I was searching the archives and I ran across maps that Hugh Ebright photographed some 3 years ago from a collection of map grids from a relative of his.
Spokane was loaded with tracks when I got here in 1967. In 1907 we had the longest electric railroad in the world owned by a single corporation called the
Spokane and Inland Empire that ran south from Spokane to Colfax and Moscow, Idaho. It the line going to the bottom right of the photo. We had Interurbans, cable cars, trolleys and 5 major railroads. Not bad for a medium sized town in the middle of the Northwest.
Spokane was loaded with tracks when I got here in 1967. In 1907 we had the longest electric railroad in the world owned by a single corporation called the
Spokane and Inland Empire that ran south from Spokane to Colfax and Moscow, Idaho. It the line going to the bottom right of the photo. We had Interurbans, cable cars, trolleys and 5 major railroads. Not bad for a medium sized town in the middle of the Northwest.
I have others showing Hillyard, Parkwater, Fort Wright, NP tower complex, etc. Fascinating!
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