 3-16 gather scrap at Twin Lakes, Idaho during WWII
- By Marilyn M. Wagenius
- My Snow Suit
- A young boy laments the 'girl's' two-piece snowsuit his tailor grandfather sews for him
- By Dick Krutch
- The Cream Separator
- Recalling the evolution of Cream Separators, from crank to electricity, in life and advertising
- By Mark Carter
- Grendel and the Cream Separator
- A curious kitten discovers the networking of an electric cream separator
- By Charley Noble
- A 1926 Christmas Memory
- Two little girls arrive home from Hamilton Grade School to find a new piano for their mother
- By L. Bonnie Burke
- Coasting Down Spokane Streets: When Sledding Was a City Priority
- Recalling when the streets were blocked for sledding in the 1940s.
- By Maida Van Dissel
- Riding the Rails: Once is Enough
- Two brothers and a friend spend their summer vacation seeing the country via the railroad
- By Bill Davison
- Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy
- Jerry Stocker founds Spokane's Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy
- By Mark Carter
- Cooler King: The Lanky Yank from Washington State
- Spokane native Jerry Sage becomes an army officer in the forerunner of the CIA during WWII
- By Mark Carter
- The Grand Coulee Dam: A Powerful Weapon
- Building the dam that became the United State's most powerful weapon in WWII
- By Kent Davies
- I Never Made it to Hyannisport
- Running into the Kennedys while skiing in Idaho
- By Alfred C. Block
- Clanging Sousaphones
- The memories of a former Spokane bass player in 1940.
- By Keith L. Yates
December 2003- Oohing and Aahing Over Crescent Window Displays
- Remembering a part-time Christmas job in display windows at the Crescent in 1950s.
- By Everett Parr
- Dry Dock: The Crescent's Heartbeat
- A Father gets a job as a warehouse supervisor for Crescent
- By Rita LaReice
- Dry Dock Dad's Daughters
- Author spends money and gets into mischief at her father's workplace
- By Rita LaReice
- The Fisherman's Wife
- Author finally forgives husband for fishing gear gifts with a great catch.
- By Bernice Beyer
- A Family Project: Everyone Bring a Broom Handle
- Making homemade mattresses as a community project.
- By Pennie Brugh
- Sample Girls and Fun Gum
- Father's job for Adam's Chewing gum, and the sample girls who advertised the gum.
- By Jane Powell Oakley
- Davy Crockett Did Not Chew Chiclets
- By Dwight Carter
- What Am I Reading!?
- Two girls get tricked into advertising photo at the Inland Empire Press Club.
- By Bonnie Burke
- Bossburg... A Shadow of Former Glory Days
- Recalling a small town in Northeast Washington, lost with Grand Coulee Dam
- By Katie Nordhagen
German American Society
- Information and about the society, including unknown photo
- The Other Spokane Valley Airport: Symons-Russel Airfield
- History of a Spokane Aviation Company, borne of WWI and known by many names.
- By Mark Carter
- The Last Day of Foster Russell Aviation Co.
- Foster Russell's final flight and the death of an aviation dream.
- By Mark Carter
- Perilous Crossing: Four Boys in a Mortar Boat
- Boys look for summer adventure on the Missouri River
- By Thomas P. Bullock
- Wake Island
- Frank Mace's memories as a WWII prisoner of war, and The History of Wake Island
- By Frank R. Mace
- A Real, Live Cougar: Bring' Em Back Alive Bill Krutch
- Technique for catching cougars for the Spokane Sportsmen's Show
- By Dick Krutch
November 2003- How Was the Water?
- Memories of mischief on the Spokane River
- By Dick Krutch
- Date the Right Girl
- Date a father-approved girl and get the keys to his car.
- By Lawrence Bratton
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Wyatt Earp and the Gold Rush of 1884
- Wyatt Earp had adventures in the northwest after the OK Corral.
- By John Amonson
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Squeaky Clean
- Cleaning the turkey with laundry soap
- By Harriet M. Adams
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Hawaiian Knights
- Photo of Band in 1926
- By Kathie Shilipetar
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The Scariest Halloween Costume Ever
- Scaring the ladies of the WAAC with a skeleton costume.
- By Verne Alexander
-
A Trip to Palouse Falls
- Climbing cliffs around Palouse Falls
- By Kenneth Rudolph
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Surviving Floods on the St. Joe
- Severe flooding in the St. Joe Valley.
- By Lee Carpenter
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Historic Homes
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The Green Home
- By Nancy Compau
-
A Love Story
- Will Bonner began to woo Laurena Leete, a switchboard operator in 1909.
- By L. Bonnie Burke
-
Dear Old Nat...
- Memories of Natatorium Park
- Holden Mine
- Summer work in copper mine during college.
- By Sam K. Smyth
-
The Dynamic Life: Bonding with Charles Atlas
- Charles Atlas body building ads sold this author.
- By Donald Johnson
-
Oliver Bell's Pioneer Experiences
- Settling northeastern Washington Indian uprisings
- By Glenn Leitz
October 2003- Bell's 1877 Route into Spokane County
- Pioneer family travels from Snake River to Latah
- By Glenn Leitz
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Colfax Wheat Harvest
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Hard work with mules and horses during a wheat harvest in 1914.
- Author: Willard Pennell
- 33 Mule Team
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George Horsch, Jr., harvests wheat in Ritzville with mules; mother's cook shack on wheels in 1925.
- By Bernice Beyer
-
Never-Ending Adventure: A Frontier Teacher in the Okanogan Valley
- Dorothy Strahl's first year of teaching
- By Dusty Niendam
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Time Measured on Jack's Clock
- Jack Cannon builds wooden clocks.
- By Richard Rosanova
-
Looking Back 90 Years: The Planes
- Ninety-year-old author recalls childhood in the 1920s.
- By Maynard Eash
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Report Card Day
- Humorous recollection of getting report card at St. Aloysius school in the 1930s.
- By Dick Krutch
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Missing Shoes & Green Ribbons: Freshman Initiation at Whitworth College
- Freshman versus sophomores during first months of college in the 1920s & 1930s.
- By Rose Sliger
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We're Not Heating the Whole Outdoors!
- Boy recalls wisdom of grandparents as he chinks logs for the winter.
- By Tony Matz
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Snakes Alive
- Lifetime of snake encounters recalled, from Kansas to Spokane to Africa.
- By Artye Lee Scott
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To Adak and Back: From the Farm to the Tundra and Back
- Author recalls army experience at the end of WWII on Adak Island, Alaska.
- By Russell Carter
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A Strong Matriarch: The Biography of Anna Regina German McPherson
- Author recalls mother's struggles throughout her life.
- By Grace McPherson Oddson
September 2003- Faith in the Face of Hardship: The Hecht Family of Rockford
- Pioneer family endures fires, death, etc.
- By Hughena Hecht House
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Smallpox! Whooping Cough!
- Child survives two deadly diseases in 1929.
- By Celeste Frost
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Counter Culture: The Soda Fountain
- Soda fountains are more than just a place for a treat.
- By Greg Asimakoupoulos
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The Romance of Pitching Hay
- Old time hay pitching brings nostalgic memories.
- By David A. Asson
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Footballs and Fogeys: The Story of the Codger Bowl
- Actor John Crawford organizes 1938 rematch between Colfax and St. John.
- By Chris Dabolt
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Flowers and Railroads
- Peters & Sons works in both flowers and railroad business.
- By Robert Peters
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We Didn't Need Paul Bunyan
- Young men use Model T to haul firewood; dream of organizing a band.
- By Bill Davison
-
Spokane Summertime Treat
Girls coax father to buy soda at Triple X Root Beer Drive-In on hot summer day.
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
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Fire Destroys Moran Prairie School
- History: Fire burns school; replaced by Richland building in 1942.
- By Don Olmsted
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My Career as a Fuller Brush Man
- Young man finds success as Fuller Brush salesman.
- By Donald R. Johnson
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A September to Remember: The End of the War
- Marine private recalls Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri battleship.
- By Mark Carter
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Cars Take Us Back
- 1950s era cars bring back fond memories.
- By Richard L. Jones
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Saving Daylight Saving
- Background of daylight saving policy.
- By Marla Hyder
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Bewildered by First Grade
- A young boy is confused by first day at Catholic school.
- By Dick Krutch
August 2003-
Last of Spokane's Blacksmiths: The Lost Music of the Iron Hammer
- Story of albert "Al" E. Leeson as a blacksmith in Spokane.
- By Mona Leeson Vanek
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My 1927 Model T
- A Boy's First Car
- By Walter Beyer
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Memories Shared or Lost
- Nostalgic Memories
- By Richard L. Jones
- Key Words: Memories
- Date: 1960s
- Location: Spokane
In Her Own Words: A Diary of Life During Washington's First Days of Statehood
- The Early Days of Washington
- By Linda Mesinar
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Historic Homes: The Spear Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
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Graveyard at the Greyhound Garage: A Janitor's View
- A Janitor's View of the Greyhound Bus Garage in 1947.
