Spokane, Washington

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Spokane — Thumbnail History (historylink.org) Spokane is the largest city in Eastern Washington and the commercial hub for an interstate area known formerly as the “Inland Empire” and now as the “Inland Northwest.” After settlement in the 1870s, it quickly became the county seat of Spokane County and the regional center for mining, agriculture, timber, transportation, education, and medical services. Urban development has spread far beyond the 2005 population of 200,000 residing within the present city limits in a county of almost 430,000. Spokane, like many cities, has undergone periods of boom, bust, stagnation, and recovery. For well over 100 years, it has provided a welcome urban oasis in the less populated stretch of plains and mountains between the Mississippi River and Seattle.

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Spokane, Washington (Wikipedia) Spokane (/spoʊˈkæn/ spoh-KAN; Spokane: sƛ̓x̌etkʷ) is a city in and the county seat of Spokane County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 110 miles (180 km) south of the Canada–United States border, twenty miles (30 km) west of the Idaho border, 279 miles (449 km) southwest of Calgary, Alberta, and 280 miles (450 km) east of Seattle, via Interstate 90.

Spokane (en.wikivoyage.org) Spokane is a city in the Palouse region of eastern Washington, also known as “The Inland Empire”, pre-dating by nearly a century the use of the same title by a region in Southern California. It is the second largest city in the state, and the largest between Seattle and Minneapolis.