Jesse Tinsley

Then and Now: Phillips Petroleum Petroleum businesses in Spokane started processing crude oil brought from distant oil fields in the 1920s. The Inland Empire Oil Refinery, one of two refineries in Parkwater, near Felts Field, launched around 1926. Busines... See more

Then and Now: Maple Street Bridge The Spokane River, especially the deep gorge west of the downtown Spokane waterfalls, splits the city. The first span over the gorge was a rickety, wooden Monroe Street Bridge built in 1889. In the 1950s the city of Spoka... See more

Then and Now: Masonic Temple Spokane’s Masonic Temple is arguably the grandest building left from the fraternal club era that spanned the late 1900s and early 20th century in Spokane. Prominent buildings were also created for the Odd Fellows and Elks club... See more

Then an Now: Cold War in Spokane 1957 The nuclear standoff with Russia, known as the Cold War, was on everyone’s mind in 1957 in Spokane. For almost a century the Lilac City encouraged state and federal authorities to put bases and airfields in the region... See more

Then and Now: Grand Army of the Republic 1889 Grand Encampment The Grand Army of the Republic, the fraternal organization for soldiers of the Civil War, was formed in 1866. Thousands of GAR members moved to the Pacific Northwest as the U.S. population spr... See more