- By Rebekah Fite
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone? My Memories of Sadie Baer
- Working at the Bethany Old Peoples' Home
- By Margaret Weyer Bartholomew
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The Handsomest Milkman
- Making a Living as the Milkman
- By Leon Ross
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Cattle Wrangling, Old West Style
- A New Hobby : Cattle Wrangling
- By Paul McBride
-
Mom's First Flight: A Grand Dam Detour
- Mom's adventures of flying for the first time.
- By L. Bonnie Burke
-
Burning Barn Brings Out the Best
- Watching the Barn Burn Down
- By Dorothea Whitfield Kennedy & John "Sid" Kennedy
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4-H-Nurtured from the Soil of America's Farmland
- History of 4-H
- By Rebekah Fite
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A Sixty-Year Friendship
- Japanese American Women Form Strong Relationships.
- By Rose Sliger
-
Lunch Box Memories
- Lunch Boxes Through the Years
- photos courtesy Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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Hot Day at the Empress
- Watching Movies at the Empress Theater
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
July 2003- The Perfect Crime
- A Boy Steals Sweets from Nuns at St. Aloysius Church in 1936.
- By Dick Krutch
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My Secret Hiding Place
- Memories of a Child
- By Lillian "Bonnie" Burke
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Visions of Yesteryear
- Everyday Life in the 1940s
- By Susan J. Maher
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From Coast and Camp to the Inland Empire: The Japanese-American Story
- Japanese Americans Take Comfort in Spokane
- By Rose Sliger
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Coeur d'Alene's 1890 Fourth of July Extravaganza
- The Experiences of a Coeur d'Alene Citizen
- By George Wood
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The Covered Bridges Near Colfax: A Sentinel of Days Gone By
- A Fascination for Covered Bridges and the Stories They Tell
- By Frank F. Tobie
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Paging Through a World War II Scrapbook
- Cherished Memories by Louis Tomsha of World War II
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
In Celebration of Ritzville's Pioneers
- Establishing the Ritzville Community
- By Nancy Burke
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Logging Mills Before 1900
- Logging in Washington Territory
- By Charles M. Scammon
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Footloose and Fancy-Free
- How Children Play
- By Dale Bacon
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Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- Thank God for Great-Grandma
- By Benjamin Graybill
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Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- Someone Important to Me
- By Bentley
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Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- Everyone Loves My Grandpa
- By Abi Hohenstreet
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Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- The Foundation of Our Family
- By Cait Pulver
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The Davis Rocking Chair
- Poem About a Rocking Chair
- By Jewel Gore
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Historic Homes: The Spokesman-Review Contest Home
- Cannon Hill Park Housing
- By Nancy Gale Compau
June 2003- Going Underground with the Lilac Lady
- History of Spoofing Lilac Festival Buttons made by Dan Eagle.
- By Marla L. Hyder
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Everything's Coming Up Lilacs
- Emergence of Lilacs
- By Dan W. Eagle
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"I Found a Million Dollar Baby " at Woolworth's Five and Ten
- History of Woolworth's Business
- By Rebekah Fite
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When My "Heifer" Became a "Steer"
- A Pastor's Embarrassing Moment
- By Rev. Leon Ross
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Sweet Indecisions
- The Tasty Temptations of an Old-Fashioned Candy Store
- By Cheryl Divine-Jonas
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Growing Pains and Puppy Love
- Growing Up in the Eyes of a Teenage Girl
- By Lillian "Bonnie" Burke
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The Time That Was
- The Struggles of Moving to Grand Coulee in 1933.
- By Dusty Niendam
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Inspired by Grand Coulee
- Memories of the Grand Coulee Dam
- By Elizabeth Lindsay
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More Than a Game: Spokane Hundred-Year Love Affair with the Indians Baseball
- History of the Spokane Indians
Based on "A Century of Baseball"
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For the Love of the Land
- Farming With a New Tractor in 1937.
- By Marla L. Hyder
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I Survived the A-Bomb
- Memories of the Atomic Bomb dropping on Japan.
- By Frank R. Mace
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Lumbering in Washington Territory
- Experiences of a Washington Territory Logger
- By Charles M. Scammon
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Welcome to the Coeur d'Alene of 1890
- Moving to boomtown, Coeur d'Alene
- By George Wood
-
Historic Homes: The Huneke Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
May 2003- Married on the Stage of the Dazzling Fox Theater
- Effie Tate and Ralph Dicken wed on the Stage of Fox Theatre.
- By Marla L. Hyder
My Dream
- Poem About the Comfort of a Mother
- By Jolene Weller Feher
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Adventurous Progress
- The Nation's History of Successes, from sailing ships to space shuttles
- By Leon Ross
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The Ship That Wouldn't Sink
- History of the USS Chincoteague AVP 24
- By Frank D. Murphy
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Arcadia Orchards: Building a Fruitful Empire
- The Hardships of Arcadia Orchards
- By Rebekah Fite
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Picking Cucumbers & Stealing Skeletons in Pasadena Park
- Growing Up During the Depression
- By Dick Bazard
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Despite Destruction, Optimism Prevailed
- Whitworth's Suffrage Caused by Fire in 1927.
- By Heather McCummins
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From the Pen of the Crooner
- A Glimpse into Bing Crosby's Life in 1934.
- By Bing Crosby
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"Livin' the Life of Lifebouy"
- History of Lifebuoy Toilet Soap.
- By Donald R. Johnson
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Mother's Tea Party . . .and Other Mishaps
- Childhood Memories of Dale Bacon
- By Dale Bacon
-
Forbidden Pictures of Grand Coulee Dam
- Touring the Grand Coulee Dam in 1940.
- By Kenneth Rudolph
-
"Not Worth a Tinker's Dam"
- "Tinker's" Photograph Conveys Memories of the Past
- By Gerald Stiller
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Milking Spokane For All It's Worth
- How Children Spent Money in the 1920's
Historic Homes- Living in Peaceful Valley
- By Nancy Gale Compau
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I Remember When I Got My First Job
- Working for the Northern Pacific Railroad
- By Verne Alexander
April 2003- Average National Retail Gasoline Prices
- We Built a Farm
- Winning a Farm and Much More
- By Gloria Marie Spiegel Nelson
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The First "Orange Julius"
- Emergence of the Popular Orange Julius
- By Lillian "Bonnie" Burke
-
The Grande Old Auditorium Theatre
- The History of the Auditorium Theatre
- By Kelly Siebe
-
My First Date at the Rialto Theater
- Memories Cherished in the Rialto Theater in Hillyard.
- By Bill Ferguson
-
Victory Heights
- Growing up in Victory Heights
- By John "Jack" Gation, Jr.
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A Little Home-Cookin' and a Lot of Beer at the Stop-In Tavern
- A CafÚ Turned Into a Tavern
- By Jim Gramps
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Walking Out on the Cold War
- Spokane Evacuates Buildings in Response to Cold War
-
Detective Homer Hall: The "Rock of Gibraltar"
- The Life of Role Model, Homer Hall
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
Smythe's Ford Reveals the Secrets of Yesteryear
- The Meeting Place of Many Travelers: Hangman Creek
- By Glenn Leitz
-
Hiding Under the Boardwalk
- How the Coeur d'Alene Mining District was Taken Over
- By Clay Nelson
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From Walking Plow to Gleaner Combine
- Farming Through Four Generations in Davenport.
- By Robert Gunning
-
Another Mischievous Youngster Reformed in Sunday School
- How Sunday School Transformed a Young Boy
- By Al-Jack Dymond
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How to Kill Three Men Without Serving Time
- Living in the Valley with "Pete"
- By Lew Ward
-
The Seasons
- Poem About the Changing Seasons
- By Donald R. Johnson
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I Remember When The Great Depression Changed My Life
- Great Depression Hardships
- By Zelma Ellis, Joanne Schauer & Irene Brinson
-
Historic Homes
- History of the Kuhn/Reid Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
March 2003- Spokane Falls and Cheney Duke It Out for the County Seat
- The fight between Spokane and Cheney for the county seat.
- By Chris Dabolt
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Claiming Outer Space for "Cougar Country"
- WSU Cougar button travels to space with alumnus Astronaut John Fabian
- By Dan Eagle
-
Catching the "B" Fever
- History of the First Annual State High School "B" Tournament
- By Marla L. Hyder
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The Piranhas of 1965
- The Story of the Harrington Panther's Triumph in Basketball in 1965.
