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unusual facts about Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway


Maryhill Loops Road

The Maryhill Loops Road was an experimental road in south central Washington, United States, built by Good Roads promoter Samuel Hill with the help of engineer and landscape architect Samuel C. Lancaster, climbing the Columbia Hills from the Columbia River and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway to his planned Quaker utopian community at Maryhill, Washington.


1944 Rose Bowl

Their opponents were Whitman College, the Spokane Air Command, the March Field Flyers, and again against the Spokane Air Command.

60th Fighter Wing

The 60th Fighter Wing (60 FW) is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Felts Field, Spokane, Washington.

73rd World Science Fiction Convention

The 73rd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Sasquan, will be held August 19–23, 2015, at the Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, Washington.

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

When his only daughter, Yilan (Yu Feihong), who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal.

Al Rollins

Rollins coached the University of Calgary hockey team as well as clubs in Spokane, Salt Lake City, Houston, Tulsa and Phoenix.

Batus Inc.

The Crescent of Spokane, Washington (became Frederick & Nelson 1988) In 1982, BATUS purchased Marshall Field's, owners of The Crescent.

Buhl Airsedan

Nick Mamer and Art Walker flew it from Spokane, Washington to New York City and back between 15 and 21 August 1929, taking 120 hours 1 minute 40 seconds for the trip and using inflight refuelling to make the distance.

Carnegie Camp North Point

North Point was designed by Spokane, Washington architect, Kirtland Cutter, for Lucy C. Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie's sister-in-law and matriarch of the Carnegie family.

Carolyn Kizer

After graduating from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, she went on to get her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College (where she studied comparative mythologies with Joseph Campbell) in 1945 and study as a graduate at both Columbia University (1945–46) and the University of Washington (1946–47).

Charles E. Laughton

He was elected as a territorial representative for Stevens, Okanogan, and Spokane counties in 1888, before Washington Territory became a state.

Clarence D. Martin

Martin remarried in April 1944, and with his new bride, the former Merle L. Lewis of Spokane, left Cheney and settled in southern California, but were divorced in March 1946.

Columbia Basin Project

Ice blocked the Columbia River near the north end of Grand Coulee, creating glacial lakes Columbia and Spokane.

Death of Otto Zehm

Participants in the series included Breean Beggs of Spokane's Center for Justice, independent journalist Tim Connor, Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, Spokane City Councilwoman Mary Verner, and others.

Education in Spokane, Washington

Higher education institutions in Spokane include two private universities, Gonzaga and Whitworth, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University at the Riverpoint Campus, and the public Community Colleges of Spokane system as well as an ITT Tech campus.

Finch Building

John A. Finch Memorial Nurses Home, Spokane, Washington, also known as Finch Hall, NRHP-listed

J.M. McDonald

After about six months in Kemmerer, McDonald went to Spokane, Washington, to assists his brothers in a department store venture there.

Jan Sneva

Jan J. Sneva (born August 17, 1953 in Spokane, Washington) is a former racing driver and the brother of Jerry Sneva and Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva.

Jess Walter

As a reporter he covered the Randy Weaver/Ruby Ridge case for the Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper and authored a book about the case, Every Knee Shall Bow (revised edition titled Ruby Ridge).

Johan Nygaardsvold

He took jobs in British Columbia in Canada, and Kalispell, Montana, and Spokane, Washington in USA before returning to Norway in 1907, having followed a career as an Industrial Workers of the World agitator.

KAGU

It is the Spokane affiliate of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts.

KNEE-LD

The station was originally K10CM, a translator station for Spokane's KXLY-TV.

KPBX

KPBX-FM, a radio station (91.1 FM) licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States

KSPS

KSPS-TV, a television station (channel 7) licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States

KXLY

KXLY-TV, a television station (channel 4) licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States

Leah LaBelle

In October 2004, LaBelle collaborated on a record album, Volume 7 of "Christmas in the Northwest" featuring singers and songwriters from the Pacific Northwest to benefit Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Centers in Seattle, Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland and Children's Miracle Network in Spokane.

