History of the City of Spokane and Spokane Country, Washington, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from History of the City of Spokane and Spokane Country, Washington, Vol. 1: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeIn the founding and building of Spokane and other cities of the Inland Empire, we find abundant material for history - a history rich in distinctive local color and abounding in achievements which well may excite our people's pride and interest.For the assembling here, within the brief span of forty years, of a prosperous, progressive and metropolitan population, drawn from the four winds of earth and dwelling together in successful civic and industrial co-operation, constitutes a great epic achievement, and moreover, an achievement which, prior to the nineteenth cen tury, had scarcely a parallel in all the world's long history. New York, founded in 1623, possessed a population two hundred years later that only closely corresponded to the present population of Spokane, and so late as 1840, Philadelphia, 160 years after its colonization by William Penn, fell short of Spokane's census returns of 1910.Men and women who came here with the founding of the town, are still among us in rugged strength and creative power, and boys and girls who filled the first classes in the public school are yet young men and women. In all this, there should be found a brave and inspiring story, and yet a narrative that will adhere with historical fidelity to truth.To the compilation of this volume the writer has given a little more than a year of continuous and almost undivided effort, but now that his labor is ended, regret is felt that another year is lacking to impart to it somewhat of that finish which should be a distinct characteristic of any historic production. That this brief preface may not be altogether apologetic, the author may say that he has endeavored to court accuracy, and to give his readers a volume which, while adequate in detail and com prehensive in period and territory, has yet attempted to catch the spirit of the times.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.