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Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA



 


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Spokane is a city in the state of Washington, in the northwestern United States. It is the seat of Spokane County. It is located on the Spokane River west of the Rocky Mountain foothills in eastern Washington, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, approximately 20 miles (32 km) from the Washington–Idaho border, and 232 miles (373 km) east of Seattle along Interstate 90. The city and wider Inland Northwest region is served by Spokane International Airport, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of downtown Spokane. According to the 2010 Census, Spokane had a population of 208,916, making it the second largest city in Washington and the 102nd largest city in the United States.

The first humans to live in the area, the Spokane people (their name meaning "children of the sun" in Salishan), arrived between 13,000 and 8,000 years ago, living off plentiful game. Known as the birthplace of Father's Day, Spokane is officially nicknamed the "Lilac City". David Thompson explored the area with the westward expansion and establishment of the North West Company's Spokane House in 1810. This trading post was the first long-term European settlement in Washington. Completion of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1881 brought settlers to the Spokane area, and that same year it was officially incorporated as a city with the name "Spokan Falls". In the late 19th century, gold and silver were discovered in the Inland Northwest. The local economy depended on mining, timber, and agriculture until the 1980s. Spokane hosted the first environmentally themed World's Fair at Expo '74.

Many of the older Romanesque Revival-style buildings in the downtown area were designed by architect Kirtland Kelsey Cutter after the Great Fire of 1889. The city also features Riverfront and Manito parks, the Smithsonian-affiliated Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, the Davenport Hotel, and the Fox and Bing Crosby theaters. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, and the city is also the center of the Mormon Spokane Washington Temple District. Gonzaga University was established in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, and the private Presbyterian Whitworth University opened three years later in north Spokane. In sports, the Gonzaga Bulldogs collegiate basketball team competes at the Division I level. Professional and semi-professional sports teams include the Spokane Indians in Minor League Baseball, Spokane Shock in arena football, and Spokane Chiefs in junior ice hockey. As of 2010, Spokane's only major daily newspaper, The Spokesman-Review, had a daily circulation of over 75,000.

History:

The first humans to live in the Spokane area arrived between 13,000 and 8,000 years ago and were hunter-gatherer societies that lived off plentiful game. The Spokane tribe, after which the city is named (the name meaning "children of the sun" or "sun people" in Salishan), are believed to be either their direct descendants, or descendants of peoples from the Great Plains. When asked by early white explorers, the Spokanes said their ancestors came from "up North".

Early in the 19th century, the Northwest Fur Company sent two white fur trappers west of the Rocky Mountains to search for fur. These were the first white men met by the Spokanes, who believed them to be sacred, and set the trappers up in the Colville River valley for the winter.

The explorer-geographer David Thompson, working as head of the North West Company's Columbia Department, became the first European to explore the Inland Empire (now called the Inland Northwest). Crossing what is now the U.S.–Canadian border from British Columbia, Thompson wanted to expand the North West Company further south in search of furs. After establishing the Kullyspell House and Saleesh House trading posts in what are now Idaho and Montana, Thompson then attempted to expand further west. He sent out two trappers, Jacques Raphael Finlay and Finan McDonald, to construct a fur trading post on the Spokane River in Washington and trade with the local Indians. This post was established in 1810, at the confluence of the Little Spokane and Spokane rivers, becoming the first enduring European settlement of significance in Washington state. Known as the Spokane House, or simply "Spokane", it was in operation from 1810 to 1826. Operations were run by the British North West Company and later the Hudson's Bay Company, and the post was the headquarters of the fur trade between the Rocky and Cascade mountains for 16 years. After the latter business absorbed the North West Company in 1821, the major operations at the Spokane House were eventually shifted north to Fort Colville, reducing the post's significance.

Missionary Samuel Parker visited Spokane Falls in 1836

In 1836, Reverend Samuel Parker visited the area and reported that around 800 Native Americans were living in Spokane Falls. A medical mission was established by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman to cater for Cayuse Indians and hikers of the Oregon Trail at Walla Walla in the south. After the Whitmans were killed by Indians in 1847, Reverend Cushing Eells established Whitman College in their memory, also setting up the first church in Spokane.

In 1853, two years after the establishment of the State of Washington, the first governor, Isaac Stevens, made an initial effort to make a treaty with Chief Garry and the Spokanes at Antoine Plantes’ Ferry, not far from Millwood.

After the last campaign of the Yakima Indian War, the Coeur d'Alene War of 1858 was brought to a close by the actions of Col. George Wright, who won decisive victories against a confederation of tribes in engagements at the battles of Four Lakes and Spokane Plains. The cessation of hostilities opened the inter-mountain valley of the Pacific Northwest to safe settlement.

