Expo ’74

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50 years ago in Expo history: S-R offers scrapbook of fair

Sun., Nov. 24, 2024

Editor’s Note: We’re reaching the end of our Expo ’74 history chronicle, so we have a question for our history column readers: Should we continue to run two items each day – one from 50 years ago and one from 100 years ago? Or should we revert back to chronicling events just from 100 years ago? Send your response in an email titled “History” to news@spokesman.com.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Quilts inspired by fair went on display

Sat., Nov. 23, 2024

Editor’s Note: We’re reaching the end of our Expo ’74 history chronicle, so we have a question for our history column readers: Should we continue to run two items each day – one from 50 years ago and one from 100 years ago? Or should we revert back to chronicling events just from 100 years ago? Send your response in an email titled “History” to news@spokesman.com.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: An arrest was made in the brazen theft of an entire log cabin from the fair

Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

One of Expo ’74’s strangest mysteries was solved when deputies arrested a Spokane man, 32, on suspicion of stealing an entire log cabin from Expo.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Why a couple of long-closed roads reopened with the fair’s closure, even though they were nowhere near downtown

Thu., Nov. 21, 2024

Rambo Road and McFarlane Road near Fairchild Air Force Base were reopened, after being closed most of the year for an Expo ’74-related reason: concern about the presence in the area of “foreign dignitaries.”

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Post-fair number crunching gave a hint of a budding Riverfront Park’s best uses

Wed., Nov. 20, 2024

Figures showed that Expo ’74’s season pass holders “visited the fair almost triple the number of times initially projected.”

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: The fair may have left a deficit, but it wasn’t as bad as it sounded

Tue., Nov. 19, 2024

Expo ’74 general manager Petr Spurney acknowledged for the first time that “it’s becoming more and more evident that a deficit will be experienced.”

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Location along Trent Avenue, now Spokane Falls Beaulevard, sees drop in homeless population due to World’s Fair

Mon., Nov. 18, 2024

The Spokane Chronicle asked, “Did Expo ’74 wipe out Spokane’s Skid Road?”

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Thousands got bargains on leftover souvenirs and merchandise

Sun., Nov. 17, 2024

Expo ’74 souvenir collectors had only one more day to pick up bargains.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: The symphony got a boost in sales from the fair

Sat., Nov. 16, 2024

Expo ’74’s beneficial effects apparently extended to Spokane’s cultural institutions, especially the Spokane Symphony.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Final fair attendance figures were in, and with them stats on tourists

Fri., Nov. 15, 2024

The final Expo ’74 attendance statistics revealed that – not surprisingly – most of the visitors came from Washington.

50 years ago in Expo history: S-R offers scrapbook of fair

50 years ago in Expo history: Quilts inspired by fair went on display

50 years ago in Expo history: An arrest was made in the brazen theft of an entire log cabin from the fair

50 years ago in Expo history: Why a couple of long-closed roads reopened with the fair’s closure, even though they were nowhere near downtown

50 years ago in Expo history: Post-fair number crunching gave a hint of a budding Riverfront Park’s best uses

50 years ago in Expo history: The fair may have left a deficit, but it wasn’t as bad as it sounded

50 years ago in Expo history: Location along Trent Avenue, now Spokane Falls Beaulevard, sees drop in homeless population due to World’s Fair

50 years ago in Expo history: Thousands got bargains on leftover souvenirs and merchandise

50 years ago in Expo history: The symphony got a boost in sales from the fair

50 years ago in Expo history: Final fair attendance figures were in, and with them stats on tourists

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