MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition
MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition is told on the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture campus in Spokane's Browne's Addition, with additional highlights at…
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Walla Wallalocation_fillOn April 30, 1806, the Corps of Discovery "took leave of those honest people the Wallahwallahs," Meriwether Le…
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Damming the Columbialocation_fillTalk of a Columbia River dam began in arid Ephrata, Washington in 1917, when city leaders met to discuss ways … -
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The Palouselocation_fillA homesteader wrote of the Palouse in the 1880s: "Its beauty was wild and untrammeled and the undulating hills… -
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Outdoor Playlocation_fill"Near Nature. Near Perfect." The tourism motto of Visit Spokane highlights outdoor recreation, an Inland North… -
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Spokane Houselocation_fillSpokane House was Washington state's first fur-trading post and home to Jaco Finlay, a clerk for the North Wes… -
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Taking Flightlocation_fillIn 1929, aviator Nick Mamer and mechanic Art Walker held the Spokane Sun-God aloft for five days and nights - … -
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Spokane's Baseball Indianslocation_fillSpokane's minor league baseball team, known since 1903 as the Spokane Indians, unveiled a new logo in 2006 wit… -
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From Temperance to Microbrewslocation_fillTemperance activist Carrie Nation of Kansas was famous for smashing saloons with a hatchet in the days before … -
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Fresh Air for Alllocation_fillSpokane's basalt outcroppings and deep river gorge captivated Boston landscape designer John Charles Olmsted. … -
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Trent Alleylocation_fillIn 1913, the east side of Spokane's downtown teemed with small businesses run by Japanese, Chinese, Italian, G… -
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Expo 74 and the Creation of Riverfront Parklocation_fillThe Spokane River gorge has undergone many transformations in the last century. Don't be distracted by the ro… -
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Water Powerlocation_fillFor nineteenth-century pioneers like James Glover, falling water represented power - the power to grind flour,… -
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The Davenport Hotellocation_fillThe Davenport Hotel was the brainchild of restauranteur/entrepreneur Louis Davenport. Davenport was not a Spo… -
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Bing & Mildredlocation_fillSingers Bing Crosby and Mildred Bailey shared humble beginnings in Spokane's jazz scene. Bailey was singing th… -
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The Fox Theaterlocation_fillThe Great Crash in December 1929 left a lasting impact on the American economy--and on Spokane. Plans by Fox W…
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