Flashback
Saving Liberty Lake
Long before Spokane received any permanent settlers, Etienne Eduard Laliberte (later Steve Liberty) homesteaded the west side of Liberty Lake in 1871. The area surrounding ...
Jon Jonckers
August 25, 2023
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Small-Town Museums of the Inland NW
Learn fascinating history by exploring small-town museums of the Inland NW, including Davenport and Colville, WA, and Wallace, ID.
Out There Outdoors
September 30, 2022
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Surviving An Avalanche: Mount Hood, 1977
Bob Degroot shares his story about surviving an avalanche on Mount Hood in 1977 while climbing with friends Mike Burr and Pete Lambach.
Out There Outdoors
February 9, 2022
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Abercrombie Mountain: Historical Connections Near and Far
History of a namesake explorer for Abercrombie Mountain in the Selkirk Range of northeast Wash. and connections with Alaska.
Out There Outdoors
August 12, 2021
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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 ...
Bradley Bleck
July 29, 2020
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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 ...
Out There Outdoors
April 6, 2020
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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 ...
Lisa Laughlin
October 24, 2019
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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 ...
Amy McCaffree
September 17, 2019
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Visit the Fire Lookout Museum in Spokane
Fire Lookout Museum in north Spokane, created by historian and author Ray Kresek, includes a near replica of a Forest Service compound.
Holly Weiler
August 15, 2019
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