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Three Spokane parishes, All Saints Cathedral, St. Peter's, and St. James, merged on October 20, 1929, to form the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. [2] Construction began on the present cathedral four years previous in 1925 and was structurally completed in less than a generation under the supervision of founding architect Harold C ...
Located on the west side of Downtown Spokane, the Riverside Avenue Historic District sits atop the crest of the hill rising up from the Spokane River Gorge to the north. The district's elevation is between roughly 1,860 and 1,880 feet above sea level, but it quickly drops off to the north of Riverside and falls more than 150 feet to the level ...
Development in the area began in the late 1880s and it quickly became one of Spokane's most elite neighborhoods, home to many of the young city's most prominent and wealthy families. Homes in the area were built facing northward, down the hill, which offered commanding views of the city center below as well as the surrounding terrain for miles ...
Tribes continued to maintain their summer fishing camps in the area even after the City of Spokane was settled by European Americans. [2] The salmon runs were cut off with the construction of Long Lake Dam downstream in 1915. [5] In the early days of white settlement in Spokane, Peaceful Valley was known as Poverty Flats.
Spokane Arena was the sole venue for the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Held January 15–24, it broke its own attendance record with 158,170 tickets sold during the ten-day event. Also, the Spokane Arena hosted the very first 2016 Team Challenge Cup, where athletes from North America, Europe, and Asia, competed against each other in ...
Spokane Coliseum (nicknamed The Boone Street Barn) [5] [6] was an indoor arena in the northwestern United States, located in Spokane, Washington. Opened in late 1954, [ 2 ] it had a seating capacity of 5,400.
Spokane (/ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / ⓘ spoh-KAN) [8] is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18.5 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 ...
KTSL (101.9 FM) is an Air1 network affiliate radio station broadcasting a Christian worship format. Licensed to Medical Lake, Washington , the station serves the Spokane metropolitan area . KTSL is owned by Educational Media Foundation .