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The Westerners, Spokane Corral

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Future Speakers

March 16, 2023

Tim Connor,

Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com

Event Details

March 16, 2023

Tim Connor,

 "Scabland Sojourn: A Photographer's Guide to Washington's Channeled Scablands"

Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com

April 20, 2023

Irv Broughton

Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com

Event Details

April 20, 2023

Irv Broughton

"Discovering Burke: Story of a Mining Town"

Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com

May 18, 2023

Eric Cunningham

Spokane Corbin Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205,

Event Details

May 18, 2023

Eric Cunningham

"The Idaho Panhandle Boom: 1880 to 1945."

Spokane Corbin Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205,

June 15, 2023

Ken Spiering

Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com

Event Details

June 15, 2023

Ken Spiering

"Public Art: Magic, Myth and Mishaps" 

Spokane Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, WA 99205, Zoom invite contact D. Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com

No upcoming events.

Past Speakers

2023

2023

2023

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)

Learn more

2022

2023

2023

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

Learn more

2021

2023

2020

     

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

2020

2020

2020

     

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


2019

2020

2019

    

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

2020

2019

  

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


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