Flashback
Once More to The Lake
I’ll start by invoking Tom’s words at the opening of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie.” Tom tells the audience that they’ll be watching a memory play, and that “Being a …
Ski Artifacts: The Rope Tow
Nearly 90 years ago the first rope tows were installed on slopes across the snowy places of the U.S. In 1937, the first rope tows in the West chugged into action at Snoqualmie Summit, Mount Rainier, and Mount Baker.
The History of the Wandermere Ski Hill
Today’s Wandermere Golf Course, located in the Little Spokane River Valley north of Spokane, is perhaps best known for, well, golf. The property has an …
The Great Fires of 1910
Forty-year-old Edward Crockett Pulaski—known as “Big Ed” because he was 6 feet, 4 inches tall—was much older than his fellow U.S. Forest Service colleagues when …
Spokane’s Fire Lookout Museum
August 9 marks the 75th birthday of Smokey Bear. Smokey’s milestone birthday is a great excuse to delve into the history of wildfire prevention, and …
Spokane’s Trolley Trail Preserves a Piece of Local History
Today’s Spokane Trolley Trail seems rather disconnected; going from one out-of-the way road to another, it’s a nice but somewhat confusing stretch of urban solitude. …