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November 2007
- Traveling to a Boy Scout Jamboree
- Earl recounts the experience of taking the train to Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- Swirls and Snuggles
- Warm family traditions around the kitchen with Grandma.
- From Dinosaurs to Chickens
- Raising chickens in the Depression in Ruby Creek, Idaho
- A Bad Start in My First Car
- Getting in trouble with my 1930 American Austin Bantam
- When I Was Eight
- A perspective from an 8 year old
- Logging Section Fifteen
- Logging in the Thompson Creek area above Newman Lake on George Cunningham's land
- Sunday Drives in Dad's Hudson
- Touring around Spokane in a 1937 Hudson Terraplane
- Cheerio! Fortissimo!
- Playing the accordian under the direction of Van Dee Sickler.
- Japanese Fu-Go Balloons
- The first Intercontinental Weapon System launched by Japan lands in Washington
- The Orpheum of Old
- Bob Wright and Coral Carr dress the part of the movie playing to help draw in customers to the theater.
- Situation Normal All Fouled Up
- A comedy of errors as I joined the Spokane Naval Reserve
October 2007
- Simply Skating
- Roller Skating at Monterey and Dishman Roller Skating Rink, 1952
- Halloween Ghouls & Goodies
- Halloween neighborhood party, 1950
- For the Love of Airplanes
- Bud Shaw talks about his days at Spokane Naval Air Reserves
- The Boge Bros. Bakery
- Driving a delivery truck at the bakery.
- Before Commercial Fertilizers
- Planting sweet clover in Whitman County near Garfield, Washington as a fertilizer.
- Life of a Classic Vintage
- Rita's first car was a 1961 Ford Falcon.
- Buzzing the Wood
- Cutting firewood for the Greenwood Grange near Kettle Falls, Washington
- Mercy Mission
- Deathly sick while at Spokane Naval Air Station
- Ross Point Memories
- Ross Point Baptist Camp, 1966, Post Falls, Idaho.
- Goose Hunter
- Shooting a goose with a rifle, 1944.
- A Monumental Story Continued
- A monument to those killed while building Grand Coulee Dam.
- A Veteran of the Fire Wars: Ranger Frank D. Haun
- Forest Ranger in Gold Creek and Seeley Lake Districts, Montana
- Homesteading Near Colville
- Building a family and farm.
September 2007
- EZ Loader Boat Trailers
- Starting EZ Boat Loader company in Spokane.
- The Lion from Spokane
- Gail Cogdill is drafted out of Washington State to play football with the Detroit Lions.
- P.T.A. "High Kicks"
- Dorothy Gaylord Phillips performs with the Lewis & Clark High School PTA.
- Strumming to Stardom
- Roger Berger plays and sings his way to fame on KSPO, and KXLY.
- Naval Air Station Spokane
- The history of the Spokane Naval Air Station at Geiger Field.
- Laddie, Heel!
- Dog training in 1959
- A Special Northwestern Combine
- The Idaho National Harvester builds a new combine machine, 1905.
- Sugar Reports at Ft. George Wright
- Posing for the Fort George Wright Review newsletter.
- God in the Forest
- A poem about Camp Reed.
- A Lasting Memory of Elvis
- Her father drove Elvis around Spokane.
- Hunting Traditions
- Learning to hunt.
- The Magical East Baldwin Avenue Neighborhood
- Memories of a Spokane neighborhood.
August 2007
- Pea Picking
- Farming in Fairfield, Washington.
- Open Road Pioneers' Club for Boys
- Starting the boys club in Spokane.
- Walking with Daddy
- A poem about dad.
- From Street Racing to Drag Strips
- Joe Blaylock drag racing feats.
- Leonard Magart and His Shadow Bay Resort
- Shadow Bay Resort on Marshall Lake.
- Cool Bathing Suits
- Arlene and her sister model their bathing suits.
- Camp Reed as I Remember It
- Attending Camp Reed
- The Making of Camp Reed
- The history of Camp Reed on Fan Lake, Deer Park, Washington.
- Station Keeper at Geiger
- Bob Waite talks about his duties as a Station Keeper at Geiger Field.
- Horses and Men
- Building State Route 20 from Tonasket to Republic.
- Elvis Visits Spokane
- An in-depth story about Elivs visit and concert at Joe Albi Stadium August 29, 1957.
July 2007
- The Exciting Career of Spokane County Sheriff Floyd Bower
- Sheriff in Spokane County, 1925.
- Daredevil Days
- Riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Coeur d'Alene.
- Springtime Walk
- Memories of Dad by his five daughters.
- Riding the Trains on Vacation
- Taking trips on the Great Northern Railway.
- Memories at Riverside Hall
- Round Hall dancing barn near Potlatch.
- The All-Girls Marching Pirettes
- The first Pirette Marching Unit at Rogers High School.
- Those Mighty Marching Pirates
- The Marching band at Rogers High School.
- Horsing Around with the McLellan Family
- Raising horses at Seven Mile bridge area.
- The Night Winona Burned
- Fire burns wheat crops in Winona, Pasco, and Kahlotus.
- A Humble Start for Willie Fritz
- Hard work pays off for Willie.
- Liberty Lake Memories
- Summer fun at Liberty Lake.
- Poopsie: My First Car
- Buying my first car from Stoddard-Wendle Fordtown, 1959.
June 2007
- Downriver Park
- Forming a park in Spokane
- Door-To-Door Lessons
- The life of John Tuft.
- Stephanie Regalado
- Training From Our Dad
- Memories of Danny Anderson.
- The Essence of Pa
- Memories of Bob Carnegie.
- Great Depression Struggles
- Clarence Nickerson works at Hazelwood Dairy during the Depression.
- A Dad and His Daughter
- Memories of Ronald Aubrey.
- Surviving Life's Trials
- Memories of Henry Risley.
- Blacksmith Grandpa Hoyt
- Charles Henry Hoyt, a blacksmith in Spokane.
- Unconditional Love
- Memories of the Kennedy family.
- Reminders of Yesterday
- C.H. Hemmings of Sprague, Washington.
- My One Armed Grandpa
- Memories of John Beechinor
- Always Time for Fly Fishing
- Thomas Yates memories.
- Dad and the Spare Nickel
- Buying one apple for a nickel and then splitting it between two girls.
- From a Childs View
- Dean Ratzman's children share some memories.
- 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.
- Daily Adventures with Dad
- Memories of Don Moos
May 2007
- A Youthful Passion for Fun
- Spokane Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club adventures.
- The Boone Street Barn
- Working together at the Spokane Coliseum leads to marriage.
- Aunt Vi's Long, Long Commute to School
- Walking to school in 1950 leads to a story and photo in the Seattle Times
- Single and Having Fun
- Dressing up like Charlie Chaplin
- A Son's Tribute to His Mother
- Memories of Elma
- Life Down on the Farm
- Life on a farm
- A Pioneer Spirit of Old
- Homestead life in Hood River
- My Grand Style Mother
- Memories of my mother
- From a Mother's Point of View
- Memories of Joyce Scher by her son Rick
- Jumping for Joy
- Memories of Beth Swank
- My Stay-at-Home Mother
- Memories of Amy Lloyd
- Handmade by Mom
- Memories of Juanita Johnson
- Seeing Double
- Memoires Zola and Lola Ames
- Spring Planting
- Memories of Marialice Holt
- Riding with Mom
- Motorcycle riding with Eva McLaughlin
- Monday Memories
- Memories of Clara Denison
- My Swiss Miss Mother
- Memories of Marthe Alice Lettenmaier
- Endless Jobs for Mother
- Memories of mother on the farm
- Memories from Baldwin Street
- Memories from the Logan neighborhood
- Window Shopping with Mom
- Memories of Rhea Hammond
- Playing Dress Up
- Memories of mother
- Artistic Mother
- Memories of Altha Norris
- Mom's Calls
- Memories of mother
- Cooking Was Her Claim of Fame
- Rose Driscoll memories from Kettle Falls and Headquarters, Idaho
- Awkward Beginnings Didn't Deter
- Dating experiences out of the ordinary
April 2007
- Selling Magazines Door to Door
- Selling magazines for the Cromwell Publishing Company in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- We Saw Elvis
- Memories of the Elvis concert at the Spokane Memorial Arena on August 30, 1957
- Valley Flood of the Sixties... and the Lady who Prayed it Away
- Flooding in the Spokane Valley during 1957
- A Day in the Life of a Hardrock Miner
- Mining in the Star Mine in Burke, Idaho
- The Spokane Hotel
- History of the Spokane Hotel from 1889 until 1962
- 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
- Higher Than Eagles
- Spokane's World War II Pilot Lt. Eugene Shauvin
March 2007
- Whitetails To Deer Park
- History of Deer Park. Naming the streets.
