Riverfront Park
Although explorers, traders and missionaries had traveled on horseback through the area since the early 1800s, the first white settlement at Spokane Falls was in 1871. James Glover built a store beside the falls in what is now Riverfront Park, selling food and goods to the soldiers who were fighting wars against the Nez Perce and other Indian nations.
Section:Then & Now
Jesse Tinsley
| The Spokesman-Review
Riverfront Park
1910: This image, looking southeast from the tower of the Spokane County Courthouse, shows the maze of rails and bridges surrounding Spokane Falls in downtown Spokane.
Present day: The same view from the courthouse tower shows Spokane Falls and Riverfront Park in front of downtown Spokane.
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