- By Marla L. Hyder
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Electricity Was in the Air: The Interurban Electric Railroads
- The Idea of a Different Mode of Transportation: electric railroads
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
The Whitworth Rock
- How the Chiseling of a Rock Could Have Changed History
- By Janet Hauck
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"Living with Beauty" at Marycliff Catholic Girls' School
- History of the Marycliff School
- By Kelly Siebe
-
You Can't Beat Flying
- A Boys Airplane Fascination
- By Bill Davison
-
'Lectric Train Recollections
- Memories of the Electric Railroad
- By Wilmer Siegert
-
Poetry Searches for Radiance
- Poem About the Search for Radiance
- By Beatrice Knorr
-
Historic Homes: Spokane's Electrical Home
- Home Demonstrated Electrical Features
- By Nancy Gale Compau
February 2003- The Spokane Coliseum: A Dream Becomes Reality
- How the Spokane Coliseum Evolved
- By Kelly Siebe
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A Cigar, A Paper, and Some Good Conversation at P.M. Jacoy
- A "Hangout" for Businessmen: The Washington Cigar Store
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
A Rawhide Railroad No Coyote Could Consume
- How Dr. Dorsey Syng Baker built the "Rawhide Railroad"
- By Jeffery Ives
-
Born in a Cave
- A Story On How People Lived During Hard Times
- By Melva Spurgeon
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Prohibition from the Other Side of the Law
- Enforcing the Prohibition Law
- By Jean Amy Adams
-
The One That Got Away
- The Story of the 1920 Sedan at an Auction Sale in 1926.
- By Grant Lundin
-
Substitute Soldiers in the National Guard
- How Leon Ross Became a Member of the National Guard underage.
- By Leon Ross
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From Hell to Heaven, By Way of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District
- History of Coeur d'Alene's Mining District
- By Gene Hyde
-
A Fabulous Horse Ends Up in Camelot
- A Boy's Pet Horse
- By Lewis Ward
-
A Son of a Son of a Pioneer
- The Adventures of a Pioneer
- By Don Olmsted
-
Destroying the Creation
- The Haywood Trial: Crushing the Union at the Bunker Hill Mine in 1899.
- By Clay Nelson
-
Cokes and Cockroaches at the Crescent Soda Fountain
- A Day in the Eyes of a Crescent Soda Fountain Worker
- By Thomas J. Summerson
-
Historic Homes: The Turner Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
January 2003- Two Parades in One Day
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The Day the Parades Came to Town
- By Dick Krutch
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The Day the Division Street Bridge Collapsed
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The Collapsing of the Division Street Bridge in 1915.
- By Rita Kymm Blodgett
-
Soap Lake's History of Healing
-
The Discovery of a Lake that Tasted and Felt Soapy
- By Rita Kymm Blodgett
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Snowfall
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Poem About Snow
- By Jolene Weller Feher
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- Prohibition: The Long Dry Spell
-
The Hardships Prohibition Created
- By Rita Kymm Blodgett
-
Drunken Pigs, Inebriated Chickens, and Baffled Mounties
-
The Effects of Homemade Liquor
- By Margaret Bartholomew
-
We Weren't All Like Al Capone
-
The Business of Whiskey
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
A Goose Tale
-
What Happens to Intoxicated Geese
- By Laurance B. Holm
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Caught!
-
Getting Caught Making Whiskey
- By Louis Tomsha
-
Selling Whiskey to Bootleggers
- By Gertie Banks
-
In the Nick of Time!
-
Band Member Had Pants Unzipped
- By Bill Davison
-
Kinman Business University
-
Preparing Students for the World of Business
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
Report from a KBU Journalist
-
Brief Description of Kinman Business University
- By Leon Ross
-
A Night Unparalleled
-
Ice Skating on Twin Lakes
- By Marilyn Miley Wagenius
-
Squab Hunting Under the Monroe Street Bridge
-
The Adventure of Hunting for Squabs
- By Al-Jack Dymond
-
Behind the Scenes with Broadcaster Bob Briley
-
History of Bob Briley
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
The Name Controversy: Hangman vs. Latah Creek
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The Controversy of a Stream Name
- By Glenn Leitz
-
Historic Homes: Cunningham/ Kearns Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
December 2002
- Our Farragut Sailor Boys
- How Sailors Adapted a New Home
- By Jean Amy Adams
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Money Laundering and Other Adventures at The Davenport Hotel
- Working and Discovering at the Davenport Hotel
- By Ken Davis
-
The Talking Telegraph Comes to the Inland Empire
- How the Telegraph Came to the Inland Empire
- By Rita Kymm Blodgett
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Spokane's First Lady of Commerce
- Thoughts on the Crescent Department Store
- By Donald R. Johnson
-
The Forgotten Warriors of Kaneohe
- Remembering the Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay
- By John "Sid" Kennedy
-
History Resurrected in Walla Walla's Pioneer Pageant
- Actors Portray the Settling of Washington Territory on Stage
- By Jeffery Ives
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Christmas Celebrations on the Red Clay Farm
- Remembering Christmas During the Great Depression
- By Jolene Weller Feher
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In Mother's Footsteps
- Poem About a Mother
- By Jolene Weller Feher
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A Spokane Landmark Lives On
- The Originality of the Cooper-George Apartment Building
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
Rolling Along on my Christmas Skates
- The Memories Evoked by Roller Skates
- By Rita Hawley Cencich
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Celebrating a Centennial of Methodist Ministry in Edwall
- History of Edwall's Methodist Church
- By Joan Moos
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Two Lives, One Moment in History, Two Destinies
- The Lives of Levi Hutton and Harry Orchard
- By Clay Nelson
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Depression Days In North Idaho
- Living Depressed Days in Coeur d'Alene
- By Harriet M. Adams
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I Remember When the Snow Was So Deep
- Memories of Snow
- By Charles "Mike" Hansen, Sid Kennedy, Ray O'Keefe
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Historic Homes: The Fotheringham Homes
- By Nancy Gale Compau
November 2002
- The Life and Times of May Arkwright Hutton
- History of May Arkwright Hutton
- By Dr. Debra E. Lis
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Getting Out the Vote
- The Significance of Voting
- By Marilyn M. Wagenius
-
"Pure Guts": Surviving 1219 Days as a POW
- Surviving a Japanese Prisoner-of-War Camp
- By Ernest Tarter
-
The Waitsburg Story
- History of Waitsburg
- By Bettie Lloyd Chase
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The "True" Story of the First Fifty Years
- History of True's Oil Company
-
Spokane's Sweetheart Meets a Tragic End
- Early Morning Horse Ride Ended Wheeler Bonner's Life
- By Marla L. Hyder
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Gonzaga vs. WSC: The Game for Life
- The Unexpected Gonzaga Win
- By Patrick Higgins
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The Day the Stock Market Crashed
- The Crashing of the Stock Market
- By Marla L. Hyder
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From Civil War Colonel to Civil Philanthropist: David P. Jenkins
- A Story of a Well-Rounded Man: David P. Jenkins
- By Marla L. Hyder
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Going to Town
- Memories of Growing Up Outside Jerome, Idaho
- By Dusty Niendam
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A City Galvanized by Aluminum
- History of Kaiser Aluminum
- By Rita Kymm Blodgett
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Henry J. Kaiser: A Happy Elephant
- The Success of Henry J. Kaiser
- By Rita Kymm Blodgett
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Lost Liberty Park
- The Discovery of Liberty Park
- By Sally Reynolds
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I Remember When I Pulled a Funny Childhood Prank
- Memories of Childhood Pranks
- By Gerald Stiller, Rev. Don Meekhof, Cora Oliver, Bill Davison & Sid Kennedy
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Historic Homes: Carson/Clemmer/Larrabee Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
October 2002- Lumberjacks of Yesteryear
- History of Lumberjacks Working Along St. Joe River
- By Lee Carpenter Jr.
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Stepping Back in Time to Steptoe
- History Colonial Steptoe and His Troops
- By Glenn Leitz
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The Long Road to Pine City
- The Travels of Andrew Jackson Smith
- By Roy Smith
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How Two Pioneer Families Became One
- A Story of Two Soul Mates
- By Kay Minnick Carrick
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Gypsies, Groceries, and Growing Up In Pine City
- Granddaughter Recalls Grandfathers Effects on Town
- By Violet Smith Wolff
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Experiencing the Depths of Darkness in an Idaho Mine
- A Day in the Eyes of a Miner
- By Bob Reilly
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Banking on One Hundred Years of History at Washington Trust
- The Success of Washington Trust
- By Ed Clark
- Key Words: Banks
- Antoine Plante: Mountain Man, Miner, Guide & Ferryman
- A Glimpse Into the Life of Antoine Plante
- By Jerome Peltier
-
The Night the Glenrose School Burned Down
- Watching the Glenrose School Burn Down in 1936.
- By Bill Davison and Carl Bernson
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St. Ann's Catholic Church: A Sanctuary for a Century
- History of St. Ann's Catholic Church
- By Ann Colford
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Red's Kids: Dancing Through the Years with the Silver Spurs
- Teenagers Entertain Themselves By Dancing
- By Marla L. Hyder
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Silver Spurs Taught More Than Dancing
- Mentor Taught Teenagers Lessons Beyond Dancing
- By Artye L. (Smith) Scott
-
Historic Homes: The Mathieu Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
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I Remember When I Went to My First Fair
- First Fair Memories
- By Hilda MacArthur, Laverne Meekhof, Dori Elias & Don Johnson
September 2002- Rebel With a Cause: Marie Frances Young Woolcott
- Story of a Liberated Women
- By Rae Anna Victor
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Growing Up as a "Dam Kid:
- Working on the Grand Coulee Dam
- By Calvin Weimer
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Surviving Grand Coulee Dam
- The Dangers of Working on the Grand Coulee Dam
- By Charlotte Freet-Northam
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Mammoth Finds
- History of Mammoths in Hangman Creek.