- Chilling Events on East Baldwin
- Telling ghost stories to the neighborhood gang.
- Fire Lookout: A Boy's Summer of 1941
- Manning a fire lookout tower on Marble Mountain in the Colville National Forest
- Dating in a Small Country Town
- A farm boy romances a local girl in Garfield, Washington
- Learning the Dental Trade
- Dr. Charles Olsen teaches his neighbor the trade
- Campbell House Writings
- Letters from maid Iris Nelson while working at the Campbell House in Spokane
- It's the Plumb Truth
- The plumbing family of Helmuth Beyer
- David Bemiss Grade School
- Photo of the 1938 class
- Delivering Messages
- Working for the Western Union as a delivery boy in 1940.
- Gram's Story
- Growing up in Sandpoint, Idaho
February 2007
- Fun on the Job at Trentwood
- Working for The Aluminum Co. in 1943.
- Parting Gifts
- Delivery driver for Appleway Motors in 1944.
- Ready and Able
- Working for St. Luke's Hospital
- My 1940s Home Ec Life Lessons
- Home Ec classes at Whitworth College in 1941.
- Blanchard Valley School
- Class photo from 1936
- College and the Married Life
- Attending Spokane University
- St. Joseph Family Center
- History of St. Joseph Orphanage in Spokane from 1890 to present
- Sig Hansen Left His Mark at Central Valley High School
- A favorite teacher at Central Valley
- Remembering Farmington
- History of Farmington, Washington
- Dating Trouble with Parents
- Mel and Betty dating troubles
- Dating in the 1930s
- North Central High School students dating ventures.
January 2007
- Brotherhood of Friends
- Fun at the BOF Lodge in Spokane
- Whitman County Winter
- The winter of 1948-1949
- On the Level
- Bricklayer Dick Hubbard's story
- A Monumental Story
- A memorial in honor of those who died building Grand Coulee Dam
- Not Exactly the Caddy Shack
- Caddy work at the Spokane Country Club
- My First Job at V.O.A.
- Working for Volunteers of America in Spokane
- Dad
- A Poem
- Growing Up in the Depression Years
- Farming in Eastern Washington
- An Original Mayflower
- My 1953 Plymouth Station Wagon
- A Trumpet Duet
- Rogers High School friends
December 2006
- Cascades Double Take
- A photo then and now of Lyman Glacier
- For the Love of Fine Horses
- Harry Gumm and his horse business
- From Trolleys to Buses
- Driving for the Spokane United Railways
- Remembering World War Two
- Memories of December 7, 1941
- A Messenger Boy for Old National Bank
- Delivering messages for Old National Bank
- Vegaline
- Spokane's Original Bio-Fuel manufactured by Power Oil & Gas Co. and The Union Iron Works
- Memories of the Crescent
- Working at the Crescent in 1951.
- Bussing at the Apple Bower
- A buss boy's adventure inside the Davenport Hotel
- Homegrown Health Cures
- Home remedy cures with no side effects
- Gonzaga's Winning Edge
- Gonzaga University's hockey team.
- Homemade Hockey
- Playing hockey with Vernon Doyl at Manito Park
- A Memorable Thanksgiving
- A military Thanksgiving meal
November 2006
- A.M. Cannon Park
- History of the Cannon Park from 1907
- The Winter of 1979
- A very cold and snowy winter.
- Dancing Into Each Others Heart
- A military man finds his sweetheart at a dance
- M.M. Cowley
- Early Pioneer Figure
- Rogers High School's First Cheerleader
- Thresa Perry Poffenroth tells of the first cheerleading squat at Rogers in 1932.
- Pandean Club
- A musical club from North Central, Lewis & Clark and Rogers High School
- The Rookery Building
- History of the Rookery block in downtown Spokane.
- The Magic of Chemistry
- Learning from a home chemistry set in 1946.
- Sunday Dinner at the Spokane Hotel
- Eating out at the Spokane Hotel
October 2006
- Pataha Flour Mill
- Grinding flour in Garfield County
- Tea Time
- Having tea with my dolls.
- Dating at Central Valley High
- Dating adventures in 1945
- Ritzville's Colorful Wiltse
- History of Albert Wiltse and Ritzville.
- Barlow Construction
- Building service stations around Spokane.
- Blodgett Merchantile Company
- History of the Blodgett Merchantile and family.
- 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.
- Friday Night Toolin
- Driving the streets of Spokane in 1946
- My Four Lakes
- Living on four different lakes.
- The Edna E. Davis School
- Spokane's school for the deaf.
September 2006
- Spokane Air Show Tragedy
- A crash of planes in 1944 ruins a military air show.
- Foggy Days
- Driving to Lake Christina in British Columbia.
- A Good Day Fishing
- Fishing on Pend Oreille Lake in 1965
- Any Ice Today, Lady?
- Delivering ice to homes in Hillyard.
- Otis High Basketball Team
- Photo from 1931
- Capone
- History of Al Capone's brother Vincenzo Capone
- The Seventh Air Force
- Flying missions over the South Pacific in 1943.
- When Neighborhoods Were Neighborhoods
- Memories of the North Maple area.
- Desert Sands
- Cooking at the Oasis Restaurant inside the Desert Hotel.
- 100 Years of Insurance
- History of Fidelity Associates Insurance and Financial Services.
- The Naked News
- Summer adventures in the North Idaho Panhandle.
- Nostalgic Memories of Harvesting Wheat
- Wheat harvest in the Tonasket area.
- 111 Years of Meetings in Colfax
- History of the Athenaeum Club
- My Mom... No Stranger to Automobiles
- Mom's Ford Model T Touring car
- The Empty Plate
- A Poem
August 2006
- Do You Know Josie?
- Looking for Josie Hamilton.
- Music Lessons for Spokane
- Musical lessons from Margaret Anderson.
- Struck By Lighting
- Lighting strike at Kaniksu National Forest nearly kills John Laughlin.
- The Bike Races
- Bike racing around Baldwin Avenue
- Bob, Brad and the All-Boy Band of North Central
- Bob Lewis Marches with the North Central High School band.
- Moran Cemetery
- History of the Moran Cemetery
- Sixty Years of Steam
- Fairchild's Central Heating Plant
- A Modern Home
- Buying your home from a Sears Roebuck catalog.
- Lance Hills
- Outside of Cheney connects a Regional Pioneer.
- Journal of a Mule Train Packer
- Mule packing for the North Idaho mines.
July 2006
- The Fastest Way Around a Short Track
- Morris Gaylord's racing at Spokane Sports Center
- 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.
- Spokane Junior College
- History of Spokane Junior College
- The Tiny House Reunion
- A family reunion
- The Birth of a Gordon Avenue Doll
- Growing up on Gordon Street
- Spokane's Greatest Athlete
- Jack Harvey, tennis and badminton champion
- Moran Grade School Reunion
- History of the Moran Grade School.
- Petland: One Woman's Century
- History of Mamie Rand
- The Perfect Couple
- The yelling neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Irby.
June 2006
- Those Delinquent Reilly Boys
- A auto prank at Gonzaga College, then coffee at Johnston's Coffee House.
- The Home Run of the Brave
- Watching scary movies at the Rex Theatre
- The Ti-Girls at Lewis & Clark
- Photos of Bette Pymm Doyle as a Ti Girl and majorette.
- Bath Time in the 40s
- The entire family takes a bath in a washtub.
- Neyland's Resort at Liberty Lake
- Sun tanning and boy watching at Liberty Lake
- Camp Sweyolakan
- Summer memories from 1944
- Ice Cream Anyone?
- History of Behm's Valley Creamery
- A Warm Summer Day
- Photo of Hyde boys
- Charliebeth and the New Electric Hot Water Tank
- Selling dad's favorite cow for a hot water tank in 1943.
