Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
Pete Wyman Ghost Towns I have Known - a tour and stories about towns that have come and gone in our area the sounds of Laureen Davis and th...
Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
Bil Lewis. James Madison reenactor
Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
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Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail .com
Joe Barreca Hudson Bay Company and Fort Colville acknowledge their time on the Columbia River from 1825-1871. Spokane House’s David Thompso...
Spokane Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail .com
January 16
“Spokane and the History of Fairchild Air Force Base".
Speaker: Chet Caskey
February 20
"The Little Spokane River – A
Sense of Place"
Speaker:Ty Brown
March 20
Western Women’s History A collection of speakers about some of the women who built the west.
See Youtube for guest speakers
January 18
"100 Years of the Zodiac Schooner-Spirit of the Wind"
Speaker: Tom McArthur
February 15
"Early Rural Schools of Spokane County"
Speaker: Erika Deasy
March 21
"The World That Came to Expo"
Speaker: Elizabeth Wood
April 18
"Derby Day at Westerners-Early Horse Racing in Spokane"
Speaker: Jim Price
May 16
"Covenants and Housing Discrimination in Spokane"
Speaker: Larry Cebula, EWU
June 20
Spokane Westerners members, "show and tell"
July/August
Arbor crest and the amazing Riblet
September 19
"The Missng pieces of the J. Harlen Bretz Story"
Speaker: Dean Kiefer
October 17
"The Bridger General McArthur Anderson-A Lifetime of Service"
Speaaker: Doug Jonas
November 21
"Pioneer West Saloon Night
Pioneer Saloons of Spokane Falls"
Speaker: Jeff Sims
December 19
"The Extraordinary of Doc McConnell Medicine Man of Ferry County, WA"
Speaker: Sue Walker
January 19
Great Northern Railway Main Line, Priest River to Hillyard
Speaker: Duane Becker
February 16
"Turning to Normal" Cheney Historical Museum.
Speaker: Joan Mamanakis (mamaNAkiss)
March 16
"Scabland Sojourn: A Photographer's Guide to Washington's Channeled Scablands"
Speaker: Tim Conner
April 20
"Discovering Burke: Story of a Mining Town"
Speaker: Irv Broughton
May 18
"The Idaho Panhandle Boom: 1880 to 1945."
Speaker: Eric Cunningham
June 15
"Public Art: Magic, Myth and Mishaps"
Speaker: Ken Spiering
September 21
"True Tunes and Tales of Washington Lands and Waters "
Speaker: Olivia Brownlee &Jacqui Sandor
October 19
"Reliving 1901 Spokane"
Speaker: Patricia Meredith
November 16
"A Washingtonian in the Land of the Gods: The Improbable Story of Ranald MacDonald"
speaker: Eric Cunningham
December 21
"Early Missionaries of the Pacific Northwest"
Speaker: Robert Heacock
January 20
"Washington's complicated first territorial governor, Isaac Stevens "
Speaker:
Karina Berven
February 17
"Ladys Buroker Washington state's first female pilot "
Speaker:
Stan Wills
March 17
"Gonzaga University: A Brief History"
"Stephanie Plowman
April 21
Preserving Coeur d'Alene's sense of place. Speaker: Britt Thurman
May 19
"The continuing case of Spokane Garry: highlights from the hidden hearing "Speaker :
David Beine
June 16,
Spokane Westerners members, "show and tell" September 15
"Beyond mercy and madness: more about Dr. Mary Archard Latham, Spokane's first female physician’’
Speaker:
Beverly Hodgins
October 20
“The life and descendants of Jaco Finlay, the builder of Spokane house”
Speaker: Matty Ross November 17
"The Moore-Turner heritage gardens, 1989-2012: history and restoration"
Speaker:
Bridget Piper
December 15
"Lower snake river dams, salmon, and the Lewis & Clark expedition"
Speaker:
Robert Heacock
January 14
Colonel Edward Steptoe and the Indian Battles of 1855
Speaker: Jim Bannister
February 11
Ferry County Railroads
Speaker: Madilane Perry
March 11
The German American Society Hall: The Story of Spokane’s Oldest Cultural Meeting Place
Speaker: Megan Duval
April 15
Spokane Westerners Anniversary and Show & Tell
Spokane Members
May 20
Echoes of Yesterday: Relocation of Indian Graves before the Flooding of Kettle Falls
Speaker: Steve Ball
June 17
Newman Lake
Speaker: Jayne Singleton
July 15
A first-person
characterization: Jacco