- By Glenn Leitz
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Now for the Rest of the Story. . .Clearing Up a WWI Mystery
- John Carl's Life Before and After World War I
- By John S. Kennedy
-
When Burgan's Was More Than Furniture
- How the Burgan Furniture Store Evolved
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
Our Caveman, Olie
- Investigation of a Hidden Cave
- By Dusty Niendam
-
Gimmicks, Ragamuffins, and Busy Times at the Davenport Hotel
- A Glimpse Into the Davenport Hotel
- From a conversation with James Hamilton LaFar
-
A Fair to Remember: 116 Years of the Spokane Interstate Fair
- Memories of the Spokane Interstate Fair
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
Living at the Lake
- Living on a Twin Lake
- By Marilyn Wagenius
-
Historic Homes: The Huetter Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
A Case of Mistaken Identity
- Story of a Spokane Criminal
- By Daniel Gore
-
Happy Years in the Melrose Grocery
- Growing Up in the Melrose Grocery Store
- By Ila Granlund
August 2002- Music Maestro
- The Story of Musician, Russ Andre
- By Donald R. Johnson
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The "Wright" Street to Live On
- Memories of Living on Wright Street
- By Florence Wurtz Lancaster with Agnes Wurtz Koch & Elizabeth Hartley
-
Notorious Outlaw Harry Tracy Meets His Demise
- The Life of Armed Robbery Convict, Harry Tracy
- By articles from the Lincoln County Times
- Spanning a Century: A 105-Year-Old Remembers Life As It Was
- Living Through the Entire Twentieth Century
- By Midge Bartlson
-
The Wild Bunch of Washington
- Walter Wilde Jr.'s Adventures of Life
- By Terry Wilde Spear
-
Company Picnic at Natatorium Park
- Fun Times at Nat Park
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
-
Royal Riblet: The Man Who Reinvented the Wheel
- Royal Riblet's Improved Invention
- Excerpted from Eagle's Nest: Home and Workshop of Royal Riblet by Barbara Loste
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Riblets Memories and More. . .
- Painting the Riblet Mansion
- By Maribel Bailey Sullivan
-
A Dog with a Mind of Its Own
- Moving to Spokane with a Dog
- By Bill Davison
-
It's 100 Years for the Spokane Lutheran School
- History of the Spokane Lutheran School
- By Maynard Eash
-
Historic Homes: The Kendall Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
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Spokane's Solution to Parking Garages
- Pigeon Hole Parking Garages
- By Marla L. Hyder
July 2002- The History of Moran United Methodist Church
- Moran United Methodist Church Through the Years
- By Ardis Zacher Storms with contributions from Sid Kennedy
-
Old-Time Methodist Circuit Riders
- Circuit Riders Bring Gospel to Their Community
- By Marla L. Hyder
-
My Life: Growing Up In the Kettle River Country
- Memories of the Kettle River Country
- By Mabel Ruth Sharp Douglas Wood
-
See You at "The Spot"
- A Place Where Teenagers Gather
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
-
Life at Spokane College
- Reliving the Days Spent at Spokane College
- By Jeffry Sims
-
The Last House on Spring Street
- Memories of Glenrose House
- By Bill Davison
-
Historic Homes: Riverside Avenue Townhouses
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
GR8 PL8S: Great License Plates & Their History
- A Fascination for License Plates
- By Dick Riggs
-
A Trip to Steamboat Rock and the Grand Coulee
- The Thrill of Riding a Steamboat Through Grand Coulee
- By Don Olmsted
-
The Stokes Family: Pioneers of Grand Coulee Dam
- How the Grand Coulee Dam Pioneers Lived
- By Jean Nicholson
-
Grand Coulee Cleaners
- How Grand Coulee Cleaners Began
- By Birdie Hensley
-
Steamboat Rock, The Legend of the Distant Hills
- Poem about Steamboat Rock
- By Dusty Niendam
-
A Story About a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
- How a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Can Survive Several Years
- By Dick Clauss
-
The History of Peanut Butter
- The Origins of Peanut Butter
-
Spokane County Casualties of World War I
- List of World War I Casualties
- researched and compiled by John R. Tuft
June 2002- A Border Town in the 1920s and 1930s
- How Kingsgate, B.C. and Eastport, Idaho Came Together
- By Jeff Sims
-
The High-Flying Exploits of Mamer-Schreck
- The Success of Nick Mamer and Roy Schreck
- By Leon Ross
-
The History of Aviation
-
Timeline of Aviation
- By compiled by Monica Sullivan
-
My Newspaper Route
- The Life of a Spokesman-Review Paperboy
- By David Nemitz
-
Spokane Sorosis: Studying and Serving Since 1891
- Adventures of a Woman's Club
- Compiled by Joan Williams
-
History of the U.S. Flag
- Learning About the U.S. Flag
-
Chicken Every Sunday
- Trading a Ford V-8 for Chickens
- By Donald R. Johnson
-
Wilbur Re-Visited
- Love Letters Uncover the Past of Wilber
- By Lynne Peterson
-
Huckleberry-Picking Antics
- How the Lunsford Family Picked Huckleberries
- By Norman Lewis
-
Historic Homes: The Crane House
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Class Action: A Night of Reunions
- Story of Reuniting
- By James A. Nelson
-
I Don't Like You Anymore
- Poem
- By Winnie Moore
May 2002- Manito Park: The Gardens, the Zoo, the Fun
- Getting to Know Manito Park
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
-
My First Day in Sandpoint, Idaho
- Living in Sandpoint
- By Delia Holton
-
Historic Homes: The Poe/ Nelson Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Theaters of Downtown Spokane
- Spokane Theatres Through the Years
- By Carolyn Hage Nunemaker
-
Singing With Bing
- Mildred Bailey's Experiences With Bing Crosby
- By Don Eagle
-
The Class of 1950 (A Gentle Time)
- John Rogers High School Memories
- By James A. Nelson
-
Sights, Sounds and Smells of Spokane from Eight Decades Ago
- Remembering Spokane Eight Decades Ago
- By Maynard Eash
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Old Wagon
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Prizewinning Poem from the book "Spokane is a
- Song"
- By Florence Boutwell
April 2002- Sunday Drives Last Forever
- The Joys of Sunday Drives
- By James A. Nelson
-
Kootenai County, Idaho
- The Adventures of Living in Kootenai County, Idaho
- By Tony and Suzanne Bamonte
-
Historic Homes: The "House of Tomorrow"
- The French Chateau Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Photographs
- Story of the Missing Glass Photo Plates
- By Eppe Bosch
-
He Lit Up The Town with a Jack-Knife
- Charles Geib Lit Up Spokane with His Jack-Knife
- By Louise Alger
-
Up Ruby Creek
- History of Ruby Creek, Idaho
- By Cora Oliver
-
Springtime When I Was a Child
- Why Wearing Long Underwear Was Horrible
- By Pauline Kask
-
Growing Up on a Ranch in Tonasket
- Growing Up on a Ranch
- By Donald R. Johnson
March 2002- American Sign and Indicator
- The Life of Luke G. Williams
- By Luke G. Williams
-
Spreading the Vine of First Nazarene for 100 Years
- Finding the First Church of Nazarene
- By Rev. James Tapley
-
Georgetown School District #3
- History of Georgetown School District
- By Grant Lundin
-
The Missing Glass Photo Plates
- Photo Collection of the Construction of Spokane Falls and Northern Railroad Company
- By Eppe Bosch
-
Chow! Chow! Falls City Pickle Works: Bringing Condiments to Spokane
- How Condiments Were Brought to Spokane
- By Rebecca Anne Harmon
-
The Waterdog Shack
- The Waterdog Shack Helps Fishermen
- By James A. Nelson
-
Historic Homes: The Franklin House
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
The Town of "Old Metaline" in the Late 1800s
- History of Metaline
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