- Lake Leo
- Homesteading in 1904 in the Pend Oreille Lakes west of Tiger, Washington
- Fred Astaire or Chicken Little
- Tap dancing lessons in 1933 led to recitals at the Rialto Theatre and the Women's Club of Spokane.
- Our Blockful of Kids
- The ten and eleven-hundred block of east Baldwin.
May 2006
- Air Force Band Brought Honor to the Inland Northwest
- The 560th Army Air Force Band.
- Finding Work in the Depression
- Building Grand Coulee Dam
- Raised in the Madsen Hotel
- The Wilbur, Washington hotel was my home.
- Hidden Treasure
- The Cheney Historical Museum
- The Welcome House
- Rev. Herbert and Mabel Anderson provided a home for serviceman stationed in Spokane.
- Burke: Idaho's Newest Ghost Town
- The Hecla Mining Company's history tied to Burke.
April 2006
- Building a Sawmill
- Logging and running a saw mill near Thompson Creek north of Newman Lake in the mid 1930s.
- An Alaskan Adventure
- The Alaskan Railroad Construction Company builds the Government Railroad in 1910.
- Life on the Bellwood Farm
- Near Valleyford, Washington was once a large dairy operation.
- 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.
- A Tribute to True Friends
- North Central High School friends.
- Life at Sacred Heart School of Nursing
- Bertha Thulon's nursing school memories from 1914.
- Lilac Festival Time in Spokane
- Memories from many years of parade watching.
March 2006
- Marching To Different Drums
- Marching with the Red Feathers unit at North Central
- The Sisters of the Holy Names and Fort Wright
- History of the Sisters school and education in Spokane.
- What's a Tilakums?
- The Spokane Chronicle kids club.
- The Campbell House
- Restoring Helen Campbell's Blue Silk Drapes.
- An Earlier Time
- Neighborhood memories on Gardner Avenue and around Spokane.
- L. Merlin Norris
- Preacher, photographer, reporter and scout executive and adventures at Spokane University.
- White Hair of the Spider
- Lucile Hird and her gift of Laqueus.
- 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.
February 2006
- Chattaroy School Burns Down
- A fire in 1934 burns down the local school house.
- Teenage Mischief
- Having fun around Spokane
- All the Pioneers Are Not Dead
- Jesse and June Green move from California to Spokane in 1959 in a home-made camper.
- Rose Lake
- Rose Lake, Idaho history.
- The Old Homestead
- Homestead living in the Deer Lodge National Forest of Montana in 1919.
- Corbin Park
- The Secret Race Track.
- Daily Chronicle Tilakums
- History of the kids club, Tilakums
- Spokane Hotel Memories
- Memories of the Spokane Hotel and the Silver Grill.
- Ruby City Cemetery Found
- A lost cemetery is found.
- The Mayors of the City of Spokane
- History of the city Mayors from 1881 to 2006.
- Norway's Royalty Charms Spokane
- A Royal visit by Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Marta in 1939.
- Billy Peterson and Me
- Lillian and Billy Peterson still a kiss in the cloak room.
January 2006
- Spokane - Nashville of the West
- Singing groups like Clyde and Slim sing on KFPY in Spokane each week.
- The Palouse Highway
- Building the Palouse Highway in 1936.
- Hillyard Family Home
- Patrick Foley works for the Great Northern Railroad.
- Memories of Logan Grade School
- Memories from 1937 and 8th grade class photo from 1941.
- Snow Surveying
- Glenn Nogle and Guy Imus take snow measurements for Washington Water Power Company in the North Cascades mountains in 1948.
- Grandfather's Blacksmith Shop
- Photo of H.A.Krum's shop in 1905
- The House R.A. Jones Built
- Superintendent of Spokane City Waterworks during the Great Spokane Fire of August 4, 1889.
- Seth Woodard
- Spokane Valley Pioneer from 1882.
December 2005
- Gold, Frankincense and What?
- The gifts presented to Jesus at His birth, including Myrrh.
- Spokane Women's Club
- History of the club from 1905.
- Spokane Junior Miss Pageant
- Judging at the second annual pageant in 1969.
- My Christmas Sweetheart
- Rondy Ledford travels through a winter storm to be home for Christmas.
- McGee's Service Station
- History of Sid McGee and his gas stations.
- The Story Behind Rockwood Clinic
- History of Rockwood Clinic and Captain William Robinson, founder.
- Let the Trumpet Blare
- Playing in the Rogers High School pep band in the 1940s.
- Were We Montanies?
- Traveling from Great Falls, Montana to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
November 2005
- Tightening Belts - Rationing During WWII
- Tax Tokens and Rations during the war years.
- Washington's Tax History
- Major Washington State Tax History
- The Handsome Horseman
- History of George Horch and his horses.
- A Passing of Time
- Memories of grandmother.
- A Rumble Seat
- Double dating in a 1930 Model A Ford Roadster.
- Captain Midnight
- Comic book relief in the 1950s.
- Apron of Love
- My mothers kitchen apron and the love she showed.
- Hopalong Cassidy and Professor Barry
- Popular TV show impressed the kids.
- 1933 Wilson Grade School
- Photo of 2nd grade in 1933.
- The Home Place
- History from the south Moran Township in 1936.
- An Old Fashioned Barbershop
- History of the Audubon Park Barbership and Nick Nickerson.
- Cashup Davis - Wilderness Innkeeper
- History of James "Cashup" Davis and the Steptoe Butte Hotel he built.
- Please Connect Me to Main 327, Operator
- The Spokane telephone exchanges from 1902 to 1960.
- Rainbow Gasoline
- A True Oil Company Station
- My Date with Dwayne
- A date that didn't start off right and ended up even worse.
- Letters from a Sailor
- Roy Kenneth Grant sends letters home in 1944.
- Washington National Guard
- History of the guard unit
- The Last Ballgame
- Looking after my little sister in the 1950s
October 2005
- Two Spokane Sailors Almost Cause an International Incident
- Sandy Sinclair and Keith Yates get in a little trouble during WWII.
- You Can Do It, But...
- Learning to play the clarinet at Rogers High School.
- Heidi, the Piano Playing Boxer
- The family dog that could play the piano.
- Cold Hands, Warm Heart
- Trying to play high school football.
- Scary House, Happy Memories
- Memories from North Monroe street.
- The Genie and the Gyro
- Inventions by Frank Johnson in 1967.
- My First Trip to Spokane
- Memories of Tripple XXX Rootbeer, the Milk Bottle and other Spokane highlights in 1931.
- irst Day of School
- First grade at Hamilton Grade School in 1925.
- 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.
- Boy Scouts Rescue Drowning Women
- Wray Farmin saves lives at Camp Cowles on Diamond Lake in 1921.
- What's My Line?
- Television show history.
- The Serenaders
- Spokane choral group of the 1940s
- Spokane Was Not Third-World Hillbilly
- Memories from around Spokane.
- From Washington County to Washington Territory - A Man Named George
- History of George W. Runnels from 1857.
September 2005
- Daddy the Spokane Policeman
- History of Jim Fuchs as a Spokane cop in the 1930s.
- "Wild Horses" at the Boots and Saddles Club
- Painting of wild horses.
- Farming South Moran
- Art Stephan successful farming operation in 1914.
- Steamroller
- A 10-year-old remembers seeing his first steamroller working.
- Those Old Wash-Day Blues
- Electricity on the farm changes how washing is done.
- Sale Day
- A farm auction recollection.
- Horse Theft Mania in Spokane
- Stealing horses in Spokane in 1891.
- Horse Thief: The Worst Outlaw of All
- History of a horse thief.
- 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.
- The Glover Mansion
- History of James Glover and business ventures.
- Boyhood Memories of Newport
- George Graupner history and his grocery store in Newport, Washington.
- Telephone Communication Timeline
- History of Spokane telephone industry.
- Summer Harvest on the Mountain
- Harvesting wheat in Walla Walla in 1941.
- First Day of "Real" School
- Green Mountain School northeast of Newman Lake in 1930.
- Valley Chapel
- The Valley Chapel church.
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.
- Lifestyles with Stoves
- Switching from wood cooking to electric in the 1940s.
- The Old Iron Stove
- A Poem
- Victory Gardens
- Growing home gardens for the war effort in the 1940s.
