June 21, 2012, John Soennichsen will be speaking about " The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882." He has written many books such as Bretz's Flood (The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood), Live! From Death Valley, The Fat Detective ( A Gruesome Tale of Murder, Mayhem, and Bad Puns from the Crime-Ridden Streets of Spokane), Westward Journey (The Incredible Adventures of an American Boy), and recently Washington's Channeled Scablands. For more information about John Soennichsen visit his website.
http://johnsoennichsen.weebly.com
The meeting is held at the Airport Holiday Inn, 1616 South Windsor Drive, Spokane. Dinner starts at 5:45PM with speaker at 7:00PM.
Call Pat Holien or Email for reservations by June 17th. (509)466-2439
Each month John and Catherine Caskey will do a six part talk on Famous Hats of the West. Please join us for this entertaining history of the hat.
2012 National Preservation Conference in Spokane, Washington, October 31 – November 3. Western Historians won’t want to miss the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2012 National Conference hosted in Spokane, Washington, October 31 - November 3, 2012. This conference attracts around 2000 nationally recognized experts and practitioners for a week-long series of educational workshops and networking. Conference information http://www.historicspokane.org/nthp
Tony and Suzanne Bamonte have a new book out. It was written for the Spokane Association of Realtor's Centennial Spokane Our Early History; Under All Is The Land, it is available at Auntie's bookstore or order through:
Tornado Creek Publications
P.O. Box 8625
Spokane, Washington 99203
(509) 838-7114
(Thanks to Suzanne and Tony Bamonte, for editing and finishing this important book about Spokane's history, it is a must read)
The image to the lower left is courtesy of Tony and Suzanne Bamonte.