-
A Family Treasure
- Poem
- By James A. Nelson
February 2002- The Davenport Family
- History of the Davenport Family
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
-
Anna Stratton Browne: A Victorian Enigma, Part II
- History of Anna Stratton Browne
- By Jean Amy Adams
-
Historic Homes: The Glover/ Richards Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
The Teacher Who Made A Difference
- Remembering An Inspirational Teacher: Miss Rapp
- By James A. Nelson
-
Bonnie Lake: A Wild West Setting in the Northern Palouse
- What Bonnie Lake Was Like in the 1920s
- By Glen Leitz
-
History of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Spokane
- The Lives of Spokane's Electrical Workers
- By Milt Rowland
-
Life in the Kettle River Gold Mining Co. Era
- How Urbe Hauer Invested in a Gold Mine
- By Miriam R. Hauer
-
After Pearl Harbor: A Colville Soldier Remembers
- Experiencing Pearl Harbor Through the Eyes of a Soldier
- By Dale Walston
-
A Place In The Sun
- Poem About Sun
- By James A. Nelson
January 2002 (Sold Out)-
Long Held Myths & Misconceptions About Davenport Hotel
- Myths and Truths About Davenport Hotel
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
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Anna Stratton Browne-A Victorian Enigma, 1855-1936
- History of Anna Stratton Browne
- By Jean Amy Adams
-
Salvation Army Building: Soap, Soup and Salvation
- Historical Notes on the Salvation Army in Spokane
- By Linda Yeomans
-
Historic Homes: Blanding's Dream House
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
St. Anne's Children's Home: The House of Hope
- How An Organization Answers a Variety of Needs
- By Marybeth Rickel
-
Serving Spokane for a Century: Watts Wheel and Automotive Service
- How Watts Wheel and Automotive Service Served Spokane
- By Rebecca Anne Harmon
-
The Piano Lady
- How the Piano Lady Filled J.J. Newberry's Dime Store With the Sound of
- Music
- By James A. Nelson
-
Window Washing at the Paulsen
- How John Andrew Washed Windows on the Paulsen Building
- By John E. Andrew
-
Redecorating
- Poem
- By Ruth Leventon
December 2001- Christmas 1929
- Buying Christmas Presents for the Family
- By Pauline C. Kask
-
He Owes Russia $1200 but. . .I Owe Bob Hope $9.00
- How Don Eagle Played at the Bob Hope Show
- By Don Eagle
-
Putting the Finger on Hope
- Making a Record with Bob Hope
- By Dan W. Eagle
-
I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Traveling During Christmas
- By James A. Nelson
-
J.J. Browne
- The Life of J.J. Browne
- By Rebecca Anne Harmon
-
Spanning the Spokane River in Steel
- Getting the Trains Across the Spokane River Falls
- By Marla Meekhof
-
To The Chicago World's Fair In A Reefer-There's No Trip That Could Be Cheaper
- Traveling to the World Fair
- Story told by Dan W. Eagle
-
Up Deadman Creek in the 1940s
- What Deadman Creek Was Like in the 1940s
- By Miriam Rowell Hauer
-
Historic Homes: The Hart Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
The Expensive Tree
- Waiting Until the Last Minute To Get a Christmas Tree
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
-
Making "Connecticut Yankee" With Bing
- Singing with Bing Crosby
- By Don Eagle
November 2001
- Buttercups to Myrtle Gaylord
- How Myrtle Gaylord Succeeded in the Field of Journalism
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Friday Musical Club Notes
- How the Musical Club Fostered and Perpetuated Knowledge In Music
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Racing Fire and Wind
- How Alfred Clark Benton Fought a Fire in Pine Creek in 1931.
- By Alfred Clark Benton
-
The Home 1890
- A Home Away From Home For Children
- By Hughena House
-
Historic Homes: The Codd Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
The Wide World Impinges on Spokane
- Life in Spokane During World War II
- By William Stimson
-
Inside an Internment Camp
- Being a Japanese-American During the Attack On Pearl Harbor
- By Ed Tsutakawa
-
Women's Voices: Echoes from World War II
- A Women's Perspective on World War II
- By Marybeth Rickel
-
Memories From the Home Front
- Living Through World War I
- By Hilda MacArthur
-
A Hero's Choice
- Lieutenant Charles Gumm's Life of Flying
- By Rebecca Anne Harmon
-
The Sharecroppers of Hangman Valley Golf Course
- The Story of Twin Boys Working on a Ranch
- By Larry & Gary Owens
-
My Grandpa
- Poem
- By Jasmine Lefler
October 2001- When Grandmother Came to Spokane Falls
- The Life of Mary Jane Magie
- By Vivienne Ludwigson
-
Taking The Train to School 75 Years Ago
- Traveling to School On a Train
- By Maynard Eash
-
Teacher Meets Bully on the Oregon Trail
- Story on Becoming a Teacher
- By Charles A. Chandler
-
What a Wedding Day!
- A Wedding Disaster
- By Jan Kendrick
-
"A Paean to the Peons" of Spokane Civic Theatre
- How Dorothy Darby Smith Starred at the Spokane Civic Theatre
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Wake Up the Hired Man
- A Story About Farm Workers
- By Harry E. Riverside
-
Breadman Burch
- Driving Bakery Delivery Trucks In Spokane
- By Burchard Krebs
-
Historic Homes: The Tull Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
The Sagle Baseball Team
- Story of a Town Baseball Team
- By Ray Chapman
-
Hidden Valley
- History of Hidden Valley,
- By Clair Lundin
-
The City That Grabbed My Heart
- Falling in Love With Spokane
- By Ken Brown
-
Spokane's Only Medal of Honor Winner
- Bruce Alan Grandstaff: Only Person From Spokane To Be Awarded the Medal of Honor
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Folding Clean Clothes
- Poem
- By Jolene Weller Feher
September 2001- A Diary of Knox Presby terian Church
- History of Knox Presbyterian Church; origin of Fathers Day
- By Tom Tiffany
-
A War Bride Comes to Spokane
- A Knox Presbyterian Church Vignette
- By Judy Palpant
-
Mary's Romance
- A Knox Presbyterian Church Vignette
- By Judy Palpant
-
My Grandfather and the Western Bottling Company
- Diary of the Western Bottling Company
- By Leona Garcea August
-
Historic Homes: The Bode Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Spokane's Genuine Looff Carousel
- History of the Looff Carousel
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Riding the Carousel
- Memories of the Carousel
- By Harriet Harkey-Dahl
-
The Carousel
- Poem
- By Donald R. Johnson
-
Elmer Carrico and His Carousel
- Elmer Carrico's Memories of the Carousel
- By Peggy L. Cunningham
-
The Lewis & Clark High School Tradition
- The Different Traditions of Lewis & Clark High School
- By Marla Meekhof
-
The Schoolmarm of Paradise School
- Diary of Paradise School's Schoolmarm
- By Berniece (Kassens) Lundin
-
Liberty Lake: From Settlement to City
- Suppressing Indian Resistance at Liberty Lake
- By Ronald J. Wilson
-
Our Autumn Garden
- Poem
- By Jolene Weller Feher
August 2001- Gathering of the Clan
- A Family Get Together
- By Cora Oliver
-
Paddy, My Sister's Amazing Horse
- Paddy, The Pet Horse
- By Forrest Miller
-
The Hind Catcher
- Story of a Schoolyard's Baseball Diamond
- By Dorothy Nelson
-
Historic Homes: The Gander Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- Key Words: Historic Homes
-
Quaking in Spokane
- Spokane's Earthquakes Through Time
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Peaceful Post Falls
- A Look Into Post Falls
- By Carol Perkins Smith
-
Wandermere Golf Course: "Spokane's Year 'Round Playground"
- Playing on Wandermere's Golf Course
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Threshing in the Good Old Days
- Being Involved in the Grain Harvest in the Okanogan Valley in the 1930s.