- Spokane in the 1950s
- Tooling Riverside to ugly gym uniforms
- From Certified Pioneer Stock
- History of Hughena Elizabeth Hecht-House
- Union Station
- From construction to demolition, 1914-1973
- My Brush With History
- Living in Grand Coulee during the construction of the dam.
- Birdwatching at Camp Cowles
- Attending the Boy Scout camp on Diamond Lake.
July 2005
- The Doll Hospital & Winkler's Broom Factory
- Attending school at Logan School and nearby businesses.
- A Page from the Past
- Growing up in Peaceful Valley.
- Carnation Milk Salesman
- Driving for the Carnation Milk Company in 1952.
- The Bride's Revenge
- Making fun of a husband's lunch packed by his wife.
- Summer Theater
- Showing home movies in basement theater.
- Old Rex
- Working the ranch with a favorite horse.
- Spokane Children's Home
- History of the Spokane institution for more than 60 years.
- Ditch Walking
- Irrigation systems in the Spokane Valley in 1943.
- Modern Electric Water Company
- History of a water company from 1905.
- Our National Banner
- History of our American Flag.
- Mrs. Kraft's Homemade Ice Cream
- A favorite summer treat.
- The Kool-Aid Kaper
- My first kool-aid stand in 1936.
- National Indian Congress
- From 1925 the National Indian Congress Gonzaga High School Class of 1945 memories.
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.
- Electric Cooking School
- Learning to cook with electricity in 1931.
Kindergarten Class on West Mission
- Photo of Kerdergarten class of 1931
- The House on 35th
- Memories of grandpa's house on 35th street.
- Bobby Wayne
- Rockabilly innovator from Spokane in 1955.
- 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.
- Sawmills of Nine Mile Falls
- Long Lake Lumber Company and others along Long Lake.
- The Cane on the Barn Wall
- Memories of the Junior Livestock show in 1938.
- Yates' Yellow Bike
- My new Zenith bicycle in 1938.
- The Coveted Compote
- A wedding gift is cherished.
- Prohibition Bootlegger
- Lew Ward and his bootlegging experiences.
- The Bucking Truck of Zephyr Lodge
- Working at Zephyr Christian Conference grounds at Liberty Lake.
May 2005
- I Survive
- The making of the Great Northern Depot Clock Tower banks for Expo 74.
- Avalanche Takes Johnny Knock
- Bob Hansen tells of a avalanche that kills his friend.
- When I was Five
- Memories of young man in 1935.
- A Man's Castle
- Living in a shack of a house.
- Codd & Allen Sawmill in King Valley, Idaho
- Rebuilding Fort Spokane
- Planning for the restoration of Fort Spokane
- The New World
- Homesteading on Peone Prairie.
- John C. Poetz, Spokane Architect
- Working in the shadows of Kirtland Cutter
- Armed Forces Day Parade- Sights and Sounds
- Memories from a Lilac Parade.
- Milkin' Time
- The never ending chore of milking cows in the 1930s.
- What ever happened to the Bijou and the Lone Ranger?
- Favorite movie memories from the 1940s.
- The Little House that Grew on the Palouse
- Farming off Mt. Hope Road.
- The Crescent- Spokane Isn't the Same Without it
- Memories from the Crescent.
- Newlyweds in a Spokane Valley Pump House
- Working for Modern Electric Company as a ditch walker.
April 2005
- The Winter of 1948-49...and a Baby on the Way
- What the Marine Corps Offered You in 1948 Military pay in 1948.
- Growing Up with WWII Coupons Living with rations during WWII.
- A North Central Neighborhood in the 1930s and 1940s Neighborhood memories
- A Taste of the Old Country: Spokane's German Paper Immigrants publish their own paper.
- Spangle Stallions The horse breeding operation of Henri D'Hondt in Spangle, Washington.
- Indian Canyon Golf Course Opens in 1936
- Photo essay
- Yesterday When I was Young
- Growing up in the 1960s.
- The Second Battle Of White Bird: Over the Hill in a Maxwell
- Traveling over mountain passes in a Maxwell.
- Grandpa and Two Trains
- Moving to Spokane and working for the Millwood Lumber Company in 1905.
March 2005
- Early Spokane Schooldays
- Attending school in Yardley at Alcott School in 1918.
- Just a Pile of Bricks: The Schlosser Smokestack
- Schlosser Greenhouse in Hangman Creek Valley in 1915.
- Rabbits - From Hutch to Skillet to Table
- Raising rabbits for meat in the Depression.
- Taps
- Memories from hearing the famous Taps song.
- Oroville Overflow- The Great Flood of 1948
- Floodwaters quickly drown out a town.
- How to Wash Woolen Underwear
- Delivering Mail with Horse and Cart
- Delivering mail in Spokane in 1935 with horse and cart.
- History of the Cost of a Postage Stamp
- The Spokane and Inland Electric Railroad
- History of the railroad from 1905.
- I was Fired Three Times in One Day
- Working at the Diamond Match Company
- Inland Empire Model T Ford Club
- The Spitoon
- Spitting tobacco into a Spitoon.
- Growing Up
- Saying goodbye and dealing with death.
- The Smells of Easter
- Memories from Easter in the 1950s.
- Dancing Feet at Central Valley High- Learning the CV Shuffle
- Dancing with the Three Musketeers in 1942.
- My Favorite Store When I Was a Kid
- Buying snacks from the five and ten cent store.
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.
- In the Swim
- A Modest Look at Swimsuits
- Willie Willey
- History of nature boy, Willie Willey.
- The Franz Family Adventure
- Henry Franz family homesteads at Badger Lake, south of Cheney, Washington.
- WWII Buddies
- 32nd Infantry Division memories.
- Naming the Prairie: Moran and the Bull
- How Moran Prairie got its name.
- Tiger Jack Fox - Spokane Boxing Great
- Boxing in the 1940s and 1950s.
- President Taft Visits Lewiston
- A presidential visit in 1911.
- Avalanche Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Big Trouble on Mountain Roads
- Trapped at Lolo Pass by an avalanche in the 1960s.
- Wally's World
- Photos from the Wally Hagin Collection.
- There is a Song in my Heart
- Alvina Thom often sang for her daughter.
January 2005
- Under the Viaduct - Rolfe's Lube
- Noble A. Rolfe's service station under the train viaduct in downtown Spokane in 1936.
- Five Worst Winters in the Inland Northwest
- A winter countdown.
- Cold Power
- Lewis & Clark High School buddies form a rock band in the 1970s.
- Ford's Model TT Truck of Many Uses
- Purchasing Ford trucks for the farm.
- St Joseph's Old Folks Home
- The Sisters of Providence open a home for the aged.
- Exploring Winona, A Town of Mysteries
- Winona, Washington history.
- Spokane University, A Forgotten Part of Inland Northwest History History of Spokane University.
- I Remember the Good Old Days Memories of hard work at home.
- Montgomery Ward & Co. History of the famous store.
- A Classy Classic Seeing a Horch Phaeton car.
- Jailbreak in Spokane! In the Prisoners' Own Words A prison break gone bad.
December 2004
- St. Aloysius Church
- History of St. Al's on the Gonzaga campus.
- The Black Box
- Listening to a radio in 1935.
- I Heard Angels Sing
- Remembering the first time she heard music from a radiol
- Which Peavey? A brief look at Joseph Perrier-Peavey
- History of Joseph Peavey and the Peavey tool.
- Campbell House
- A Spokane historic home.
- The Mudslidin' Train
- The Camas Prairie Railroad derailment of 1954.
- Press Paper, 2 cents
- Selling the Spokane Press newspaper for 2¢.
- Basketball Champions of Spokane County, Valleyford High School
- The undefeated Valleyford basketball team of 1932.
- Two for One Price
- Louis Ward horse selling business in the 1920s.
- Lone Scouting Days
- A charter member of the Lone Scouts of America in 1915.
- The American Flag - A Life Journey
- A Pocketful of Puppy
- Opening Christmas presents early.
- Survivor - A Mail Clerk's Story and the Avalanche of 1910
- Stevens Pass trail wreck kills over 100 people.
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.
- Saturday at the Movies: Kids from the '40s Remember
- Dancing Footwear Taps on Boots for a Cowboy
- The Leeson girls begin tap dancing lessons in 1941.
- Cars, Cars, Cars: Central Valley Cruisers
- Cars that kids drove to school in the early 1940s.