tells the story of David
Thompson
Speaker: Al Cluck
August 5
Spokane Westerners members, "show and tell"
September 16
Lewis and Clark Up the Missouri River
Speaker: Dick Jensen
October 21
Archives 101-Holdings
And research strategies
Speaker: Lee Pierce
November 18
The World of Byron
Riblet: Spokane’s
Forgotten Genius
Speakers: Garrin Hertel,
Ty Brown & Chuck King
December 16
Captain George
Vancouver in Puget Sound
Speaker: Robert
Heacock
January 9
Millwood, Washington: History, People and Architecture
Speaker: Bobbie Beese
February 13
Fairchild Air Force Base Throughout the Years
Speaker: Jim O’Connell
March 12
Wandermere: Legacy on the Little Spokane River
Speaker: Ty Brown
April 9
Historic Flight Foundation’s
Journey to Spokane Felts Field
Speaker: John Sessions
**Cancelled due to Corona virus
May 14
Early Explorers of the Pacific Northwest-A Long Time Coming
Speaker: Robert Heacock
June 11
The Importance of Storytelling to the Enjoyment of History
Speaker: Chet Caskey
July 9
Strange Marriage Situations of Early Missionaries
Speaker: Dick Jensen
August 13
Daughters of the American Revolution
Speaker: Rae Anna Victor
September 10
Why Isn’t There a Bing Crosby Drive in Spokane?
Speaker: Bill Stimson
October 8
Historic Flight Foundation’s Flight to Spokane Felts Field
Speaker: John Session
November 12
A Tale of There Winters: The Very Different Winter of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Speaker: Shannon Kelly
December 10
How Science Discovered the Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington
Speaker: Gene Kiver
January 17
Escure Ranch
Blue Beads: A Sketch of Spokane House Preserve Our Trails Heritage
Speakers: Pete Wyman, Ann Fackenthall and Ted Bradley
February 21
Haunted Hillyard: The History and Folklore of Spokane’s Oldest Suburb
Speaker: Chet Caskey
March 21
Saving our Station (SOS!): The Cheney Deport Restoration Project
Speakers: Susan Beeman and Terry Mourning
April 18
Your Name Here: A History of Funerary Gravestones in Spokane
Speaker: Duane Broyles
May 16
Jumping into the Fire: Black Army Airborne Firefighters in the Pacific Northwest, 1945
Speaker: Dr. Robert Bartlett
June 20
Let’s Be Friends: 60+ Years of Sister Cities in Spokane
Speaker: Margo Buckles
June 24
Day Trip to YellowstoneTrail with Dick Jensen, Don Popejoy-Historian
July 25
Day trip to Mt. Spokane and Mt. St. Michael with Dick Jensen
August 15
Day trip to Bird Aviation Museum and the Farragut Park and Brig Museum with Dick Jensen
September 19
History to Mystery: How Spokane’s Intriguing History Inspired My Writing
Speaker: Patricia Meredith
October 17
Whodunit? The Continuing case of Spokane Garry
Speaker: Dr. David Beine
November 14
The History of the American Flag, from the Spokane Flag Museum
Speaker: Stan Wills
December 12
The Lost Boy of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Speaker: Don Popejoy
2018
January 18
Spokane’s Honor Point Military & Aerospace Museum
Speaker: Elliot Briggs
February 15
Adventures of a Yukon Bush Pilot
Speaker: Larry Whitesitt
March 15
Destined for Spokane: The Titanic & the Rice Family
Speaker: Logan Camporeale
April 19
The 4th U.S. Infantry in Washington Territory
Speaker: Don McConnell
May 17
The Astorians-Vision and Desperation in the Pacific Northwest
Speaker: Robert Heacock
June 21
The Northwest Room at Spokane Public Library
Speaker: Riva Dean
July 26
Day trip to Yellowstone Trail , with Don Popejoy and Dick Jensen
August 30-31
Overnight Trip to Lewis and Clark near Lewiston, with Dick Jensen
September 13
Spokane Goes to War: 1917-1918
Speaker: Richard Sola
October 18
Saving Salish: A Journey of
Language Revitalization
Speakers: Christopher Parkin & Graham Wiley-Camacho
November 15
Mildred Bailey, Princess of Rhythm
Speaker: Garrin Hertel
December 20
Sacajawea: What was her real role during the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Speaker: Don Popejoy
Founded in 1985, Westerner Spokane Corral has been dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of our community. From our humble beginnings in a small room at the local library, we have grown into a thriving organization with over 500 members.
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