- By Donald R. Johnson
-
A View of North Idaho from the Tracks
- The Track's Perspective of North Idaho
- By Stanley Johnson
-
The Railroad Years, From a Woman's Perspective
- Viewing the Railroad Through a Woman's Eyes
- By Mary Walker
-
The Fiddling Twins
- The Lives of Fiddling Twins
- By Grant Lundin
-
My First Fiddle
- Memories of the Fiddle
- By Clair Lundin
-
Blasting the Swimming Hole
- Saying Goodbye to the Swimming Hole
- By Grandpa Dale Brown
July 2001
- My Mother, The Entrepreneur
- Working During the Great Depression
- By Pauline Kask
-
The Day Mr. Roosevelt Came to Visit
- President Teddy Roosevelt's Visit to Spokane in 1911
- By Frances Long Campbell
-
Historic Homes: The Abercrombie Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Spokane's Famous Aviator, Nick Mamer
- The Story of Nick Mamer
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Flying with Roy Shreck
- The Adventures of Roy Shreck
- By Marjorie J. Coombs
-
Tomiloran
- Elementary School Bullies
- By Charlotte A. Miller
-
The Civilian Conservation Corps Invades the Inland Empire
- History of the Civilian Conservation Corps
- By Robert O. Rich
- The CCC in Riverside State Park
- The Civilian Conservation Corps in Spokane
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Our 4th of July Bombardment
- Having Fun with Fireworks
- By Bill Allison
-
The Masonic Temple
- History of the Masonic Temple
- By Judy Alling
-
A Family in Uniform
- Family Contributions to the War
- By Jim Lyons
-
The Night of the Watermelon
- Fruit Poem
- By Donald R. Johnson
June 2001
- That Wonderful Model T Ford
- How a Six-Year-Old Boy Experienced a Ford
- By Maynard Eash
-
Dodson's Jewelers: Spokane's Oldest Jewelry Store
- History of Dodson's Jewelers
- By Jim Lyons
-
The Moran Prairie Country Store
- History of the Moran Prairie Country Store
- By Harold Skinner
-
"Hear the Voice of Lilacs Calling" The History of the Spokane Lilac Festival
- The Lilac Festival Through the Years
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Prospector Days of Ferry County
- A Tribute to Ferry County
-
Historic Homes: The Bleecker Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Living on the St. Michael's Mission
- Memories of St. Michael's Mission
- By Mary Lee Abba Gaston
-
The Spokane Children's Theatre
- History of the Children's Theatre of Spokane
- By Carmen Farley & Nancy Goodrich
-
My Brother the Basement Cop
- School Patrolman at the Wardwell Elementary School
- By Merle R. Craner
May 2001
- A Ritzville Landmark: Rummer's Style Center
- Providing the Community with Quality Shoes, Clothing and Service
- By Donald R. Johnson
-
Time Marches on in the Great Northern Clock Tower
- Being the Keeper of a Huge Tower Clock
- By Loretta March Brown
-
An Adventure of a Lifetime
- A Boy Scout Trip
- By Art (Clarence) Swenson
-
Historic Homes: The Horton Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Charting for the War Effort
- Working at the Spokane Army Air Depot Center
- By Charlotte A. Miller
-
Historic Chapman Lake
- Learning About Chapman Lake
- By Glenn Leitz
-
The Story of Spokane's Union Gospel Mission
- Bonnie Martin and Albert Arend's Story
- By Marla Meekhof
-
The Long Tendrils of the Spokane Floral Association
- History of the Spokane Floral Association
- By Marla Meekhof
-
The Blakely Gardens
- History of the Blakely Gardens
- By Henry B. Blakely's Dream Garden
-
Recollections of Rickard Gwydir: Colville Indian Agent
-
How Rickard Gwydir became a Colville Indian Agent
- Reprinted from "Recollections from the Colville Indian Agency"
-
A Boy's Adventures in Early Spokane
- How a Boy Grew Up in Spokane
- By George McAllister
-
Lt. Archie M. Buckley: Navy Hero, WSC Quarterback
- History of Lt. Archie M. Buckley
- By C. James Quann
April 2001
- The Uniting of Two Pioneer Sawmill Families
- The Story of Two Pioneer Families
- By Doris Schaub
-
The Great Northern Train Wreck of 1906
- The Story of the Great Northern Train Wreck at Diamond Lake
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Life at the Isabella Club
- The First Residence Club for Women by Catholic Laywomen, 1946
- By Gwen McMillen
-
Historic Homes: James Clark Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
What's In a Name: The Controversy Over the Origin of Spokane's Name
- Is it Spokan or Spokane?
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Bike Racing in Spokane
- Bicycling: The New Sport
- By Bill Elston
-
Cataldo Catholic School and The Man Behind the Name
- The Story of Jesuit Father Joseph M. Cataldo
- By Jim Lyons
-
One Hundred Years with the Rocklyn Zion United Methodist Church
- History of the Zion Methodist Church
- Adapted from "History of the Zion Methodist Church"
-
Grandpa's Country Store
- Memories of Grandpa's Country Store in Thornton, Washington
- By Evelyn Baldwin
-
Giants of the Past: Priest River Logging
- Logging on the Priest River
- By Charlotte A. Miller
-
Homemade Music
- Growing Up With Music
- By Donald R. Johnson
March 2001- The Spokane Sons of Norway: Preserving a Heritage
- A Little Bit of Norway in Spokane
- By Debbie Dahl-Cole with John Ellingson
-
The Boyhood Days of Bing Crosby
- How Bing Crosby Grew Up
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Spokane's Passion with the State B Basketball Tournament
- A New Fascination: State B Basketball
- By Bill Elston
-
The Parkview Girl's Club
- A Home Away From Home for Business Women
- By Marjorie J. Coombs
-
Historic Homes: The Oscar Green Laberee Mansion
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
Washington's Own "Orient"
- The History of Orient, Washington
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Cutting the Ice
- How Ice Houses Chilled Food
- By Dorothy Brown
-
Autobiography of Jacob J. Klein
- The Life of Jacob J. Klein
- By Jacob J. Klein
-
Ushering the Fox Theatre
- First Real Job: An Usherette
- By Arlene Goodrich Rowles
-
The Mullan Military Road from Fort Walla Walla to Plante's Ferry
- History of the Mullan Military Road
- By Don Popejoy
-
Loffs Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene
- History of Loffs Bay
- Museum of North Idaho
February 2001
- Spokane Garry & Daniel Drumheller Settle the Drumheller Springs Area
- History of Drumheller Springs
- By Marion Severud
-
Little Journeys Around Colville
- Colville's Growth and Changes Through Time
- By J.C. Harrigan
-
Through the Eye of the Camera: The Photographers of North Idaho
- The Styles of Different Photographers of the Region
- By Dorothy Dahlgren
-
Historic Homes: The John Dickinson Sherwood Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
-
A Thaw In The Big Chill: Russian Hockey Team Plays Spokane Jets
- Hockey in Spokane
- By Paul Delaney
-
Horse Racing in Spokane
- History of Horse Racing in Spokane
- By Gwen McMillen
-
The Shack Restaurant
- History of the Shack Restaurant
- By Jim Lyons
-
Memories of Idaho's "Dad" Roberts
- A Man Who Lived with Nature
- By Robert Bunting
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Spokane High School Graduates: The Winter Class of 1900
- Graduating in 1900
-
Bob's Secret Chili Recipe
- Discovering Bob's Secret Chili Recipe
- By Byron King
-
Ride'em Cow (boy)
- Living the Dairy Life
- By Donald R. Johnson
January 2001
- The Streetcar Strike of 1934
- Living Through the Streetcar Strike of 1934
- By Pauline C. Kask
-
Wallace Gamble: Photographs and Memories of a Spokane Taxi Driver
- The Photographs of Taxi Driver, Wallace Gamble
- By Jim Lyons
-
When the Telephone Wires Were On the Fence Posts
- The Beginnings of Early Day Telephone Service
- By Glenn Leitz
-
Ben Garnett's Miracle Mile
- How Ben Garnett Designed Garnett Way
- By Maynard Eash
-
Spokane's Magnificent Fox
- History of the Fox Theatre
- By Marla Meekhof
- The Spokane Fire of 1889
- The Spokane Fire of 1889
- By Jim Lyons
- Mount Saint Michael's Mission
- History of Mount Saint Michael's Mission
- By Marla Meekhof
-
Historic Homes: The Charles P. Robbins Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- A Tiny Schoolroom Didn't Mean a Tiny Education at Orchard Prairie School
- Education at the Orchard Prairie School
- By Dorothy Durheim
- Newman Lake Fly-In
- First Pursuit Group from Michigan Practices Taking-Off on Ice
- Old Mt. Baldy
- Remembering Mt. Baldy
- Absent Without Leave
- Playing Hooky
- By Donald R. Johnson
- Flashes of What Was
- Poem
- By Winnie Moore
December 2000
- His Magic Lives On
- Having a Dad as a Magician
- By Dorothy Fredericks
- His Round Barn Still Stands
- How A Barn Helped Support a Family in Latah, Washington
- By Esther (Leonard) Hibbs
- Spokane Flies High Atop the National Air Races
- How It Feels to Fly Over Spokane, 1927
- By Marla Meekhof
- "Meet Me Under the Clock" at the Crescent Department Store
- History of the Crescent Department Store
- By Marla Meekhof
- The First and Only Air-to-Ground Refueling
- Driving Nonstop to Wenatchee
- By Dan Eagle
- Discovering Finch Arboretum
- How Finch Arboretum Evolved
- By Melissa Madsen
- The First Woman Bank Teller
- How Mamie Cameron Made History
- By Dorothy E. Brown
- Historic Homes: The Patrick S. Byrne Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- Hart and Dilatush: Filling Spokane's Prescriptions Since 1918
- How Prescriptions Were Delivered
- By Jim Lyons
- One-Room Schools
- Learning in a One-Room School
- By Faith McClenny
- The Houses That Jack Built
- Working in the Construction Industry
- By Dick Kinzer
November 2000- The Mother of Presbyterianism in Spokane: The First 75 Years
- History of the First Presbyterian Church in Spokane
- By Marla Meekhof
- Fairchild Air Force Base: A Historic Perspective
- History of the Fairchild Air Force Base
- By Jim Lyons
- Soaring Memories of World War II
- Remembering World War II
- By Jason Roberts
- My First Teaching Assignment
- A Teacher Relives His First Encounter with Students in Latah, Washington
- By Don Johnson
- Tomato-Can Golf and High Society at the Spokane Country Club
- Playing Golf at the Spokane Country Club
- By Marla Meekhof
- A Certain Grace
- Entertainment: The 3 One Armed Musicians
- By Robin Amend
- Historic Homes: The Waikiki Mansion
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- Oakesdale's J.C. Baron Flour Mill: A Family Tradition
- History of Oakesdale, Washington's J.C. Baron Flour Mill
- By Jon Hansen
- Creating the WSU Cougar-Head Monogram
- The Creation of the Cougar Logo
- By Randall Johnson
- The Great Rosalia Bank Robbery of 1935
- How the Rosalia Bank Was Robbed
- By Jim Lyons, Roy Brown & Dick Ellis
October 2000
- A Toast to the B. Schade Brewing Company
- History of the B. Schade Brewing Company, 1881-1957
- By Melissa Madsen
- Professional Baseball Comes to Spokane
- Introducing Spokane to Baseball
- By Bill Elston
- WWII Boyhood Memories
- Remembering WWII
- By Don Johnson
- Mother Joseph: Sacred Heart of the Pacific Northwest
- The Story of Mother Joseph and Building Sacred Heart Hospital
- By Jim Lyons
- Looking Back 50 Years at Nursing
- How Nursing Was Different 50 Years Ago
- By Margaret K. Grafmiller
- Coming Home to the Academy Retirement Community
- Holy Names Academy becomes The Academy Retirement Community.