- 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.
- Tiger Tale: Homestead on Tiger Hill
- Homesteading in Tiger, Washington in 1916.
- A Good, Good Thing: Emerging Through Trials With Joy
- Farm life with Harvey Stueckle and his family in Whitman County in 1915.
October 2004
- Zephyr Lodge on Liberty Lake: A Colorful Past
- History of camp on Liberty Lake.
- Remembering Nell Shipman: Hollywood Actress in Spokane and Priest Lake
- Minnehaha Park was the filming site for actress.
- Pounders Jewelry
- 49 Years of Golden Service
- End of an Era: A Mom & Pop Grocery Store
- Mike's Cash Grocery.
- Stout-Hearted Seven: Young Historians Learn About Life on the Oregon Trail
- Tracking the Cougar
- Washington State University's humor magazine.
- Expo Flashback
- Growing Up in Mr. Hill's Backyard
- Growing up in Hillyard from 1940.
- Halloween Story
- Pranks and Other Memories
- Kettle Falls, the Columbia River, and Apple Pie
- Bruce Schrecengost travels to Spokane in 1939 with his family.
- Too Many Spuds
- Farming in the Depression.
September 2004
- The Spokane Trophy: Honoring Our Sons in the Navy
- Navy trophy had its beginning in Spokane in 1907.
- Spokane's Own Naval Hero
- History of Robert John Monaghan.
- Those Special 1940s Dresses
- Sewing dresses and in the 1940s.
- The Apple Farm: An Oroville Adventure
- Working in the orchards of Oroville, Washington.
- Chief Spokane Garry: The Pacific Northwest's First Teacher
- John Ball: Early Pacific Northwest Teacher
- Jay P. Graves and the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Company: From Local Streetcar Line to Regional Electric Railway
- First Impressions of America :Tacoma: 1905
- Attending Whitworth College in Tacoma
- KSPO Disc Jockey: Bud Miller: "I'm still around"
August 2004
- Expo '74 Flashback: GM's People Mover Carl Bernson: Growing Up in Spokane
- Old Idaho Sign Stands Once Again
- Rebuilding the Heyburn State Park sign in a CCC camp in 1935.
- Growing Up With My Scots-Irish Grandma
- Camp Growden: CCC Camp Photo Essay
- Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Kettle Falls, Washington.
- Tomato Buggy Travelall
- Driving a 1963 International Travellall.
- My Sisters
- Memories from Washougal, Washington.
- Avista's Contribution to History
- History of Washington Water Power Company
- Feeding the Harvest: Cook Shacks on Wheels
- Working in a cook shack during harvest in the 1920s.
- Another U.S.S. Spokane: A Winning Parade Float
- Never Ending Harvest
- Memories of a deep south rice harvest in 1942.
- Trouble at Lancaster Creek
- Small town memories from Lancaster, Washington in 1938.
- Flapping in the Breeze
- Hanging the clothes out to dry on a line.
- Oliver Nelson Bell: The Conclusion
- History of Oliver Bell
- I Remember Nana
- A Poem
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.
- The Sounds of Peace; A Girl Remembers V-J Day
- The end of WWII
- Playing Hooky, For the Love or Baseball
- Skipping classes at Tonasket Public Schools in Tonasket, Washington.
- St. John, Washington Centennial Celebration
- Little School on the Moran Prairies
- Aboard the "Spoke" U.S.S. Spokane
- The U.S.S. Spokane named after town.
- The Bobmobile: And other Wild & Dangerous Rigs
- Street racing in makeshift scooters during the 1930s.
- Ford Model A: A Rig for Rough Roads
- Klahowya! Remembering Chinook Jargon
- Understanding the Indian language.
- Spokane's High Bridge Tourist Camp
June 2004
- Expo '74s Clock Tower Souvenir Coin Banks
- Making clock tower banks for the fair.
- Reardan Mule Days Celebrates 100 years
- Wild Mustangs
- Running into wild horses in 1941.
- Bridal Gowns and Love Stories: Renewed and Reunited
- A Widow, a $30 Horse, and a Log Cabin
- Living in Fighting Creek, Idaho in 1933.
- City of Mercy: Baxter Army Hospital, 1942-1945
- History of Army hospital in Spokane.
- The Family Behind White Elephant Stores
- History of John Conley and his Surplus Stores.
- Magicians in the Cookhouse
- Cooking for the harvest.
- 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
- Bang the Pots again...the 40's Revisited
- Buggies to Trolleys to Buses Part III
May 2004
- Sheridan Grade School
- 7th Grade class from 1937.
- Never Put Your Aggie in the Pot
- Shooting marbles.
- Rediscovering America in 1944
- Excerpt From Article "We Rediscover America"
- For the Love of Chocolate
- A love story.
- The Front Porch
- 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.
- Yoke's Rich Regional History
- History of Chuck Yoke and his grocery store business.
- An Expo '74 Memory
- Memories from the World's Fair in Spokane
- In Her Shadow
- History of Sacagawea
- Home Remedies: Castor Oil's Not the Only Way
- Listening to Adults Can Get You in Trouble
- My Mother's Hands
- Golden Years at Holden
April 2004
- Basketball Uniforms: How They've Changed
- A look at Gonzaga University's basketball court fashion
- Nature Boy: Willie Willey Strikes Again
- Author meets a scantily clad Willie in downtown Spokane
- Fallout Shelter
- A rural family builds a fallout shelter to the instruction of the U.S. Government in 1962.
- Down in the Dumps
- A young boy finds pleasure, learning, and a "mother lode of treasure' at the town landfill
- Eulogy for an Outhouse
- Author recalls the outhouse stationed at her family's vacation cabin at Loon Lake.
- Moran Prairie Plane Crash: Eyewitness of the Aftermath
- A Spokane resident recalls a trimotor plane crash near his home in 1928.
- 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
- Improvising Their Own Fun
- Author describes Social activities for Whitworth Students during the Depression Era
- 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
- Teenagers Cruise to Loon Lake
- Author recalls summertime lake trips to Loon Lake with her best friends
- 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
- Future Farmers of America
- Short history of the FFA
March 2004
- The Oroville Trombone
- Experiences as a trombone player from Oroville High School to the Merchant Marines
- I Remember Dad's Model A Ford
- A brand-new Model A Ford carries a family to their adventures all over California
- Ahooga's Model-A
- History of the Model A Ford
- Mother's Medical Practice
- Down-home, practical doctoring of his mother and her proverbs for health
- Washington Auto Carriage: Success since 1906
- Traces the success of a local auto company in Spokane
- There's Gold in Them Thar Spokane Valley...uh...Tills?
- There's gold possibly still hidden somewhere in the Spokane Valley
- Gadgets, Gardens, and Good Memories: A Story Worth Harping About Harry Harp recalls days on the Palouse.
- The History of Washing Machines
- Monopoly: The Game That Keeps on Going
- An out of work man creates the game Monopoly with an oilcloth.
- Whatever Happened to Polly Pigtails?
- The evolution of a girls' magazine to Young Miss and today's YM
- Kant-Sink-Em Boats Made in Spokane
- The boat-building Cruger family combines boat delivery, vacation, and preaching
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
- My Fast, But Last Ride
- U.S. Navy boys hitchhike home over the Cascade Mountains
- Grandfather's Radio
- The role of the radio in the life of Terry Parsons
- Sing for the Teacher: A Serenade Turns Sour
- Two inseparable fourth-graders face the consequences of a jeering serenade for their teacher
- A Tandem Bike, Sort of
- Two friends enjoy a homemade two-seater bicycle, until a policeman spoils their fun
- The Road to Winnemucca
- Traces the Johnson Family's trek from Spokane to Winnemucca and back again
- A Deer Lady
- One tough lady survives the Depression, while still ready to help others in need
- Hey Me!
- Episodes in the life of Raymond Zehm from boyhood to manhood
- Do You Believe in Miracles?
