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The Gathering Place
Two hundred years ago this summer, white people first settled in Spokane. Things haven't been the same since.
June 16, 2010
Leno's World
April 25, 2002
The Duke of Gold
A century ago, miners in Pend Oreille County produced tons of gold and silver — with a ram for a mascot.
May 19, 2010
Bluffs Calling
June 27, 2007
The Travels of Peter and Julia Ogden
July 03, 2006
Julia Rivet
March 08, 2006
Recent Stories
- Culture & Food, Arts & Culture Apr 23, 2013
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Soaring Again
How the MAC brought the condor back to life
When Scottish naturalist David Douglas arrived in the Northwest in 1825, one of the first creatures he searched for was the bird we now call the California condor.
- Culture & Food, Arts & Culture Aug 28, 2012
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A Death in the Rain
How Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory’s first governor, died 150 years ago this week
In April 1861, as Stevens returned to the Territory for a new round of political wars, a much larger conflict exploded into reality at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
- Culture & Food, Arts & Culture Jun 7, 2011
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Downstream
How one man's epic voyage down the Columbia 200 years ago changed who we are today.
Two hundred years ago this week, David Thompson launched a strange-looking cedar plank canoe into the waters of the Clark Fork River.
- Culture & Food, Arts & Culture Feb 2, 2011
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Scats and Dogs
What dog noses are teaching us about endangered species.
Wasser, an endocrinologist, studies animal populations by looking at the hormone levels of selected individuals. One of the best sources of information? Everyday excrement.
- Culture & Food, Arts & Culture Jun 16, 2010
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The Gathering Place
Two hundred years ago this summer, white people first settled in Spokane. Things haven't been the same since.
The time was probably early summer of 1810 when a small group of strangers rode into the Spokane village on the flat point of land at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane rivers.