Lloyd Center

The Lipmans name was apparently reinstated at a new location in the north end of the mall in 1987, only to be replaced by that of Spokane-based The Crescent later in the same year.

Mark Pivarunas

He made his final profession on September 12, 1980, at CMRI's headquarters at Mount Saint Michael in Spokane, Washington.

Nicholas MacLeod

Nicholas Menalaus MacLeod (8 February 1870, Quebec – 27 September 1965, Spokane, Washington) was a Scottish–Canadian chess master.

Parastylotermes

The front right fore-wing was found in sediments of the Latah Formation near Spokane, Washington.

Paul Deanno

Previously, Paul worked as the Chief Meteorologist for WTVJ-TV (NBC6) in Miami, FL, and also worked as a meteorologist at KOMO-TV in Seattle, KYW-TV in Philadelphia, KENS in San Antonio, KREM (TV) in Spokane, and KDRV in Medford.

Playwright

On Broadway, this has happened in the past year with Martin McDonagh's "Behanding in Spokane" and Mamet's "Race" although these shows were packaged with stars (Christopher Walken in the former) and with playwrights who are well established in the profession.

Shriners Hospitals for Children

The Shriners had considered closing facilities in Shreveport, Louisiana; Greenville, South Carolina; Erie, Pennsylvania; Spokane, Washington; Springfield, Massachusetts and

Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad

Operating in conjunction with the Graves' lines in 1903 it formed a route between Spokane and Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho.

Spokane Coliseum

After more than a year of construction, the arena was dedicated on December 3, 1954, in a program headlined by Metropolitan Opera soprano Patrice Munsel, a Spokane native.

Spokane River

Today, the Spokane River supports populations of rainbow trout, northern pikeminnow, and Bridgelip Suckers (Catostomus columbianus), as well as several non-native species.

Until the 18th century, the Coeur d'Alene (Schḭtsu'umsh) and Spokane Indians (along with other Salish peoples) used to live and travel along the banks of the Spokane River.

Spokane Valley, Washington

Between 1901 and 1915, the townships of Orchard Avenue, Greenacres, Otis Orchards, Opportunity, Vera, Dishman, Liberty Lake, Newman Lake, East Spokane, Mica and Chester were platted.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700

700 was delivered on June 21, 1938, joining the 702 pulling overnight passenger trains between Spokane and Vancouver, Washington, along the north shore of the Columbia River, with the 701 providing backup and pulling freight.

Stampede Pass

After a period of dormancy in the late 20th century, the Stampede Pass Line and Tunnel were revived in 1997 by BNSF Railway, which utilizes the route as one of two direct Northern Transcon main lines through the Cascades between Spokane and Seattle.

SWX Right Now

The channel is operated by Cowles Publishing Company and airs over Cowles' three NBC affiliated channels in Eastern Washington, including Spokane's KHQ-TV, KNDO in Yakima, and Richland's KNDU, as well as on cable systems throughout the market.

The Business of Fancydancing

The film explores the tension between two Spokane men who grew up together on the Spokane Reservation in eastern Washington state: Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams) and Aristotle (Gene Tagaban).

The Standard Hour

A 1943 brochure shows that the programs were carried on KPO in San Francisco, KFI in Los Angeles, KMJ in Fresno, KGW in Portland, Oregon, KOMO in Seattle, Washington, and KHQ in Spokane, Washington.

Therm-All Insulation

These include the company’s Cleveland-based headquarters and branches in Lancaster, PA; Columbus, WI; Kennesaw, GA; Dallas, TX; Stockton, CA; Phoenix, AZ; and Kent and Spokane, WA.

Why Would I Lie?

The film, which was directed by Larry Peerce and shot in Spokane, Washington, is based on the novel The Fabricator by Hollis Hodges.


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