- Author recounts miraculous stories of his life
- Abraham Lincoln
- The games we used to play, reading by the fire
- Looking for Water in the Promised Land
- F.T. Campbell transforms the face of the Columbia River Basin with irrigation
- Buggies to Trolleys to Busses
- Reuben Knapp makes his living from the railroad to buggies, trolleys, and busses
January 2004
- Trash for Treasure: North Idaho Scrap
- Children ages 3-16 gather scrap at Twin Lakes, Idaho during WWII
- My Snow Suit
- A young boy laments the 'girl's' two-piece snowsuit his tailor grandfather sews for him
- The Cream Separator
- Recalling the evolution of Cream Separators, from crank to electricity, in life and advertising
- Grendel and the Cream Separator
- A curious kitten discovers the networking of an electric cream separator
- A 1926 Christmas Memory
- Two little girls arrive home from Hamilton Grade School to find a new piano for their mother
- Coasting Down Spokane Streets: When Sledding Was a City Priority
- Recalling when the streets were blocked for sledding in the 1940s.
- Riding the Rails: Once is Enough
- Two brothers and a friend spend their summer vacation seeing the country via the railroad
- Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy
- Jerry Stocker founds Spokane's Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy
- Cooler King: The Lanky Yank from Washington State
- Spokane native Jerry Sage becomes an army officer in the forerunner of the CIA during WWII
- The Grand Coulee Dam: A Powerful Weapon
- Building the dam that became the United State's most powerful weapon in WWII
- I Never Made it to Hyannisport
- Running into the Kennedys while skiing in Idaho
- Clanging Sousaphones
- The memories of a former Spokane bass player in 1940.
December 2003
- Oohing and Aahing Over Crescent Window Displays
- Remembering a part-time Christmas job in display windows at the Crescent in 1950s.
- Dry Dock: The Crescent's Heartbeat
- A Father gets a job as a warehouse supervisor for Crescent
- Dry Dock Dad's Daughters
- Author spends money and gets into mischief at her father's workplace Key Words: Santa, Lewis and Clark, "Take your daughter to work day,"
- The Fisherman's Wife
- Author finally forgives husband for fishing gear gifts with a great catch.
- A Family Project: Everyone Bring a Broom Handle
- Making homemade mattresses as a community project.
- Sample Girls and Fun Gum
- Father's job for Adam's Chewing gum, and the sample girls who advertised the gum.
- Davy Crockett Did Not Chew Chiclets
- What Am I Reading!?
- Two girls get tricked into advertising photo at the Inland Empire Press Club.
- Bossburg... A Shadow of Former Glory Days
- Recalling a small town in Northeast Washington, lost with Grand Coulee Dam
- The Other Spokane Valley Airport: Symons-Russel Airfield
- History of a Spokane Aviation Company, borne of WWI and known by many names.
- The Last Day of Foster Russell Aviation Co.
- Foster Russell's final flight and the death of an aviation dream.
- Perilous Crossing: Four Boys in a Mortar Boat
- Boys look for summer adventure on the Missouri River
- Wake Island
- Frank Mace's memories as a WWII prisoner of war, and The History of Wake Island
- A Real, Live Cougar: Bring' Em Back Alive Bill Krutch
- Technique for catching cougars for the Spokane Sportsmen's Show
November 2003
- How Was the Water?
- Memories of mischief on the Spokane River
- Date the Right Girl
- Date a father-approved girl and get the keys to his car.
- Wyatt Earp and the Gold Rush of 1884
- Wyatt Earp had adventures in the northwest after the OK Corral.
- Squeaky Clean
- Cleaning the turkey with laundry soap
- Hawaiian Knights
- Photo of Band in 1926
- The Scariest Halloween Costume Ever
- Scaring the ladies of the WAAC with a skeleton costume.
- A Trip to Palouse Falls
- Climbing cliffs around Palouse Falls
- Surviving Floods on the St. Joe
- Severe flooding in the St. Joe Valley.
- Historic Homes
- The Green Home
- A Love Story
- Will Bonner began to woo Laurena Leete, a switchboard operator in 1909.
- Dear Old Nat...
- Memories of Natatorium Park
- Holden Mine
- Summer work in copper mine during college.
- The Dynamic Life: Bonding with Charles Atlas
- Charles Atlas body building ads sold this author.
- Oliver Bell's Pioneer Experiences
- Settling northeastern Washington Indian uprisings
October 2003
- Bell's 1877 Route into Spokane County
- Pioneer family travels from Snake River to Latah
- Colfax Wheat Harvest
-
Hard work with mules and horses during a wheat harvest in 1914.
- Author: Willard Pennell
- 33 Mule Team
- George Horsch, Jr., harvests wheat in Ritzville with mules; mother's cook shack on wheels in 1925.
- Never-Ending Adventure: A Frontier Teacher in the Okanogan Valley
- Dorothy Strahl's first year of teaching
- Time Measured on Jack's Clock
- Jack Cannon builds wooden clocks.
- Looking Back 90 Years: The Planes
- Ninety-year-old author recalls childhood in the 1920s.
- Report Card Day
- Humorous recollection of getting report card at St. Aloysius school in the 1930s.
- Missing Shoes & Green Ribbons: Freshman Initiation at Whitworth College
- Freshman versus sophomores during first months of college in the 1920s & 1930s.
- We're Not Heating the Whole Outdoors!
- Boy recalls wisdom of grandparents as he chinks logs for the winter.
- Snakes Alive
- Lifetime of snake encounters recalled, from Kansas to Spokane to Africa.
- 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.
- A Strong Matriarch: The Biography of Anna Regina German McPherson
- Author recalls mother's struggles throughout her life.
September 2003
- Faith in the Face of Hardship: The Hecht Family of Rockford
- Pioneer family endures fires, death, etc.
- Smallpox! Whooping Cough!
- Child survives two deadly diseases in 1929.
- Counter Culture: The Soda Fountain
- Soda fountains are more than just a place for a treat.
- The Romance of Pitching Hay
- Old time hay pitching brings nostalgic memories.
- Footballs and Fogeys: The Story of the Codger Bowl
- Actor John Crawford organizes 1938 rematch between Colfax and St. John.
- Flowers and Railroads
- Peters & Sons works in both flowers and railroad business.
- We Didn't Need Paul Bunyan
- Young men use Model T to haul firewood; dream of organizing a band.
- Spokane Summertime Treat Girls coax father to buy soda at Triple X Root Beer Drive-In on hot summer day.
- Fire Destroys Moran Prairie School
- History: Fire burns school; replaced by Richland building in 1942.
- My Career as a Fuller Brush Man
- Young man finds success as Fuller Brush salesman.
- A September to Remember: The End of the War
- Marine private recalls Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri battleship.
- Cars Take Us Back
- 1950s era cars bring back fond memories.
- Saving Daylight Saving
- Background of daylight saving policy.
- Bewildered by First Grade
- A young boy is confused by first day at Catholic school.
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.
- My 1927 Model T
- A Boy's First Car
- Memories Shared or Lost
- Nostalgic Memories
- Historic Homes: The Spear Home
- Graveyard at the Greyhound Garage: A Janitor's View
- A Janitor's View of the Greyhound Bus Garage in 1947.
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone? My Memories of Sadie Baer
- Working at the Bethany Old Peoples' Home
- The Handsomest Milkman
- Making a Living as the Milkman
- Cattle Wrangling, Old West Style
- A New Hobby : Cattle Wrangling
- Mom's First Flight: A Grand Dam Detour
- Mom's adventures of flying for the first time.
- Burning Barn Brings Out the Best
- Watching the Barn Burn Down
- 4-H-Nurtured from the Soil of America's Farmland
- History of 4-H
- A Sixty-Year Friendship
- Japanese American Women Form Strong Relationships.
- Lunch Box Memories
- Lunch Boxes Through the Years
- Hot Day at the Empress
- Watching Movies at the Empress Theater
July 2003
- The Perfect Crime
- A Boy Steals Sweets from Nuns at St. Aloysius Church in 1936.
- My Secret Hiding Place
- Memories of a Child
- Visions of Yesteryear
- Everyday Life in the 1940s
- From Coast and Camp to the Inland Empire: The Japanese-American Story
- Japanese Americans Take Comfort in Spokane
- Coeur d'Alene's 1890 Fourth of July Extravaganza
- The Experiences of a Coeur d'Alene Citizen
- The Covered Bridges Near Colfax: A Sentinel of Days Gone By
- A Fascination for Covered Bridges and the Stories They Tell
- Paging Through a World War II Scrapbook
- Cherished Memories by Louis Tomsha of World War II
- In Celebration of Ritzville's Pioneers
- Establishing the Ritzville Community
- Logging Mills Before 1900
- Logging in Washington Territory
- Footloose and Fancy-Free
- How Children Play
- Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- Thank God for Great-Grandma
- Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- Someone Important to Me
- Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- Everyone Loves My Grandpa
- Imprinting Memories on the Hearts of a New Generation
- The Foundation of Our Family
- The Davis Rocking Chair
- Poem About a Rocking Chair
- Historic Homes: The Spokesman-Review Contest Home
- Cannon Hill Park Housing
June 2003
- Going Underground with the Lilac Lady
- History of Spoofing Lilac Festival Buttons made by Dan Eagle.
