Friends of the Little Spokane River Annual Hike with Jack Nisbet — The Quarry
top of page
FLSRV News
Search
The Spokane Conservation District has moved their headquarters to the former quarry and yard of Spokane Concrete, a 50-acre haven just...
Ty Brown
Nov 15, 2022
The Creation of the Haynes Conservation Area
Around 1950, Edward and Eloise Haynes purchased nearly 90 acres of land along the Little Spokane River. The property was situated between...
Robert Hylton
Jan 21, 2022
Summer Salmon Swim Again
On Friday, August 6, Spokane Tribal Fisheries released 51 adult Chinook salmon into the Little Spokane River at the Waikiki Springs...
Robert Hylton
Jan 19, 2022
2022 FLSRV Hike With Jack Nisbet
Saturday, April 30 TRAUTMAN RANCH Trautman Ranch is a 275-acre Spokane County Conservation Area located between two disjunctive parcels...
Tina Wynecoop
Jan 18, 2022
In the Stream
Tina Wynecoop It is good to look back on what might have seemed on the surface to be a very quiet 2021 for FLSRV. The pandemic had not...
Kirk Neumann
Jan 16, 2022
Oldest Business in the Valley: The Colbert Trading Company
by Kirk Neumann In 1885 the Colbert Trading company was originally built as the general store and post office for the town of Dragoon....
Robert Hylton
Dec 21, 2020
A Little History of a Road
Recently a very old hand-painted sign, Shady Slope, which was nailed to a conifer has disappeared. Locals are wondering what happened to...
Robert Hylton
Dec 5, 2020
Jack Nisbet’s 8th Annual Walking Tour
Hog Lake Saturday, April 25, 2021 • 9:30am-12:30pm We will try for this tour with Jack Nisbet. We will keep you posted early spring of...
Robert Hylton
Jan 20, 2020
Jack Nisbet’s 8th Annual Walking Tour
Hog Lake Sunday, April 26, 2020 9:30 am-12:30 pm Join us for a morning hike through pine woodlands and open shrub- steppe to a classic...
Robert Hylton
Feb 9, 2019
Ice Skating in the Little Spokane River Valley
by Ty Brown Before Wandermere Golf Course was even in existence, the lake on the property was known for its winter pastime of ice...
Robert Hylton
Nov 5, 2018
Murder at Greenleaf Farm: The Tragic Downfall of Theodore Cushing and His Ties to Francis H. Cook an
by Ty Brown Theodore Cushing arrived on the west coast from Chicago and made his home in Portland, Oregon, in the summer of 1883. While a...
Robert Hylton
May 17, 2018
Jack Nisbet’s and FLSRV’s Sixth Annual Walking Tour: Lower Hangman/Latah Creek April 29,
by Tina Wynecoop Near Peaceful Valley, below Spokane Falls, a tributary joins the Spokane River. And thirty-three humans and one very...
Robert Hylton
Oct 17, 2016
“Don’t tell my wife about this!”
by Tina Wynecoop This summer I read with interest a report by Jim Camden in The Spokesman Review about a jet plane crash in the Colville...
Robert Hylton
Jul 10, 2015
Wandermere
By Dan Webster … Courtesy of Spokesman Review The Spokane Indians that lived for generations in and around the Little Spokane River...
Robert Hylton
Nov 17, 2014
Pioneer of Our Valley
by Dana Davis Kelly Nicette Davis, our mother and one of the oldest residents of the Little Spokane Valley, quietly passed away August...
Robert Hylton
Jun 17, 2014
What Was In Grandpa’s Trunk
By Harla Jean Heiser Biever Being an only child I became sole heir to my Grandparent’s home in Chadron, Nebraska, when my mother passed...
Robert Hylton
Apr 17, 2013
Postmarks
by Tina Wynecoop River valleys are composed of biologic, geologic, and cultural wonders. Our own Little Spokane River Valley is no...
Robert Hylton
Nov 17, 2012
Cottonwood Trees in North Spokane County
by W.G. Magnuson In 1883 the Dart pioneer family established a small community that is now called Dartford. Dartford is just North of...
Robert Hylton
Apr 17, 2009
Readings about our Little Spokane River Valley
There is a scattered ‘library’ of lore about our area. Fortunately, we are gathering materials and creating a bibliography so that the...
We Need Your Support Today!
bottom of page