Here before the dam and the smoking was a joining point for activity. It was a beautiful place especially with river and the falls. The white activity happened when two people scrambled and they heard got word that there was going to be a railroad from the east to the west and it was going to go to gain and they built a sawmill and they iran out of money and then james glover is considered the father of spokane but they came and bought them out and when the town started to connect with the native americans totally outnumbered the first settlers here. They were very friendly to them and glover started the store and most of his customers were native american and the customs were different people and a lot of settlers were unfamiliar with that and offended the indians. It worked out between the native americans and settlers. It was later when the problems when the government got involved with their troops and stuff. That was when the big problem started colonel came in with a bunch of tro
I want the world to be unpredictable and not know what is happening tomorrow to overwhelm us with these kind of events. Next up in spokane, washington dearly williamson show stories of the black families who arrived in spokane in 1899. My greatgrandfather and my grandfather just what he was a boy the time were recruited from spartan, virginia to come on a tree up to laughlin, washington and they were to break a cool strike but they did not know that they were breaking a cold right. They thought they were coming for jobs. That caused a big furor at that time. There was a lot of problems in trouble with the miners and finally when it was all finished and they went to work in the mind. Mind, that was a different story but the mind petered out and they came to spokane, washington in seattle, portland, tacoma, places like that and they left rosslyn and thats how i came to spokane. Thats my family, anyway. Others came at that time, too. The name of the book is africanamerican in spokane. I d
The minors, and finally when it was all finished and they went to work in the mines, that was a different story and work in the mines for many years. But then the mines petered out and they came to spokane washington and seattle, portland, tacoma, places like that. They left rosalind and came there. Thats how i came here to spokane. My family anyway. Others came at that time, too. The name of the book is African Americans in spokane, and i decided to write it because of my daughter. She knew that i all of these pictures and things of that nature that weve gotten together for the spokane northwest black pioneer centennial in Washington State in 1989. And she said, mom has all these pictures and why doesnt she put into a book form . And so she came back and she told me and thats what we did and thats how we happened to write about spokane. And because ive been a lifelong member of the spokane community. We showed all these photos and were very, very grateful because most people had not s
For the next hour, book tv exclusive, our cities tour visits spoken, washington to learn more about its literary life. We have traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the book seen to our viewers. Cspan. Orgrn more at. John near was probably one of the most significant john muir was one of the most significant environmental thinkers. He helped bring about yosemite as a National Park. It was a state park before. He was instrumental in way survey National Park. He had influence in Olympic National park and not rain air mt. Rainier National Park. I have done previous work on frederick douglass, john quincy adams, jane addams, all of whom had significant travel experience before they embarked in their careers. In the case of john, he found his career through travel. He kept, as many of the others did, journals of his experience. It gave me insight as to what was happening in his head as he traveled a thousand miles. This was a life shaping experience for him. It really gave him focus and directi
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