- Everything's Coming Up Lilacs
- Emergence of Lilacs
- "I Found a Million Dollar Baby " at Woolworth's Five and Ten
- History of Woolworth's Business
- When My "Heifer" Became a "Steer"
- A Pastor's Embarrassing Moment
- Sweet Indecisions
- The Tasty Temptations of an Old-Fashioned Candy Store
- Growing Pains and Puppy Love
- Growing Up in the Eyes of a Teenage Girl
- The Time That Was
- The Struggles of Moving to Grand Coulee in 1933.
- Inspired by Grand Coulee
- Memories of the Grand Coulee Dam
- More Than a Game: Spokane Hundred-Year Love Affair with the Indians Baseball
- History of the Spokane Indians Based on "A Century of Baseball"
- For the Love of the Land
- Farming With a New Tractor in 1937.
- I Survived the A-Bomb
- Memories of the Atomic Bomb dropping on Japan.
- Lumbering in Washington Territory
- Experiences of a Washington Territory Logger
- Welcome to the Coeur d'Alene of 1890
- Moving to boomtown, Coeur d'Alene
- Historic Homes: The Huneke Home
May 2003
- Married on the Stage of the Dazzling Fox Theater
- Effie Tate and Ralph Dicken wed on the Stage of Fox Theatre.
- Adventurous Progress
- The Nation's History of Successes, from sailing ships to space shuttles
- The Ship That Wouldn't Sink
- History of the USS Chincoteague AVP 24
- Arcadia Orchards: Building a Fruitful Empire
- The Hardships of Arcadia Orchards
- Picking Cucumbers & Stealing Skeletons in Pasadena Park
- Growing Up During the Depression
- Despite Destruction, Optimism Prevailed
- Whitworth's Suffrage Caused by Fire in 1927.
- From the Pen of the Crooner
- A Glimpse into Bing Crosby's Life in 1934.
- "Livin' the Life of Lifebouy"
- History of Lifebuoy Toilet Soap.
- Mother's Tea Party . . .and Other Mishaps
- Childhood Memories of Dale Bacon
- Forbidden Pictures of Grand Coulee Dam
- Touring the Grand Coulee Dam in 1940.
- "Not Worth a Tinker's Dam"
- "Tinker's" Photograph Conveys Memories of the Past
- Milking Spokane For All It's Worth
- How Children Spent Money in the 1920's Historic Homes
- Living in Peaceful Valley
- > I Remember When I Got My First Job
- Working for the Northern Pacific Railroad
April 2003
- Average National Retail Gasoline Prices
- We Built a Farm
- Winning a Farm and Much More
- The First "Orange Julius"
- Emergence of the Popular Orange Julius
- The Grande Old Auditorium Theatre
- The History of the Auditorium Theatre
- My First Date at the Rialto Theater
- Memories Cherished in the Rialto Theater in Hillyard.
- Victory Heights
- Growing up in Victory Heights
- A Little Home-Cookin' and a Lot of Beer at the Stop-In Tavern
- A Cafˇ Turned Into a Tavern
- 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
- Smythe's Ford Reveals the Secrets of Yesteryear
- The Meeting Place of Many Travelers: Hangman Creek
- Hiding Under the Boardwalk
- How the Coeur d'Alene Mining District was Taken Over
- From Walking Plow to Gleaner Combine
- Farming Through Four Generations in Davenport.
- Another Mischievous Youngster Reformed in Sunday School
- How Sunday School Transformed a Young Boy
- How to Kill Three Men Without Serving Time
- Living in the Valley with "Pete"
- The Seasons
- Poem About the Changing Seasons
- I Remember When The Great Depression Changed My Life
- Great Depression Hardships
- Historic Homes
- History of the Kuhn/Reid Home
March 2003
- Spokane Falls and Cheney Duke It Out for the County Seat
- The fight between Spokane and Cheney for the county seat.
- Claiming Outer Space for "Cougar Country"
- WSU Cougar button travels to space with alumnus Astronaut John Fabian
- Catching the "B" Fever
- History of the First Annual State High School "B" Tournament
- The Piranhas of 1965
- The Story of the Harrington Panther's Triumph in Basketball in 1965.
- Electricity Was in the Air: The Interurban Electric Railroads
- The Idea of a Different Mode of Transportation: electric railroads
- The Whitworth Rock
- How the Chiseling of a Rock Could Have Changed History
- "Living with Beauty" at Marycliff Catholic Girls' School
- History of the Marycliff School
- You Can't Beat Flying
- A Boys Airplane Fascination
- 'Lectric Train Recollections
- Memories of the Electric Railroad
- Poetry Searches for Radiance
- Poem About the Search for Radiance
- Historic Homes: Spokane's Electrical Home
- Home Demonstrated Electrical Features
February 2003
- The Spokane Coliseum: A Dream Becomes Reality
- How the Spokane Coliseum Evolved
- A Cigar, A Paper, and Some Good Conversation at P.M. Jacoy
- A "Hangout" for Businessmen: The Washington Cigar Store
- A Rawhide Railroad No Coyote Could Consume
- How Dr. Dorsey Syng Baker built the "Rawhide Railroad"
- Born in a Cave
- A Story On How People Lived During Hard Times
- Prohibition from the Other Side of the Law
- Enforcing the Prohibition Law
- The One That Got Away
- The Story of the 1920 Sedan at an Auction Sale in 1926.
- Substitute Soldiers in the National Guard
- How Leon Ross Became a Member of the National Guard underage.
- From Hell to Heaven, By Way of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District
- History of Coeur d'Alene's Mining District
- A Fabulous Horse Ends Up in Camelot
- A Boy's Pet Horse
- A Son of a Son of a Pioneer
- The Adventures of a Pioneer
- Destroying the Creation
- The Haywood Trial: Crushing the Union at the Bunker Hill Mine in 1899.
- Cokes and Cockroaches at the Crescent Soda Fountain
- A Day in the Eyes of a Crescent Soda Fountain Worker
- Historic Homes: The Turner Home
January 2003
- Two Parades in One Day
- The Day the Parades Came to Town
- The Day the Division Street Bridge Collapsed
- The Collapsing of the Division Street Bridge in 1915.
- Soap Lake's History of Healing
- The Discovery of a Lake that Tasted and Felt Soapy
- Snowfall
- Poem About Snow
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- Prohibition: The Long Dry Spell
- The Hardships Prohibition Created
- Drunken Pigs, Inebriated Chickens, and Baffled Mounties
- The Effects of Homemade Liquor
- We Weren't All Like Al Capone
- The Business of Whiskey
- A Goose Tale
- What Happens to Intoxicated Geese
- Caught!
- Getting Caught Making Whiskey
- Selling Whiskey to Bootleggers
- In the Nick of Time!