- By Marla Meekhof
- The Legend of Wild Willie Willey
- The Nature Man
- By Jon Hansen
- Historic Homes: Cannon's Mansion
- A.M. Cannon's Mansion
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- The First Days of Camp Sweyolakan
- Remembering Camp Sweyolakan
- By Dorothy Brown
- A Heady Road to a Remote Country Schoolhouse
- How a Young Girl Became a Teacher
- By Dorothy Fredericks
- An Athletic Event
- First College Football Game Experience
- By Florence Keller
September 2000
- Historic Homes: Austin Corbin II Home
- Neoclassical-style Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- Whitworth Wins a National Baseball Title in 1960
- Whitworth College's Baseball Victory of 1960
- By Bill Elston
- To the Beat of the Drum
- How the Drumming Band was Created
- By Virginia Dempsey Woods
- Flying My Flight Plan
- Experience of Airplane Pilot Ann Stewart Yeend, 1944
- By Ann Yeend
- Steptoe's Revenge
- Colonel Steptoe's Story of Revenge, 1893
- By Chris Dabolt
- Remembering the Fragrance of Freshly Mown Hay
- The Scent of Freshly Mown Hay, 1930s
- By Luella Dow
- The Palouse Wheat Harvest
- History of the Palouse Wheat Harvest
- By Nancy M. Prevost
- "I Gotcha, Charlie I Gotcha!"
- The Story of Louie Sam in Latah, Washington
- By Marshall B. Shore
- Living Atop a Mountain
- Fire Lookout on Frost Point Mountain
- By Bob Liepold
- How Fort George Wright Got Its Name
- The Origins of Fort George Wright's Name
- By Jon Hansen
- The Buffalo Soldiers of Spokane
- History of Fort George Wright
- By Jon Hansen
- The History of Nine Mile Falls
- Nine Mile Falls, Washington
- By Benita Mason
August 2000
- Historic Homes: The Henry J. Kaiser Home
- The Henry J. Kaiser Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- The Historic Clark House on Hayden Lake, Idaho
- History of the Clark House
- By Suzanne & Tony Bamonte
- F. Lewis and Winifred Clark
- Biography of F. Lewis and Winifred Clark
- By Monty Danner
- Painting Spokane
- Early Pioneer Families, Lawton and Bump
- By John W. Lawton
- Spokane's Natatorium Trolley Park
- Experiencing Natatorium Trolley Park
- By Karen Patton DeSeve
- Mrs. Kline Brought the Sandwiches
- Making Sandwiches for Social Gatherings, 1912
- By Cora Oliver
- A Tour of the Early Day in Wallace, Idaho
- History of Wallace, Idaho
- By Suzanne & Tony Bamonte
- Glory Days of the Riverboats on the Pend Oreille River
- Experiencing Riverboats
- By Faith McClenny
- Gonzaga University and University of Idaho Share the 1950 NCAA Boxing Title
- Boxing Between Gonzaga University and University of Idaho
- By Bill Elston
July 2000
- Bud Ward, Spokane's First National Golf Champion
- Bud Ward's Story, 1930s
- By Bill Elston
- Shriners Shine Through Centuries of Secrecy
- Principal Activities of Masons Through the Decades
- By Jack Poole
- The Tenacious Town of Hunters
- History of Hunters, Washington.
- By Dianne Eppler
- The Quilt Circle
- Mathilda Anderson's Desire for Fashion
- By Eleanor Ellis Laubach
- Historic Homes: The Louis Davenport/ Richard Porter Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- Vacationing at Priest Lake, ID
- Fun Times at Priest Lake, Idaho, 1920s
- By Lucille Coates McMillan
- Mullan, Idaho: Celebrating the Fourth of July
- Fourth of July Celebration in Mullan, Idaho, 1905
- By Evelyn Keppner Smith
- Wreck of the "S" Bridge on the Northern Pacific Railroad
- The Northern Pacific Railroad bridge between Mullan, Idaho and Lookout Pass, Idaho
- from the Idaho State Tribune
- The Davenport Hotel
- Learning About the Davenport Hotel
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- Proud to Serve
- Jack Johnson's War Experiences
- By Don Johnson
- Marguerite Motie: The First "Miss Spokane"
- How Marguerite Motie Became "Miss Spokane", 1912
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- The Alleged Theft of the Monroe Street Bridge Design
- The Happenings of the Monroe Street Bridge Design, 1910
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- Family Lines
- A Lyons Family Fishing Tradition, 1956
- By Jim Lyons
- My Home Town: Thornton, Washington
- Living in Thornton, Washington, 1920s
- By Evelyn Baldwin
- Tom Aspend, Colville's Colorful Barber
- Humoristic Barber in Colville, Washington
- By Shirley Dodson, 1885
- Little Journeys Around Colville
- Colville Memories
- By the Editor of the Colville Examiner
- My First Love
- Why a Little Girl Loved Her Father
- By Audry Cowen
June 2000
- Historic Homes
- The James Monaghan Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- The Old National Building
- History of the Old National Building
- By Richard "Dick" Hoover
- They Don't Make Them as "TUFF" as They Used To!