The city of Spokane Falls circa 1895

Joint American–British occupation of Oregon Country, in effect since the Treaty of 1818, eventually led to the Oregon Boundary Dispute after a large influx of American settlers along the Oregon Trail. The first American settlers in what is now Spokane were J.J. Downing and S.R. Scranton, cattle ranchers who squatted and established a claim at Spokane Falls in 1871. Together they built a small sawmill on a claim near the south bank of the falls. James N. Glover and Jasper Matheney, Oregonians passing through the region in 1873, recognized the value of the Spokane River and its falls for the purpose of water power. They realized the investment potential and bought the claims of 160 acres (0.65 km2) and the sawmill from Downing and Scranton for a total of $4,000. Glover and Matheney knew that the Northern Pacific Railroad Company had received a government charter to build a main line across this northern route. Amid many delays in construction and uncertainty over the completion of the railroad and its exact course, Matheney sold his interest in the claim to Glover. Glover confidently held on to his claim and became a successful Spokane business owner and mayor. He later came to be known as the "Father of Spokane".

In 1880, Fort Spokane was established by U.S. Army troops under Lt. Col. Henry Clay Merriam 56 miles (90 km) northwest of Spokane, at the junction of the Columbia and Spokane Rivers, to protect the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway and secure a place for U.S. settlement. By June 30, 1881, the railway reached the city, bringing major European settlement to the area. The city of Spokan Falls (the "e" was added in 1883 and "Falls" dropped in 1891) was officially incorporated as a city of about 1,000 residents on November 29, 1881. The marketing campaigns of transportation companies with affordable fertile land to sell along their trade routes lured many settlers into the region they dubbed "Spokane Country".

The 1883 discovery of gold, silver, and lead in the Coeur d'Alene region of northern Idaho lured prospectors. The Inland Empire erupted with numerous mining rushes from 1883 to 1892. Mining and smelting emerged as a major stimulus to Spokane. At the onset of the initial 1883 gold rush in the nearby Coeur d'Alene mining district, Spokane became popular with prospectors, offering low prices on everything "from a horse to a frying pan". It would keep this status for subsequent rushes in the region due to its trade center status and accessibility to railroad infrastructure.

Spokane's growth continued unabated until August 4, 1889, when a fire, now known as The Great Fire (not to be confused with the Great Fire of 1910, which happened nearby), began just after 6:00 p.m. and destroyed the city's downtown commercial district.[39] Due to technical problems with a pump station, there was no water pressure in the city when the fire started. In a desperate bid to starve the fire, firefighters began razing buildings with dynamite. Eventually the winds and the fire died down; 32 blocks of Spokane's downtown core had been destroyed and one person killed.

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Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Coleman, Leo Charles  11 Apr 1920Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I52407
2 Davidson, Lloyd Dean  19 Aug 1923Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I156867
3 Davis, Hal Lee  1932Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I200452
4 Davis, Harold Franklin  um 1909Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I200451
5 Doty, Ruth Elma  5 Jul 1913Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I117986
6 Fergus, Bertly Randall  12 Jun 1910Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I88947
7 Gilstrap, Wilma Mary  30 Jun 1928Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I113402
8 Grenz, Frank George  18 Apr 1901Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I119321
9 Gust, Larry Gale  29 Dez 1941Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I76614
10 Hames, Clarence Richard  16 Jan 1929Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I3486
11 Landberg, Harold Vernon  27 Okt 1911Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I47651
12 McChesney, Vicki Susan  28 Feb 1948Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I136644
13 McClarty, Michael  geschätzt 1933Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I7356
14 Niederreiter, Unbekannt  28 Mai 1959Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I126294
15 Prachinski, Arthur Leopold  14 Aug 1904Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I56024
16 Prachinski, Olga Rosina  31 Mai 1899Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I56022
17 Rompel, Daniel Edward  9 Jul 1899Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I127874
18 Rompel, Martha  30 Aug 1901Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I127879
19 Rompel, Mary Magdaline  1890Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I127847
20 Rompel, Minnie A.  1 Feb 1895Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I127849
21 Sayler, James  28 Mrz 1937Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I43537
22 Schultz, Wayne Michael  18 Dez 1948Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I127859
23 Steyaert, Walter Paul  30 Mai 1916Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I4277
24 Wagner, Stanley Gordon  27 Aug 1918Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I7091
25 Williams, Winnifred Jean  14 Apr 1921Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I119653
26 Woody, Patricia Ann  5 Jul 1941Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I3511
27 Zimbelman, Joyce  17 Aug 1939Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I8828
28 Zimbelman, Lester Earl  7 Okt 1912Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I3480

