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Books about Spokane and Eastern Washington History
This is intended to be a list of books currently in stock and we strive to keep it up-to-date. It is, however, possible that we have just sold our last copy of a title. We are happy to confirm availability and give additional information either by phone, e-mail or at our store.
Selected sub-lists: Mostly Spokane Small Town History
TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER / DATE | NO. OF PAGES/ COVER/ NEW OR USED | PRICE |
120 Years of Inland Northwest Sports Greater Spokane: A Region of Champions and Championship Stories | Bill Elston | Walsworth Publishing, 2000 | 208pp hard new | 26.95 |
Biography of Fred Lundin: Swede Pioneer | Grant Lundin | Ye Galleon Press, 1990 | 48pp paper new | 5.95 |
Breaking Blue How one man's hunt through a half century of police cover-ups unlocked the secret behind the nation's oldest continuing murder investigation | Timothy Egan | Sasquatch Books, 1996 | 267pp paper new | 14.95 |
The Case of Spokane Garry The story of Spokane Garry, Chief of the Spokanes. | William S. Lewis | Ye Galleon Press, 1987 | 139pp hard new | Currently out of stock |
A Chapter from the Life of a Pioneer Teacher Miss West came to Colfax, Washington Territory 1878 and had a long career as a teacher and principal in eastern Washington. | Leoti L. West | Ye Galleon Press, 1986 | 22pp paper new | 4.95 |
Kirtland Cutter Architect in the Land of Promise Filled with vintage photographs, plans, descriptions and analysis. | Henry C. Matthews | University of Washington Press, 1998 | 438pp hard new | 60.00 |
The Davenport Hotel Photos and stories of the Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Washington. | Nostalgia | Nostalgia, 2002 | 46pp paper new | 8.95 |
Dear Old Nat... Spokane's Playground A detailed history of Spokane's Natatorium Park. Includes many photographs. | Marla L. Hyder and Donald R. Johnson and Nostalgia Magazine | Nostalgia, 2003 | 143pp paper new | 24.95 |
Clarence C. Dill The Life of a Western Politician Biography of Clarence C. Dill (b. 1884) who was instrumental in drafting the Federal Communications Act of 1934 and lobbying for Grand Coulee Dam | Kerry E. Irish | WSU Press, 2000 | 252pp paper new | 22.95 |
Downtown Spokane Images, 1930 - 1949 | Carolyn Hage Nunemaker | Nunemaker/National Color Graphics, 1997 | 175pp paper new | 19.95 |
Eastern Washington's Vanished Gristmills and the Men Who Ran Them Smithsonian drawings, history and use of Gristmills. 80 mills in eastern Washington by location and dates. 226 photos. | Florence E. Sherfey | Ye Galleon Press, 1978 | 334pp hard new | 19.95 |
Exploring Spokane's Past Tours to Historical Sites | Barbara Fleischman Cochran | Ye Galleon Press, 1984 | 80pp paper new | 5.95 |
Farmington Remembered History of a Small Palouse Town Filled with Farmington history, stories, photographs and local family biographies. | Marshall Belshaw Shore | Tornado Creek Publications, 2004 | 528pp hard new | 49.95 |
Fort George Wright: Not only Where the Band Played History of Fort George Wright illustrated with historical photos and 2 maps. | Bette Meyer | Ye Galleon Press, 1995 | 132pp paper new | 14.95 |
Grand Coulee Harnessing a Dream A comprehensive history of the dam's construction and its importance to Pacific Northwest History. | Paul C. Pitzer | WSU Press, 1994 | 505pp. paper new | 24.95 |
Green Bluff's Heritage History of the Greenbluff area located northeast of Spokane, including a number of pioneer family histories. | Jadee Hogue, Anna Magaret Kalhr & Mae Turner | Ye Galleon Press, 1984 | 518pp hard new | 19.95 |
Going to Washington State A Century of Student Life A Washington State University Centennial History | William L. Stimson | WSU Press, 1989 | 302pp hard new | 24.95 currently out of stock |
Golf History of Spokane, Washington | Bill Elston | Walsworth Publishing | 192pp hard new | 19.98 |
Grand Coulee Harnessing a Dream | Paul C. Pitzer | WSU Press, 1994 | 504pp paper new | 24.95 |
Heritage From Heroes Spokane's Dreamers & Builders Spokane's history told through the individuals buried in it's major cemetaries. | Dorothy Rochon Powers | Fairmount Memorial Association, 1993 | 250pp hard new (signed) | 6.00 |
History of Newport, Washington | Tony Bamonte & Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte | Tornado Creek Publications, 1998 | 96pp hard new | 18.95 |
