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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Spokane, Washington. Official Website Spokane is located in Spokane County, sits on the Spokane River and is the county seat. Known as the birthplace of Father's Day, Spokane's official nickname is the "Lilac City". A pink, double flower cultivar of the common lilac, known as Syringa vulgaris 'Spokane', is named for the...
The first humans to arrive in what is now Spokane County arrived between 12,000 and 8,000 years ago and were hunter-gatherer societies who lived off the plentiful game in the area. Initially, the settlers hunted predominantly bison and antelope, but after the game migrated out of the region, the native people became dependent on gathering various roots, berries, and nuts, and harvesting fish. T...
Wikipedia =Gonzaga University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Spokane, Washington, United States. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. It is named for the young Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga. The campus houses 105 buildings on 131 acres (53 ha) of grassland along the Spokane River, ...
Located across the street from Riverside Memorial Park on Government Way, this 85-acre cemetery has three levels (or terraces). Some of Spokane's more prominent pioneers are buried in the lower two terraces, among the large trees. The 3rd Terrace has newer lawns and several mausoleums set along the top of a cliff, from which one can see the sunrise over downtown Spokane. Wild turkeys are a comm...
Fairmount Cemetery was established May 29th in 1888 and was the growing community of Spokane's second modern cemetery. Fairmount, like Greenwood and Riverside, is the final resting place for many of the community’s early pioneers and city developers - people from the mining, lumbering, railroading, banking, city development, and governing arenas. But these prominent individuals are not the ...
This project is for those who are buried in Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Washington. Located at the confluence of the Spokane River and Latah Creek, the gently rolling lawns offer a pleasant repose for over 47,000 interments. It is one of seven Spokane-area cemeteries managed by the Fairmount Memorial Association. The cemetery office is across the street (Government Way) at the adjacent G...
This project is for those interred in Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane, Washington. The cemetery is located on 5909 South Cheney-Spokane Road and is also known as Northwest Memorial Gardens and Spokane-Cheney Memorial Gardens . Official Website Find a Grave