Northwest Industrial Exposition

The Northwest Industrial Exposition was held in Spokane, Washington (then known as Spokane Falls) in October 1890. It followed the August 4, 1889 fire that burned much of downtown. Chauncey B. Seaton designed the exposition hall. Artworks displayed included works by Frederic Remington. The wooden exposition building burned in September 11, 1893.[1]

Northwest Industrial Exposition 1890 Building

History

Washington became a state November and 11, 1889. The exposition hall was built at Sprague Avenue and Riverside Avenue.[2] The exposition touted conquering nature.[3] Light installations featured at the exposition.[4]

People profiled in the exposition brochure include F. Lewis Clark, Horace L. Cutter, Kirtland K. Cutter, laywer and writer[5] Chester Glass, businessman and state legislator B. C. Van Houten, D. M. Drumheller, David B. Jenkins, and Dr. C. S. Penfield.

See also

References
  1. "Then & Now Gallery: Then and Now: Exposition Building - Sept. 5, 2021 | The Spokesman-Review". Spokesman.com.
  2. "History During the 1800s | Spokane County, WA".
  3. Bentley, Judith M. (February 16, 2016). Walking Washington's History: Spokane. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295806761 – via Google Books.
  4. Hirt, Paul W. (October 18, 2012). The Wired Northwest: The History of Electric Power, 1870s–1970s. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700618736 – via Google Books.
  5. Glass, Chester (1881). "The World: Round it and over it: Being Letters Written by the Author from England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium ... California, Nevada, Utah and New York".
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