History of Pend Oreille County | Tony Bamonte & Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte | Tornado Creek Publications, 1996 | 271pp hard new | 29.95 |
History of Sprague, Lamont and Edwall Several hundred histories of pioneer eastern Washington families. photographs | Ye Galleon Press, 1982 | 926pp hard new | Currently out of stock | |
A Homesteader and His Son Eastern washington pioneer history and the history of the Spokane Federal Land Bank. | Alexander Joss | Ye Galleon Press, 1990 | 278pp hard new | 19.95 |
The Hutton Settlement A Home for One Man's Family | Doris H. Pieroth | The Hutton Settlement / WSU Press, 2003 | 278pp hard new | 29.95 |
Incidents In the Early History of Pullman and the State College of Washington Reprint of 1922 printing. | Thomas Neill | Ye Galleon Press, | 30pp paper new | 7.50 |
Indelible Gifts The Story of a Twentieth Century American Family The story of Sigvard & Beverly Hansen's life together in Wilber, Greenacres, Cowiche and Pasco, WA. | Rob Woutat | PCC, 1996 | 166pp paper new | 14.95 |
Inland Empire D.C. Corbin and Spokane | John Fahey | University of Washington Press, 1965 | 270pp hard used | |
Liberated Woman and May Arkwright Hutton's 1900 novel The Coeur d'Alenes, A Tale of the Modern Inquisitions In Idaho | James Montgomery | Ye Galleon Press, 1985 | 406pp paper new | 11.95 |
Vachel Lindsay: Poet in Exile Biography of Poet Vachel Lindsay including time he spent living in Spokane. | Mildred Weston | Ye Galleon Press, 1987 | 94pp hard new | 14.95 |
Lionhead Lodge History of movie making in Spokane and along the shores of Priest Lake in Idaho about 1921. | Lloyd Peters | Ye Galleon Press, 1976 | 180pp paper new | 8.95 |
Manito Park: A Reflection of Spokane's Past | Tony Bamonte & Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte | Tornado Creek Publications, 1998 | 128pp hard new | 21.95 |
The McGoldrick Lumber Company Story This story of an important contributer to the Inland Northwest lumber industry is illustrated by historical photos and documents (industrial and personal) from a prominent Spokane business and family. | Jim McGoldrick | Tornado Creek Publications, 2004 | 288pp hard new | 29.95 |
Millwood Washington Historic Walking Tour | Bobbie Beese & Greg Mott | Ye Galleon Press, 1997 | 32pp paper new | 3.75 |
Miss Spokane: Elegant Ambassadors and Their City | Tony Bamonte & Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte | Tornado Creek Publications, | 352pp hard new | 29.95 |
News For an Empire: The Story of the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington, and of the Field It Serves | Ralph E. Dyar | Caxton Printers, 1952 | 494pp hard used | 20.00 |
Orchard Prairie: The First Hundred Years 1879-1979 | Kathryn Treffrey Highberg | Ye Galleon Press, 1998 | 215pp paper new | 14.95 |
Otis Orchards The First Fifty Years | Mary Hanley Berglund | Ye Galleon Press, 1999 | 265pp paper new | 15.95 |
Paradise in the Palouse History of the Palouse area | Nancy M. Prevost | Ye Galleon Press, 1986 | 55pp paper new | 4.95 |
Pioneer Days at Tekoa Interviews with B. Williams, an early pioneer, who grew up near Tekoa, Washington. Photographs | Bertha Engelland Williams | Ye Galleon Press, 1986 | 28pp paper new | 4.95 |
Pioneer Days at Tekoa | Bertha Engelland Williams | Ye Galleon Press, 1986 | 28pp paper used | 3.00 |
Pioneer Families 1880-1940 Moab, Newman Lake, & Thompson Creek, Washington | Peggy Laughlin Cunningham | Pioneer Pages, 2002 | 291pp paper new | 19.00 |
A Place Called Deep Creek Pioneer life in Stevens County. | Maureen Hern | Ye Galleon Press, 1995 | 112pp paper new | currently out of stock |
Antoine Plante Mountain Man, Rancher, Miner, Guide, Hostler and Ferryman | Jerome Peltier | Ye Galleon Press, 1983 | 49pp hard new | 9.95 |
Police Files The Spokane Experience 1853-1995 Personal and Historical Accounts by a Career Staffer | M. Kienholz | Millwood Publishing,1999 | 317pp hard new | 34.95 curently out of stock |
Postmarked Washington An Encyclopedia of Postal History, Volume I (Asotin, Spokane & Whitman) This book of small town histories includes a special section listing all railway post offices in Washington State. | Bert Webber | Ye Galleon Press, 1987 | 365pp paper new | 16.75 |
The Rainbow Seekers Stories of Spokane the Expo City and the Inland Empire Filled with historical stories and photographs. | Editor Joseph C. Brown | KXLY/Westcoast Publishing Co., 1974 | 128pp paper used | 11.00 |