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Andrews, Almeda Dawn  15 Nov 1999Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I95268
2 Becker, Emanuel  17 Okt 1988Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I153305
3 Becker, Jacob  2 Nov 1947Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I65539
4 Bentz, Christian  10 Jan 1981Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I182183
5 Bilyeu, Edna Blanche  11 Jun 1953Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I3478
6 Boschee, Gideon  15 Mrz 1993Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I152070
7 Broeckel, Arthur Philip  2 Nov 1983Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I169289
8 Busby, Franklin Edward  25 Sep 1973Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I129978
9 Callaway, Charles William  28 Mrz 1977Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I144448
10 Callaway, Nevada Grace  29 Mrz 1999Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I144354
11 Carey, Catherine Roberta  9 Mrz 1989Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I89058
12 Christman, Rose C.  12 Sep 1987Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I237119
13 Clemens, Oscar G.  27 Jan 1994Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I5815
14 Coutney, Beatrice Jananetta  26 Jul 1969Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I1919
15 Davis, Hal Lee  26 Aug 1942Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I200452
16 Diede, Friedrich  29 Nov 1974Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I88178
17 Doolittle, Zeruah  17 Feb 1923Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I94255
18 Doran, Leander C.  13 Jan 1937Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I267713
19 Dutt, Theobald  7 Okt 1931Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I87363
20 Eichner, Willard F.  29 Jan 1977Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I119776
21 Els, Lydia  22 Nov 1954Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I153292
22 Erdman, Robert Elias  4 Apr 1978Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I3485
23 Ferk, Hulda Johanna  31 Aug 1958Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I47648
24 Foth, Conrad Caral  Dez 1963Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I156887
25 Frey, Irving  12 Apr 2000Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I144344
26 Frey, Johannes  2 Feb 1951Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I129975
27 Frey, Katherine Goldie  7 Okt 1994Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I129977
28 Frey, Phillip Johan  20 Jul 2005Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I37952
29 Ganther, Pauline Katherine  2 Mrz 2005Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I117953
30 Gartin, Nancy Jane  14 Aug 1965Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I144475
31 Geigle, Rosina  2 Jan 1954Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I120683
32 Geissel, Heinrich Friedrich  19 Jan 1911Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I197396
33 Giese, Adolph D.  22 Mrz 1957Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I159247
34 Giese, Diane  22 Mai 1955Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I159399
35 Giese, Pauline  23 Okt 1983Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I159388
36 Gillis, Vernon E.  31 Mrz 1989Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I76623
37 Goehring, Frieda Esther  13 Jan 1973Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I66543
38 Grams, Amelia  1 Feb 1995Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I119676
39 Grams, Israel Ruben  16 Sep 1990Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I119664
40 Gray, Delana  4 Nov 2013Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I4777
41 Green, Pearl Christine  19 Feb 2011Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I136642
42 Gross, Gotthilf  15 Mai 1937Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I104883
43 Gross, Marvin  11 Okt 2013Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I261896
44 Gross, Ruth Caroline  21 Nov 2010Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I52388
45 Hames, Clarence Richard  18 Apr 2007Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I3486
46 Hames, Thomas Sanford  13 Sep 1941Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I3484
47 Harris, Lionel G.  21 Aug 1985Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I88251
48 Heinle, Edna  Datum unbekanntSpokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I91947
49 Herrmann, Elisabeth  29 Jul 1953Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I235764
50 Hieb, Ida  15 Jan 1997Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I84314

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Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Christman, Lawrence  Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I237118
2 Christman, Rose C.  Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I237119
3 Clemens, Oscar G.  31 Jan 1994Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I5815
4 Geigle, Rosina  7 Jan 1954Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I120683
5 Mascher, Lloyd A.  31 Dez 1997Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I97069
6 Pfennig, Lucille Lydia  26 Jan 1990Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I95448
7 Rennich, John  Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I172396
8 Rennich, Joseph  Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA I172393

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Bechner / Zimbelmann  20 Aug 1949Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F661
2 Borchers / Tibbits  1 Aug 1953Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F35083
3 Bujer / Canfield  23 Jul 1938Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F44574
4 Buscher / Fischer  10 Jun 1951Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F14253
5 Campbell / Diefe  14 Jan 1945Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F27431
6 Coleman / Wiest  31 Aug 1947Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F17150
7 Deutscher / Moser  20 Sep 1947Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F46338
8 Dobrev / Prachinski  20 Jun 1914Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F18069
9 Faul / Hoffman  1 Okt 1954Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F69038
10 Foth / Walker  1943Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F51569
11 Furrer / Petroff  29 Feb 1952Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F14514
12 Giese / Kuest  6 Dez 1931Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F52527
13 Grams / Mann  29 Sep 1915Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F38637
14 Grams / Norton  25 Nov 1952Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F38644
15 Guay / Pfeiffer  29 Jul 1916Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F27420
16 Gunderson / Klundt  8 Jun 1958Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F35034
17 McCreary / Hepper  21 Jul 1943Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F14425
18 Nordquist / Klinger  5 Sep 1922Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F27425
19 Nordquist / Vowels  14 Aug 1918Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F27423
20 Schade / Prachinski  21 Feb 1915Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F18065
21 Schaefer / Newton  15 Jul 1946Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F11527
22 Schaefer / Thompson  5 Aug 1975Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F11532
23 Schlatter / Zimbelman  23 Jun 1962Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F3190
24 Strate / Doran  27 Sep 1915Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F70866
25 Wagner / Gordon  24 Dez 1915Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F2543
26 Wagner / Gower  10 Mrz 1932Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F2597
27 Womach / Nyberg  14 Jun 1936Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F52496
28 Zimbelman / Livingston  23 Sep 1932Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA F1156