- Band Member Had Pants Unzipped
- Kinman Business University
- Preparing Students for the World of Business
- Report from a KBU Journalist
- Brief Description of Kinman Business University
- A Night Unparalleled
- Ice Skating on Twin Lakes
- Squab Hunting Under the Monroe Street Bridge
- The Adventure of Hunting for Squabs
- Behind the Scenes with Broadcaster Bob Briley
- History of Bob Briley
- The Name Controversy: Hangman vs. Latah Creek
- The Controversy of a Stream Name
- Historic Homes: Cunningham/ Kearns Home
December 2002
- Our Farragut Sailor Boys
- How Sailors Adapted a New Home
- Money Laundering and Other Adventures at The Davenport Hotel
- Working and Discovering at the Davenport Hotel
- The Talking Telegraph Comes to the Inland Empire
- How the Telegraph Came to the Inland Empire
- Spokane's First Lady of Commerce
- Thoughts on the Crescent Department Store
- The Forgotten Warriors of Kaneohe
- Remembering the Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay
- History Resurrected in Walla Walla's Pioneer Pageant
- Actors Portray the Settling of Washington Territory on Stage
- Christmas Celebrations on the Red Clay Farm
- Remembering Christmas During the Great Depression
- In Mother's Footsteps
- Poem About a Mother
- A Spokane Landmark Lives On
- The Originality of the Cooper-George Apartment Building
- Rolling Along on my Christmas Skates
- The Memories Evoked by Roller Skates
- Celebrating a Centennial of Methodist Ministry in Edwall
- History of Edwall's Methodist Church
- Two Lives, One Moment in History, Two Destinies
- The Lives of Levi Hutton and Harry Orchard
- Depression Days In North Idaho
- Living Depressed Days in Coeur d'Alene
- I Remember When the Snow Was So Deep
- Memories of Snow
- Historic Homes: The Fotheringham Homes
November 2002
- The Life and Times of May Arkwright Hutton
- History of May Arkwright Hutton
- Getting Out the Vote
- The Significance of Voting
- "Pure Guts": Surviving 1219 Days as a POW
- Surviving a Japanese Prisoner-of-War Camp
- The Waitsburg Story
- History of Waitsburg
- 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
- Gonzaga vs. WSC: The Game for Life
- The Unexpected Gonzaga Win
- The Day the Stock Market Crashed
- The Crashing of the Stock Market
- From Civil War Colonel to Civil Philanthropist: David P. Jenkins
- A Story of a Well-Rounded Man: David P. Jenkins
- Going to Town
- Memories of Growing Up Outside Jerome, Idaho
- A City Galvanized by Aluminum
- History of Kaiser Aluminum
- Henry J. Kaiser: A Happy Elephant
- The Success of Henry J. Kaiser
- Lost Liberty Park
- The Discovery of Liberty Park
- I Remember When I Pulled a Funny Childhood Prank
- Memories of Childhood Pranks
- Historic Homes: Carson/Clemmer/Larrabee Home
October 2002
- Lumberjacks of Yesteryear
- History of Lumberjacks Working Along St. Joe River
- Stepping Back in Time to Steptoe
- History Colonial Steptoe and His Troops
- The Long Road to Pine City
- The Travels of Andrew Jackson Smith
- How Two Pioneer Families Became One
- A Story of Two Soul Mates
- Gypsies, Groceries, and Growing Up In Pine City
- Granddaughter Recalls Grandfathers Effects on Town
- Experiencing the Depths of Darkness in an Idaho Mine
- A Day in the Eyes of a Miner
- Banking on One Hundred Years of History at Washington Trust
- The Success of Washington Trust
- Antoine Plante: Mountain Man, Miner, Guide & Ferryman
- A Glimpse Into the Life of Antoine Plante
- The Night the Glenrose School Burned Down
- Watching the Glenrose School Burn Down in 1936.
- St. Ann's Catholic Church: A Sanctuary for a Century
- History of St. Ann's Catholic Church
- Red's Kids: Dancing Through the Years with the Silver Spurs
- Teenagers Entertain Themselves By Dancing
- Silver Spurs Taught More Than Dancing
- Mentor Taught Teenagers Lessons Beyond Dancing
- Historic Homes: The Mathieu Home
- I Remember When I Went to My First Fair
- First Fair Memories
September 2002
- Rebel With a Cause: Marie Frances Young Woolcott
- Story of a Liberated Women
- Growing Up as a "Dam Kid:
- Working on the Grand Coulee Dam
- Surviving Grand Coulee Dam
- The Dangers of Working on the Grand Coulee Dam
- Mammoth Finds
- History of Mammoths in Hangman Creek.
- Now for the Rest of the Story. . .Clearing Up a WWI Mystery
- John Carl's Life Before and After World War I
- When Burgan's Was More Than Furniture
- How the Burgan Furniture Store Evolved
- Our Caveman, Olie
- Investigation of a Hidden Cave
- 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
- Living at the Lake
- Living on a Twin Lake
- Historic Homes: The Huetter Home
- A Case of Mistaken Identity
- Story of a Spokane Criminal
- Happy Years in the Melrose Grocery
- Growing Up in the Melrose Grocery Store
August 2002
- Music Maestro
- The Story of Musician, Russ Andre
- The "Wright" Street to Live On
- Memories of Living on Wright Street
- Notorious Outlaw Harry Tracy Meets His Demise
- The Life of Armed Robbery Convict, Harry Tracy
- Spanning a Century: A 105-Year-Old Remembers Life As It Was
- Living Through the Entire Twentieth Century
- The Wild Bunch of Washington
- Walter Wilde Jr.'s Adventures of Life
- Company Picnic at Natatorium Park
- Fun Times at Nat Park
- Royal Riblet: The Man Who Reinvented the Wheel
- Royal Riblet's Improved Invention
- Riblets Memories and More. . .
- Painting the Riblet Mansion
- A Dog with a Mind of Its Own
- Moving to Spokane with a Dog
- It's 100 Years for the Spokane Lutheran School
- History of the Spokane Lutheran School
- Historic Homes: The Kendall Home
- Spokane's Solution to Parking Garages
- Pigeon Hole Parking Garages
July 2002
- The History of Moran United Methodist Church
- Moran United Methodist Church Through the Years
- Old-Time Methodist Circuit Riders
- Circuit Riders Bring Gospel to Their Community
- My Life: Growing Up In the Kettle River Country
- Memories of the Kettle River Country
- See You at "The Spot"
- A Place Where Teenagers Gather
- Life at Spokane College
- Reliving the Days Spent at Spokane College
- The Last House on Spring Street
- Memories of Glenrose House
- Historic Homes: Riverside Avenue Townhouses
- GR8 PL8S: Great License Plates & Their History
- A Fascination for License Plates
- A Trip to Steamboat Rock and the Grand Coulee
- The Thrill of Riding a Steamboat Through Grand Coulee
- The Stokes Family: Pioneers of Grand Coulee Dam
- How the Grand Coulee Dam Pioneers Lived
- Grand Coulee Cleaners
- How Grand Coulee Cleaners Began
- Steamboat Rock, The Legend of the Distant Hills
- Poem about Steamboat Rock
- A Story About a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
- How a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Can Survive Several Years
- 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
- The High-Flying Exploits of Mamer-Schreck
- The Success of Nick Mamer and Roy Schreck
- The History of Aviation
- Timeline of Aviation
- My Newspaper Route
- The Life of a Spokesman-Review Paperboy
- Spokane Sorosis: Studying and Serving Since 1891
- Adventures of a Woman's Club
- History of the U.S. Flag
- Learning About the U.S. Flag
- Chicken Every Sunday
- Trading a Ford V-8 for Chickens
- Wilbur Re-Visited
- Love Letters Uncover the Past of Wilber
- Huckleberry-Picking Antics
- How the Lunsford Family Picked Huckleberries
- Historic Homes: The Crane House
- Class Action: A Night of Reunions
- Story of Reuniting
- I Don't Like You Anymore
- Poem
May 2002
- Manito Park: The Gardens, the Zoo, the Fun
- Getting to Know Manito Park
- My First Day in Sandpoint, Idaho
- Living in Sandpoint
- Historic Homes: The Poe/ Nelson Home
- Theaters of Downtown Spokane
- Spokane Theatres Through the Years
- Singing With Bing
- Mildred Bailey's Experiences With Bing Crosby
- The Class of 1950 (A Gentle Time)
- John Rogers High School Memories
- Sights, Sounds and Smells of Spokane from Eight Decades Ago
- Remembering Spokane Eight Decades Ago
- Old Wagon
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Prizewinning Poem from the book "Spokane is a
- Song"
April 2002
- Sunday Drives Last Forever
- The Joys of Sunday Drives
- Kootenai County, Idaho
- The Adventures of Living in Kootenai County, Idaho
- Historic Homes: The "House of Tomorrow"
- The French Chateau Home
- Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Photographs
- Story of the Missing Glass Photo Plates
- He Lit Up The Town with a Jack-Knife
- Charles Geib Lit Up Spokane with His Jack-Knife
- Up Ruby Creek
- History of Ruby Creek, Idaho
- Springtime When I Was a Child
- Why Wearing Long Underwear Was Horrible