- Story of Carl Ellingsen sports star
- By Bill Elston
- The Originator of Father's Day
- How Father's Day Evolved, 1910
- By Steven L. Whiteside
- The B.R. Lewis Lumber Company
- Coeur d'Alene's First Major Sawmill
- By Tony Bamonte
- Mysteries Surround the Death of Famous Pioneer Mill Operator Joseph Heinrich
- A Spokane County Pioneer Mystery Story
- By Glenn Leitz
- Waterville's Historic Hotel
- History of Waterville's Historic Hotel
- By Laura Arksey
- Childhood Folly
- Being Daddy's Girl and the Baby Sister
- By Margaret Horchler
- The Dance Lesson
- Remembering Freshman Year of High School, 194
- By Eleanor Ellis Laubach
- A Step Through Time: The Steptoe Story
- History of Steptoe
- By Mrs. Nancy Cochran's Eighth-Grade Class
-
James Monaghan: Profile of an Early Pioneer
- James Monaghan's Profile
- By Suzanne Bamonte
- The Beginnings of the Spokane Police Department
- How the Spokane Police Department Began
- Reprinted from a 1902 brochure
- Joel Warren: Spokane's Famous Chief of Police
- Joel Warren's Profile
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- Early Inland Northwest Serial Murders
- The Beginning of Serial Murders
- The Nation's Oldest Active Murder Case: Newport, Washington
- A Critique from Timothy Egan's book Breaking Blue
- By Scott Crocker
May 2000
- Historic Homes
- Seaton/Segerstrom Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- Spokane's Lost Garden - The Moore-Turner Garden
- Discovering A Garden on Seventh Avenue
- By Marion Severud
- The History of Betts Oil Company
- How Betts Oil Company Evolved
- By Raymond L. "Ray" Betts
- Once Upon a Time. . .Gonzaga University Played Football
- How Gonzaga University Once Played Football, 1920s
- By Bill Elston
- The Newspapers of Spokane
- How Spokane Newspapers Evolved
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- Sacred Heart School of Nursing: A Home Away From Home
- The Comforts of Sacred Heart School of Nursing, 1940s
- By Eleanore McKenna
- Rootless in Spokane
- Finding the Roots of Spokane, 1936
- By Marji C. Lyvers
- Okanogan to Seattle in 1918
- The Okanogan to Seattle Road Trip
- By Laura Arksey
- Northwestern Business College
- Photos of Northwestern Business College, 1943
- Photos Courtesy Thelma Shriner
- Sweet Peas for Polly
- Admiring Polly Bemis, A Chinese Lady, 1933
- By Robert Bunting
- Early Days of Freeman, Washington
- Remembering Freeman, WA, 1937
- By Layton Baldwin
- The Metaline Extension of "The Blackwell Road"
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Why the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad Was Called the "Blackwell Road"
- By Eva Gayle Six
- The Stevens County Historical Society: From 1903 to 2000
- Stevens County Historical Society, 1903-2000
- By Marian Garvey
- Peaceful Valley
- Written Documentation of Peaceful Valley
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- Murder in Peaceful Valley
- How the Murder of Peaceful Valley Happened, July 8, 1893
- By Warren Schneider
April 2000 (Sold Out)
- From Miss Spokane to Miss America Pageant
- The Story of Laura Eva King: Miss Spokane 1927
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- The National Parks Highway Tour of 1916
- Driving the Highways of 1916
- By Laura Arksey
- Liberty Park Florist & Greenhouse
- Establishing Liberty Park Florist & Greenhouse, 1928
- Going Slow & Smelling the Sagebrush
- Driving During the 1930s
- By Don Johnson
- Historic Homes
- Burgess L. Gordon's Home
- By Nancy Gale Compau
- The Early Days of Cheney
- History of Cheney, Washington
- By Clara G. Dennis
- Sixteen Cords of Education
- Keeping Young Boys Busy Chopping Firewood
- By Al Jack Dymond
- The Invention of the Telephone and Its Introduction to the Inland Northwest
- The Effects of the Telephone to the Inland Northwest
- By Dean Ladd
- For Gram With Love
- A Love Story for Grandma, 1939
- By Yvonne H. Beldin
- The Arthur Jones Company
- Founder of Spokane's Oldest Real Estate Company
- By Tony Bamonte
- The Great Wandermere Ski-Jump
- Spokane's Ski Tournament, 1934
- By Jeffry Sims
- The Spokane Symphony
- Looking Into the Spokane Symphony, 1945-2000
- By Anne Anderson
- From Calaboose to High Rise: Jails of Spokane
- Spokane's Jails, 1881-1919
- By J.M. Moynahan
- Growing Up in Stevens County
- Learning About Stevens County, 1930
- By Ray O'Keefe
- The First Murder in Spokane Police Ranks
- Spokane's First Police Officer Death
- By Mary E. Parker
March 2000 (Sold Out)
- Spokane Club: Through the Looking Glass of Change
- History of the Spokane Club
- By Patti Redd
- The Pigeon Caper
- Catching Pigeons under the Monroe Street Bridge, 1936
- By Marjie C. Livers
- Where the Hunt Begins
- Working in the Springdale Coffee Shop & Hotel During Hunting Season, 1949
- By Cora Oliver
- Hazen & Jaeger: Gracious Caring for 90 Years
- Spokane's First Residential Funeral Home
- By Patti Redd
- Maestro at the Keyboard
- The Dave Yost Band, 1960s
- By Patti Redd
- Buttons, Buttons, Who Has The Buttons?
- City of the Sun Button Club, 1956
- By Steven L. Whiteside
- Life at Spokane College
- History of Spokane College, 1930s
- By Jeffry Sims
- Welcome Wagon of Spokane
- Helping Newcomers Become Acquainted with the City, 1956
- By Warren Schneider
- The Tenth Mission: Part 2
- Wartime Experience of Bonners Ferry Boy, 1940s
- By A.O. (Lanny) Lannigan
- Early Theatre and Vaudeville
- Show Business with Biny Bonner , 1947-1954
- By Patti Redd
February 2000- Horse Power the Old Fashioned Way
- How Horses Were Helpful During the Depression Era in Tonasket, 1923-1940
- By Dick Johnson
- Mr. Orchid Man
- The Language & Sentiment of Flowers at Glenrose Nursery.
- By Patti Redd
- Memories of Early Days in Spokane
- Spokane in the Eyes of Carl H. Trunk, 1887
- By Carl H. Trunk
- The Many Paths of Love
- How Love Was In the Spokane Air, 1940
- By Patti Redd
- We Built A Farm
- How to Build a Farm, 1954
- By Gloria Nelson
- See the Big Picture
- Photograph Albums of Charles Libby & Son, 1800s-1972
- By Patti Redd
- Come Blow Your Horn
- Remembering the Big Band Era, 1930s
- By Don Johnson
- The Tenth Mission
- Wartime Experience of a Bonners Ferry Boy, 1940s
- By A.O. (Lanny) Lannigan
- A Fair Chance in Life
- Building the Hutton Settlement by Levi and May Hutton, 1887
- By Patti Redd
- Old Post Falls: Peeking Back From Photographs
- Memories of Post Falls, 1929-1947
- By Kimberly Rice Brown
January 2000
- A Paper for A Penny and Other Tales
- A Profile on Ben Miller, 1916-1940
- By Ben Miller
- Does Anyone Know the Words?
- Music in the Good Ole' Days, 1920s
- By Don Johnson
- The Beginnings of Lincoln County
- How Lincoln County Evolved, 1908
- By Tony & Suzanne Bamonte
- Location: Lincoln County
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- To Coeur d'Alene and Bust
- Remembering Coeur d'Alene, 1940s
- Author: Bob Liepold
- You are Cordially Invited. . .
- Invitation to Attend the Third Public Hanging in the County Send Out by County Sheriff, 1899
- By Patti Redd
-
School House Pranks from Days Gone Past
- Halloween School Prank
- By Marion McLellan
- Racing the Toaster
- The Adventures of a Child
- By Lee Rogers
-
Starch and Stripes
- Mary Chapman as a Nurse at Deaconess Hospital, 1940s-1950s
- By Patti Redd
- Gracious Lady
- The Graciousness of Rose Wheeler Walston at Myers Falls, 1900s
- By Wallace Bancom
- Dog Days of Summer
- Summer During World War II, 1943
- By Don Johnson
- Those Unforgettable Years: Memories of the 1900s
- Memories of the 1900s
- A Club of Friendship - The BOF Club
- A Night of Dancing, Eating and Making New Friends, 1930s, 1940s.
- By Patti Redd
December 1999
- I'm Coming Home. . .A Christmas To Remember
- Coming Home From Japan, 1945
- By Jack Rogers
- Winter in the Stables
- Childhood Memories of the Playfair Race Course, 1936
- By Susan B. Harper
- A Montana Ranch Christmas
- Spending Christmas on a Montana Ranch, 1949
- By Eleanor Ellis Laubach
- Carrousel of Friendship
- Remembering the Looff Carrousel in Natatorium Park, 1920s
- By Helen Giakovmis Ray
- Make a Joyful Noise
- Singing in Church, 1940s
- By Don Johnson
- The Skies Were Alive Over Spokane
- The Arrival of the Spokane Airport, 1932
- A Pioneer Account of Early Day Experiences
- Reminiscences of Albert S. Johnson, 1867-1950
- By Jerome A. Peltier
- Rotary Club of Spokane: Spokane Businessmen Unite in Early 1900s
- Spokane's Rotary Club
- By Patti Redd
-
Merry Christmas, Mr. Ryder
- A Fascination for a BB Gun, 1930s
- By Don Johnson
November 1999 (Sold Out)
- The Early Days of Kootenai County (1908-1920)
- By Tony & Susanne Bamonte
- Memories of Elegance
- Working at the Davenport Hotel in 1940s
- By Patti Redd
- Woman's Club Launched in 1905
- The Beginning of the Spokane Woman's Club in 1905
- By Patti Redd
- Legacy of Determination: Kootenai Style
- Living Through the Great Depression Days
- By Betty McLain
- A Home Town Boy
- A Glimpse of Bing Crosby 's Life
- By Don Johnson
- Growing Up in Spokane
- Moving to and Living in Spokane in 1910
- By Bud Vermeers
- The Wisdom of Sisters
- Growing Up With Two Older Sisters
- By Ken Cole
- Curb-Side Service With A Smile!
- Working at French Cleaners in 1941
- By Elmore (Pat) Gerkensmeyer Thompson
- These Canaries Sang Off-Tune: Lester Patrick Brings Hockey to Spokane
- The Introduction of Hockey to Spokane, 1911
- By Paul Delaney
October 1999 ( Premiere Issue)
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Happiness, Hardship & Laughter
- Early marriage experiences with little money in 1944.
- By Leone A. Browning
- Early Farmhand Job Leads to Owning Hundreds of Acres
- One Good Thing Leads to Another in the 1930 in Pomeroy.
- By George McPherson
- Music Hath Power
- Music in early America, from the 1920s through WW II
- By Don Johnson
- The Changeover from Horses to Tractors
- Horses, Then Tractors in 1928
- By Nona Hengen
- Memories in the Air
- Memories of 1966 by Wey Simpson at the KHQ Studio
- Billy Got Her Goat
- Fun During World War II era
- By Ken Cole
- The General Meeting
- Meeting a Japanese general under unusual circumstances on Awagi Island, Japan in 1945.
- By Jack Rogers
- If We Didn't Have It We Used. . .
- What We Used Fifty Years Ago
- By Leone A. Browning
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