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1883

The true beginning came with the first edition of The Spokane Falls Review, dated May 19, 1883.

Prospector Andrew Prichard showed up in Dallam’s office in the fall of 1883 and poured a pile of gold onto a sheet of paper.

That first edition in 1883 came out one day late, but since then it has not missed another day in nearly 130 years.

1884

By June 10, 1884, Dallam expanded the weekly

1888

After several quick changes in ownership, the proprietors of Portland’s Oregonian newspaper bought a major share of The Morning Review in 1888.

1889

The offices barely escaped damage in the Great Fire of 1889 and within two years, the Review was building a brick tower on the site.

1890

Originally begun in March, 1890, and completed in October of the following year, the Review Building and tower became the home of the Spokane Falls Review, a joint business venture between the Portland Oregonian and A. M. Cannon.

1891

In 1891, his friends convinced him to leave Chicago and protect his Spokane investment by coming out to

The paper continued to shift toward electronic delivery methods and on-line reporting. It is still owned and operated by the Cowles Publishing Co., whose origins stretch back to the day in 1891 when a young and ambitious Chicago police reporter came west to help manage a small daily.

1893

So in early 1893, Durham descended the Tall Tower and paid a visit to Cowles at The Spokesman.

However, at the beginning of 1893, both morning newspapers were bleeding money.

1894

On June 28, 1894, Cowles bought them out.

1897

In 1897, he learned that J. J. Browne was willing to sell his Spokane Daily Chronicle.

1910

It pushed hard for a progressive commission form of city government, achieved in 1910.

1911

His Inland Empire Paper Company built a paper mill just outside the city at Millwood and in 1911 began producing newsprint and other paper products (still operating 100 years later).

As a member of the Associated Press board of directors since 1911, he had also played a prominent role in national journalism.

1916

He began producing a column called "Facetious Fragments" in 1916, which often contained a humorous poem.

1974

Spokane emerged on the world stage in 1974 with Expo '74, Spokane's World's Fair.

1995

5, 1995 Paving the way: The automobile revolution profoundly changed the Inland Northwest

1996

That kind of coverage provoked the third bomb incident in the paper's history in 1996, when masked men set off a bomb outside The Spokesman-Review 's Spokane Valley bureau office.

2005

West called the stories "sloppy and malicious" and a personal vendetta against him ("Evaluating"). Yet the stories resulted in West being removed from office in 2005 in the city's first-ever mayoral recall election.

2006

29, 2006 Disaster on Division A sleepy bunch of Spokane workmen were riding the Astor streetcar to work at 6 a.m. on Dec.

2008

21, 2008 Spokane Garry Most of us know exactly one thing about Chief Garry: His crumbling statue in Chief Garry Park was hauled away in May.

2015

27, 2015 Spokane Valley Heritage Museum volunteer gets talk flowing Don Gorman began volunteering for the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum before it existed and he never quit.

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