Reminiscences of James N. Glover Called the Father of Spokane. | James N. Glover | Ye Galleon Press, 1984 | 128pp paper new | 9.95 |
Reminiscences of James N. Glover Called the Father of Spokane. | James N. Glover | Ye Galleon Press, 1984 | 128pp hard new | 14.95 |
Saga of a Western Town... Spokane "A Collection of factual incidents and anecdotes relating to the pioneer past of the west's most friendly city, Spokane, Washington. Commemorating the Centenial Anniversary, 1972." | Jay Kalez | Lawton Printing,1972 | 136pp paper used | 15.00 |
Shaping Spokane Jay P. Graves and His Times | John Fahey | University of Washington Press, 1994 | 144pp hard new | 14.95 |
Sheriffs 1911-1989 A History of Murders in the Wilderness of Washington's Last County (Pend Oreille County) | Tony Bamonte | Tornado Creek , 2002 | 251pp paper new | 14.95 |
Sheriffs 1911-1989 A History of Murders in the Wilderness of Washington's Last County (Pend Oreille County) | Tony Bamonte | Arthur H. Clark, 1995 | 251pp hard new | 26.00 |
Singing Grass, Burning Sage Discovering Washington's Shrub Steppe a "celebration in photos and text of Eastern Washington's arid lands" a few vintage photos and many current, high quality color photos. | Nature Conservancy of Washington | Graphic Arts Center Publishing, | 119pp paper new | 19.95 |
Spokane and the Inland Empire: An Interior Pacific Northwest Anthology | David H. Stratton | WSU Press, | 194pp paper new | 17.95 |
Spokane and the Inland Northwest: Historical Images This book is stuffed full of historic photos showing places and towns throughout the Inland Northwest. | Tony Bamonte & Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte | Tornado Creek Publications, | 336pp hard new | 49.95 |
Spokane: A View of the Falls | William Stimson | American Historical Press, 1999 | 192pp hard new | 29.95 |
The Spokane Aviation Story, 1910-1941 Originally published in 1982, this is a reissued edition containing new photographs and additional historical information. (286 photos and illustrations) | James P. McGoldrick II | Tornado Creek Publications, | 243pp hard new | 29.95 |
Spokane Corona Eras & Empires | Edmund T. Becher
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C.W. Hill, 1974 | 319pp hard used | 16.50 |
Spokane Falls Illustrated Originally published under the auspices of the Spokane Falls Board of Trade in 1889. Facsimile reprint. | Harry H. Hook & Francis J. McGuire | Ye Galleon Press | 62pp paper new | 6.95 |
Spokane House 1810 - 1840 People of the Fur Trade Short history with description of people and life at Spokane House. | Friends of Spokane House | Friends of Spokane House | 14 pp paper new | 5.00 |
The Spokane Valley Volume 1 A History of the Early Years | Florence Boutwell | Arthur H. Clark Co., 2003 (third printing) | 191pp hard new | currently out of stock |
The Spokane Valley Volume 2 A History of the Growing Years 1921-1945 | Florence Boutwell | United Lithographers, 2001 | 224pp paper new | 23.00 |
The Spokane Valley Volume 3 Out in the Gravel Includes misc. photos and stories and reprints a number of original sources. Also includes a comprehensive index for all three volumes. | Florence Boutwell | Arthur H. Clark Co., 2003 (second printing) | 112pp paper new | 23.00 |
The Spokane Valley Volume 4 The Naval Supply Depot at Velox | Florence Boutwell | Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004 | 83pp hard new | 20.00 |
Spokane's Legendary Davenport Hotel | Tony Bamonte & Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte | Tornado Creek Publications, 2001 | 288pp hard new | 34.95 |
Standards of Trade Columbia River 1824 - 1825 Lists the value of various provisions and articles in "Skins Made Beaver". | Friends of Spokane House | Friends of Spokane House | 7 pp paper new | 3.00 |
Under the clock The Story of the Crescent Department Store This book is illustrated with photos taken throughout the store's history. | Donald R Johnson | Apple Blossom Publishing | 143pp paper new | currently out of stock |
The Way It Was According To Chick Growing Up on the Spokane Indian Reservation | Robert "Chick" Wynecoop | Tornado Creek Publications, 2003 | 224pp paper new | 14.95 |
Luke G. Williams American Entrepreneur A memoir by the father of the electronic sign industry. | Luke G. Williams | Trade Mark Press | 206pp hard new | 17.95 |