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Photographer: Courtesy Beck & Pauli, Litho, 1884
Caption: Marker detail: Spokane, circa 1884
Additional Description: This enlarged segment of an 1884 lithograph is looking southeast over the fledgling town of Spokane Falls. The first bridge crossing at the new town connected from Howard Street on the south side and consisted of three spans (shown above), which zigzagged over the islands. The largest, Havermale Island, was named for Rev. Samuel Havermale. On the island to the right of it, at the north end of the first bridge span, stood the Echo Roller Mill, owned by Havermale and George Davis. During Spokane's early years, the concentration of houses and businesses was centered around Howard Street and Riverside Avenue, which was then considered the axis of Spokane. As Spokane grew, its axis became Sprague Avenue and Division Street, which were Spokane's two longest continuous streets. Much of the south side of the river shown here would become, for many years, the passenger railroad hub of Spokane.
Submitted: April 22, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p518318
File Size: 3.460 Megabytes

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