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)
Upper images are courtesy of the Northwest Room of the Spokane Public Library. The image to the upper left is courtesy of John Soennichsen and the next image is courtesy of John Caskey.
The image to the lower left is courtesy of Tony and Suzanne Bamonte.