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"The Old Trolley Barn" Or was it?

How do urban myths get lodged into local culture? Hard to say sometimes, but when they do, they’re often stuck forever.

Chuck King’s family claimed they were related to Jesse James. But were they? Uh… No.

Today we're over at…

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The Boulevard Building and Vintage Print and Neon

Today on the King’s Guide, we're over at the Boulevard Building at the corner of Monroe and Indiana at Northwest Boulevard. This interesting triangular shaped building was built in 1910 by Olaf Lillequist. By 1915, the Boulevard was sold, and…

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The Origins of Hamilton Studio

 

Did you know? The Hamilton Studio was once the auditorium and gymnasium for the Saint Joseph School and Church. But this wasn't the first school building on this property. A two story wooden building, which was originally behind the church…

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The eccentric Nicholas Ney and the Army Surplus Building

Have you ever been to the Army surplus store? In our recent then and now segment on North Division (see our previous post), our historical photo had a two story brick building in the background. It turned out that the…

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The Longbotham Building in Downtown Spokane

On today’s episode of the King’s Guide, we’re continuing our series with Jess Walter on his historical novel, “The Cold Millions”. This is Part 5 in the series, which you can watch on our YouTube channel here: The Cold Millions…

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