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Back in 1974, Spokane was the smallest city to ever host a World’s Fair, and 2024 marked the 50th anniversary. Spokane has undergone a bit of a Renaissance in recent years. The second-largest city in ...
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Hillsboro was in Spokane on Tuesday night to start a six-game set, ... 74. Spokane wins to catch Hillsboro at the top of the standings. by David Ball, KATU . Wed, June 4th 2025 at 9:42 PM.
Fun & Friends, a nonprofit social community for people with disabilities in Sioux Falls, will host its first expo April 26. The free Family-Friendly Disability Resource Expo will include over 50 ...
A “daredevil” named Terry Brauner, from Kettle Falls, Washington, barely had escaped death a month earlier when he attempted to ride his “crude inner tube raft” through the Expo ’74 ...
Pow-Wow at the Falls is part of the Expo '74 50th Anniversary Celebration which celebrates heritage and history of the Spokane area. The celebration runs Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26. Doors ...
Downtown Spokane will be more colorful than usual this weekend as thousands gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Expo ’74 with a powwow at the falls.
A hundred years before Expo, the views around Spokane Falls are picnic perfect. The first claim to 320 acres of land around Spokane Falls is filed in May of 1871, almost exactly 100 years before Expo.
In The Fair and the Falls, a mammoth history of Expo '74, historian Bill Youngs writes that the Soviets' presence in Spokane "was one of the most remarkable features of the environmental world's fair.
SPOKANE, Wash. — The time has come for the celebration of a world fair that put Spokane on the map. The 50th celebration of Expo '74 officially begins on Saturday, May 4, 2024. The celebration ...
The 1974 World’s Fair came to Spokane 50 years ago and remade the city’s downtown. This advertising design was drawn by Keith Oka for the Expo '74 Fair.
What to do. Spokane is a short drive from Washington’s two largest state parks, Mount Spokane and Riverside. The former hosts a low-key downhill ski area with 52 wide, intermediate runs.