SR.com Blogs | Inland Northwest HistoryJim Kershner uncovers nuggets of Inland Northwest history, poses questions on historical themes and opens a forum for sharing historical stories and anecdotes.Which way will Spokane grow- (Found September 22, 2008 ) Here's a nugget I ran across in a 1905 newspaper: An article speculating about which way downtown Spokane would grow -- east or west ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=2550 History blog on sabbatical- (Found September 22, 2008 ) This blog is on sabbatical until Aug. 7. I am taking time off from the Spokesman-Review to finish a biography of Carl Maxey, the Spokane civil rights lawyer. Please check back in August, when I will tell you more about the completed project. At least, it had better be completed ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=3297 More Bob's Chili memories- (Found September 22, 2008 ) People continue to send in reminscinces of Bob's Chili Parlor and I'll share a couple of them here. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=2967 The beer flowed in the streets- (Found September 22, 2008 ) Here was a heady event in 1906 Spokane: The week the streets flowed with beer. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=2785 Bob's Chili Parlor: Reminiscence and recipe- (Found September 22, 2008 ) We received a lot of response from our Feb. 12 Inland Northwest History column about Spokane's old Bob's Chili Parlor. Obviously this subject evokes nostalgia of a particularly spicy variety.Here's what reader Doug Fisher had to say: Dear Jim. You can't imagine how excited I was to see the article on Bob's Chili Parlor in the Sunday Paper.I am a Culinary Instructor at the Inland North West Culinary Academy at Spokane Community College.I teach a class in Modern American Cuisine. I just on Friday.http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=2688 Calamity Jane in Spokane- (Found September 22, 2008 ) I'm preparing a story for an upcoming edition of the Spokesman-Review about Calamity Jane (real name Martha Canary) and her Spokane and North Idaho connections. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=2660 The history blog is back- (Found September 22, 2008 ) The Inland Northwest History blog is back after a successful and productive hiatus. If all works out according to schedule, you can look for my biography of Spokane civil rights lawyer Carl Maxey to be published in 2007 by the University of Washington Press.Meanwhile, a lot of blog-worthy material has been gathering over the last three months. In the next few days, I'll be diving in to these issues, including some new Butch Cassidy research, a new edition of Robert H. Ruby's and John A. Brown's.http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=3866 History of Coeur d'Alene bars and taverns- (Found September 22, 2008 ) Dean Bennett, a reader from Coeur d'Alene, was shocked to discover that the historic Fort Ground Tavern (on the old fort grounds, right next to present North Idaho College) had closed last spring. He and a few other CDA natives started talking about this travesty and he started collecting information about the history of bars and taverns in Coeur d'Alene. You can find his historic map of the CDA bars and taverns at http:www.frappr.comhistoryofcoeurdalenebars.He could use some help in fleshing..http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=3868 Butch Cassidy is still dead- (Found September 22, 2008 ) No subject on this blog has garnered more controversy than the Nov. 28, 2005 posting titled "Did Butch Cassidy Retire to Spokane" (You can find it below). It has spawned 73 responses (and still climbing), many of them from Butch aficionados andor scholars, and many of them contentious and argumentative. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=3906 A new edition of "The Spokane Indians"- (Found September 22, 2008 ) The University of Oklahoma Press has issued an expanded paperback edition of a volume that should be in the library of anyone interested in Inland Northwest history: "The Spokane Indians: Children of the Sun," by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/history/archive.asp?postID=3955 |