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President Jimmy Carter speaks to the press in Spokane, Wash. on June 23, 1980.
Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review Photo Archive
President Jimmy Carter momentarily looks the wrong way as the flag is raised diuring his May 1978 visit to Spokane's Riverfront Park. King Cole, a major influece in bringing Expo '74 to Spokane points the direction to president should be facing. Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus (left) and former Spokane Mayor David Rodgers (2nd from left) watch the ceremony. File/The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review Photo Archive
A 1978 photo of Tom Foley arriving in Spokane aboard Air Force One with President Jimmy Carter.
Governors William A. Egan, Alaska; Jimmy Carter, Georgia; and Malcolm Wilson, New York, (from the left) in Spokane in 1974.
President Jimmy Carter Spokane visit in 1978.
President Jimmy Carter wades into crowd on his visit to Spokane in 1978 to dedicate Riverfront Park. After the dedication, the President held a town meeting.
President Jimmy Carter vists Spokane in 1978.
L-R (facing camera) John Evans, (Idaho Gov) Dixey Lee Roy, Tom Foley (background), Ron Bair (Spo. mayor) and Jimmy Carter in Spokane after Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1987.
Jimmy Carter visits Spokane, in 1978.
People gather to catch a glimpse of Jimmy Carter during his Spokane visit in 1978.
Jimmy Carter visits Spokane, in 1978 and is greeted by David Rodgers.
The greatest problem facing most people who welcomes President Jimmy Carter at Spokane's Riverfront Park was finding a vantage point to see the chief executive in 1978. Crowds swarmed across the footbridges and stood on sidewalks hoping to get a glimpse of the president.
President Jimmy Carter visits Spokane in 1978.
People gather in Riverfront Park in 1978 during Jimmy Carter's visit to Spokane.
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